WAIT... Remember Ultimate Muscle?

[@JordanFringe94]

Thanks so much for watching! Do you have any memories of watching Ultimate Muscle on the Fox Box?

[@dahliazaylinsage]

YES!!! Im so ready for this!! Thank you so much mate!! I cant wait for you to cover more foxbox! This and Kirby was for sure up there on my list!!

[@endamcnabola]

As an Ireland kid, I could only watch it on the channel Kix.

[@Chadhall1988]

No i do not remember because my friends and family never told me about it and i did not watch it

[@dragonslayer9671]

4kids got sued once over yughio

[@dragonslayer9671]

@@mrmysterious8124 nope

[@KrotharSmash]

The fact that Samoa Joe (ex WWE current AEW) wrestler got his finisher from this show just shows that it had a legacy in the US.

[@AKUNJIG]

Oh I gotta see this.

[@HenshinFanatic]

@@AKUNJIG It's just the Muscle Buster, would have been insane seeing an IRL take on the Muscle Millenium though.

[@raymcevoy3845]

​@@HenshinFanaticEl Hijo Del Vikingo might be able to pull off the Muscle Millennium

[@DaDualityofMan]

Samoa Joe will always be TNA to me

[@frankf684]

Kodo Fuyuki was the first to do it and he called it the kinniku buster.

[@yellowmattereyecusta]

This show changed my brain chemistry forever. My sense of humour is permanently locked at this level.

[@Bdog_45]

wow

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

With my rice I like to have some cow, cow, cow

[@barryallen2440]

The puns...soo many puns..

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Funny note: Ultimate Muscle got Mega Popular in the US 🇺🇸! Whats weird was Japan hated it, only because of Kid Muscle( he was viewed the Gohan during Resurrection F) so we even got episodes released exclusively for states that would later air in japan! The dub was hilarious, having Joey/ Mikey as Jaegar and even Team Rocket James as a referee!❤😂

[@Chillcat584]

Have they show cased the old show on Cartoon Network called “Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo” ?

[@LowellLucasJr.]

​@@Chillcat584 I don't think so yet...nor has he talked about Rave Master, Mon Colle Knights, Fighting Foodoms, Maar, or Monster Rancher.

[@Chillcat584]

@@LowellLucasJr. the only one I grew up knowing about on your list is monster rancher. I just started tryna revisit it.

[@jil2312]

That also quite happend with Sonic X. The Metarex Saga (Season 3) would air in Thailand, France and the U.S before Japan would air it.

[@seanthiem1176]

they hated it? awe man i love it even the localization all the characters

[@MarillSweatshirt]

This one grew on me over time and honestly that theme song was catchy af. Fighting Foodon had a fun theme too lol.

[@infernaldisdain8051]

I mean fighting food on is literally them singing over a classic song so they were halfway there already.

[@ghostsurfer23]

I was obsessed with this show as a kid; one of my go-to Saturday morning watches. The humor made me laugh, the action kept me engaged and on the edge of my seat, the character drama (which I'm sure wouldn't be considered THAT deep if I saw it today) intrigued me. It was good stuff. I had an action figure from the show of a character that only ever appeared in I wanna say the last couple episodes of the show, and didn't do anything when he showed up, but that was THE toy for me back then. I gave him a different backstory and powerset, and he was the main character of the adventure series I played with all my other action figures that plagiarized every shonen anime that was on TV at the time. It was great lmao

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

I remember Kit and co hurt BAD in later episodes. It could be REALLY tense when it want it to be. God I miss these shows

[@Jay-fy5ob]

Me tooo

[@cartoonhigh9990]

I still remember the EPIC theme song. It may be horribly localized for an American audiences, but this insane dub was a core memory of my childhood ❤

[@jordancrooks6752]

I love it as a kid

[@kuroazrem5376]

I will always remember one fight Kid had with a Traffic Light fighter. That lives rent-free in my head.

[@Querymonger]

Road Rage, ha ha. Don't forget the toilet guy

[@cygnusprime6728]

Yeah and they would cram as many puns as possible into every line.

