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Live-Action Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend Series Casts Manga Creator Duo Yudetamago
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The official website for series revealed guest cast and the show's visual on Wednesday.
The guest cast includes: (left to right in top row then in bottom row)
- Hayato Isomura
- Yoshihiko Hakamada
- Comedian Hollywood Zakoshisyoh
- Hitoshi Ozawa
- Kazuyoshi Ozawa
- Kinnikuman manga creator duo Takashi Shimada)
The show's story centers around the fictional production of a live-action movie based on Yudetamago's wrestling superhero manga Kinnikuman. The series is set in 2019, when the Kinnikuman manga inspired the (fictional) production of a movie titled Muscleman. On the day before the movie's announcement, the production team runs into trouble. In the story, Gordon Maeda (seen below) has been cast as the character Warsman in Muscleman. He and his co-stars embark on a journey to discover the "secret past" of Muscleman, in order to get the movie's production back on its feet.
plays himself in the series. In the show's story, he plays the role of Robin Mask and acts as a producer of the in-story film Muscleman. Ayano will be a key part of the story, directing the investigation of what is preventing the production of the Muscleman film.
play themselves in the show. Tamashiro is cast to play the character Alexandria Meat in the in-story film Muscleman, while Sono is the director of that film. In the story, Ayano has cast Tamashiro and Maeda.
Additionally, voice actor Akira Kamiya will the series' cast, lending his voice to an unspecified character. Kamiya previously voiced the character Kinniku Suguru (the titular Kinnikuman) in the 1983 Kinnikuman anime and in many anime films in the franchise.
The series will premiere on WOWOW on October 8. Takeshi Takemura is penning the scripts. (The two previously collaborated on the manga-based documentary series Yamada Takayuki no Tokyo Kita-ku Akabane.)
The manga creator duo known as Yudetamago Weekly Shonen Jump for the first time in 11 years in June 2019.
Toy figures of Kinnikuman were imported into the United States under the "4Kids Entertainment broadcast the anime adaptation on television.
Sources: WOWOW, Comic Natalie
