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Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc Anime Gets 3rd Season

The "Kinnikuman Chōjin (Superhuman) Festival 2025" announced on Sunday that the Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen) anime will have a Season 3. As teased in its visual, the new season will feature Kinnikuman, Buffaloman, and others in the Seigi/Akuma (Justice/Devil) Allied Forces battling Nemesis and the rest of the Perfect Large Numbers at the ring in the Tottori Sand Dunes.

Sunday's event also announced the production of character songs for the anime, similar to the ones created for the first Kinnikuman anime from 1983.

The Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen anime premiered on July 7, 2024 on CBC, TBS, and 26 affiliates with episode 0, which recaps older scenes with new animation. The first season ran in a new "Agaru Anime" programming block, which airs every Sunday at 11:30 p.m. with the theme of presenting anime from Nagoya to the rest of Japan and the world. Pony Canyon describes the anime as a "12-part" series. Netflix started streaming the series on July 7 (or July 8, depending on region), 2024. The second season premiered on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated channels throughout Japan on January 12. It also runs on BS11 and Animax, and streams internationally on Netflix.

The anime is based on the 2011 revival manga's arc of the same name. Pony Canyon describes the story:

Prince Kinnikuman, who came to Earth from Kinnikusei, a planet at the end of the universe, was always ridiculed by humans as a useless Chojin. However, by chance, he was given the right to participate in the Chojin World Cup, tournament to determine the world's best Chojin, and by a miracle, he won the championship. The following year, he even won it again!

Since then, he has become a central figure among Seigi Chojin who protects the peace of the universe. He has managed to defeat the raging forces of the enemy, including Akuma Chojin who plans to rule the world, and Perfect Chojin who aims to wipe out the weak Chojin on Earth, with the power of friendship with his friends, including Terryman and Robin Mask.

In recognition of his achievements, Kinnikuman wins the "Survival Match for the Kinnikusei Throne," the final test of his career, and is crowned the 58th Great King of Kinnikusei! He returned to his home planet from Earth, got married, and said goodbye to eight years of fighting. About a year and a half later, the entire universe was supposed to be at peace...

Akira Satō (Release the Spyce) has been directing the anime at Production I.G. Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, 2016 Berserk) is in charge of the series scripts. Hirotaka Marufuji (Lupin the 3rd Part 6) is designing the characters. Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippūden) composes the music.

The new anime commemorates the 40th anniversary of the original television anime, which premiered in April 1983.

Sources: Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc anime's website, Comic Natalie