[@Gamingderpmonglers]

I absolutely adored this show! My mom thought the characters looked gross, but I always thought they were all super cool. I don't remember too much about the show, but I remember/loved the fight between Muscle & Maximilian. I think it was the one where the love interest finally fell in love with Muscle

[@oak8194]

Kinnikuman is pretty much ingrained into the Japanese culture at this point, similarly to Doraemon, Anpanman and so on. The last time I visited Japan which was quite recent, I also saw Kinnikuman characters adorned the walls of the train station I got off, as well as character decorated coin lockers here and there, it’s pretty cool. It’s also often parodied by other manga/anime, mostly for its iconic Kinniku Buster finishing move (in Gintama for example).

[@ralphso5567]

Kinnikuman is the only shounen that has a day attach to it

[@7reasons617]

@@ralphso5567there’s a Goku day

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

​@@7reasons617yeah but goku is progressively growing less likeable. Heck kinnikuman is a better father and friend

[@7reasons617]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 Goku being a bad father is a meme bruh. Gokus a good father. And he’s basically Japanese Superman, he will always be the most popular shonen character

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 I think there are Shōnen characters way more unlikeable than even the mediocre Gokū. Still, I merely don’t like Sword Art Online’s Kirito because he’s just a plot armour padded self insert.

[@PushSnooze]

Ultimate Muscle was a cherished childhood show for me along with Kirby and Yu-gi-oh. My mom liked the show, because of how child friendly the show was; I eventually moved over to watching WWE and TNA. I wouldn't have gotten into wrestling without this show on Saturday mornings. The videogames were fun and imagining superpower special moves as finishers for wrestling is bad ass. If you are ever interested, I grew up with the Galactic Wrestling Federation Game based on the Ultimate Muscle Franchise on PS2. Great game to play! I'm so happy to see this show get some light!

[@Haregue]

I swear this guy scratches that 90's nostalgia every week. Keep doing what you're doing dude!!

[@TBaggingSince1990]

Ultimate Muscle was pretty fire.. Honestly wish we would have got more of it.

[@Mannyindahouse]

Same

[@mvs-wg5ol]

Good news We are getting a remake this year

[@mealovesyu]

@@mvs-wg5olwait really???

[@mealovesyu]

@@mvs-wg5olI JUST SAW THE TRAILER OMG IT LOOKS DELICIOUS

[@Jiterdomer]

@@mvs-wg5ol It's based on the 2011 continuation of the original manga, it's focused on Suguru Kinnikuman from 1983 anime instead of Kinniku Mantaro/Kid Muscle.

[@Randomark3087]

My brother had a bunch of the MUSCLE toys when we were kids. Didn't know there was so much more to it, until the Ultimate Muscle show came along. My brother and used to watch it all the time.

[@jashmailmathis9849]

I was a huge fan of this show to the point when I read the Manga when I was younger I was hella shocked at the difference. The video games are fun too

[@endamcnabola]

It was and still is the funniest dubbed show I ever watched.

[@wafflebroz]

Ghost Stories and Golden Boy are up there too

[@dimendkai]

⁠@@wafflebrozghost stories dubbed has the funniest pop culture references

[@OtisCluck]

In addition to what the other replies have mentioned, I would like to add the dub of Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo

[@Cerby9]

Full Metal Panic Fumoffu and Yu Yu Hakusho are other animes I would like to include in "the dub was better" category.

[@neetpride5919]

Crayon Shin Chan and Sgt Frog also had a funny dub with tons of 2000s American pop culture references just like Ghost Stories... But those two shows also have a worse, more literally translated dubbed, so watch out

[@GenericProtagonist118]

There also was a chance for the series to continue but many things stopped that idea dead. The arcs that come after this, the "Demon Seed" and "Ultimate Tag" arc respectively, were *EXTREMELY VIOLENT.* Like I'm talking disturbingly brutal at a lot of points. *Characters straight up die horribly or get horrific injuries.*

[@motherplayer]

Ah, so it keeps to the tradition of it's previous series too, huh? Early lighthearted antics before we get to the surprisingly brutal stuff later.

[@dranzerjetli5126]

Who dies?

[@HenshinFanatic]

Then there's what happens with Wally.

[@Bitterman5868]

@@HenshinFanatic and yudetamago retconned all of it with the nisei remake that introduced choujin divas back to the series. Now there is both a Anime remake alongside the newly finished manga run. If anything they will give Suguru to Sugita

[@lechatnoir3042]

@@dranzerjetli5126 In the Demon Seed arc alone there's several deaths: Kevin Mask, Escara, Hanzo, Barrierfreeman and Comrade Turbinski all die, as well as 5 of the 6 Demon Seed. That being said, it doesn't really matter because they get revived at the end of the arc (except for the bad guys, those remain dead)

[@rave400v6]

This was my jam before the wrestling show aired. Isn't it amazing that when you watch the intro, the artist can make a goofy face like Kid Muscle seems so cool when he's serious. They really put effort in the art and it's amazing how they pulled it off.

[@Simedraw]

I'm Irish and I remembered watching Ultimate Muscle on the TV channel Kix when I was a kid, one time I was watching the show in the living room while my mum was forcing an ice pack on my head (because I got a bump on my head during the time lol). Either way, this show was awesome when I was a kid and still awesome to this day. :D

[@endamcnabola]

same here

[@gide_soss]

Kix is a throwback

[@MohammedIbrahim_B4Sc]

Same

[@cillian2971]

I watched it on that channel as well.

[@Jay-fy5ob]

Yes bro childhood right there

[@SeangLHeng]

I loved this show with a passion and the voice actors/actress did a great job portraying the emotions for us when we were kids

[@AshRiot81]

I was a kid in the '80s and the M.U.S.C.L.E men toys were really popular even without a cartoon or comic in the states. Enough kids had them that you could trade them at school, and there were lots of generic knock-offs that they sold in quarter machines all over the city. I'd garner that it if you counted all the different knockoff types, there have to be at least a thousand different figures.

[@PugFeist]

This was a show I remember watching as a 14-15yr old in high school and loving it. Appreciate this vid on an unsung hero of that era for television.

[@kafkaesque3709]

Checkmate was my favorite angtagonist. His design was so damn cool.

[@juniousgriggs6213]

You unlock to dormant memories for me with this video. One with Ultimate Muscle, because I completely thought it was a fever dream. And number two was fighting foodons! I have tried to remember the name of that show for almost fifteen years

[@HaxStudio]

Awh man, this brings back memories. I found Ultimate Muscle: Legends Vs New Generation on sale for GameCube and bought it despite never having heard of it. Ended up being one of my favorite games.

[@lechatnoir3042]

I hope the new anime can help Kinnikuman become popular in the west. I can already imagine Twitter being full of "out of context" scenes due to how bizarre it can get at times.

[@angelgranados4737]

Love these classics. When tv really tried to get you entertained for hours.

[@brentclark658]

Jordan thank you for this video. Im right of the perfect age to have been a kid during the 90's wrestling boom and thus became one of my guilty pleasure Saturday morning shows. Played the PS2 game a whole lot too

[@venabre]

I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it had to be a sequel. Glad to see I was right after all.

[@justinweber4977]

Every so often, I still find myself singing that theme song to myself. I also remember those old M.U.S.C.L.E. toys I got by the bucket as a kid. I loved those things!

[@TheAngelThatCry]

i recently read both series just out of curiosity and I was happy to do so. it was very different from the anime I watched, there is more blood and the attacks feel more brutal. Also, the original series gave me a big surprise how the series developed into what it eventually became.

[@KisukexMomohime]

This show was so good I remember waking up every Saturday morning just to watch it along with Kirby. My brother even had the GameCube game.

[@brownranger1797]

What a blast from the past! I loved Ultimate Muscle!

[@joshuaknox2724]

this show deserved a longer video :( it was really fun i love this channel

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

As a wrestling fan ultimate muscle brought me joy as a kid. It’s just as hype as ever.

[@WhiteCavendish]

As a kid, I had a bootleg NES cartridge with 72 games on it, one of which, titled simply "Wrestle" in the menu, was actually a very early game based on this manga. It was one of the more fun games on the disk, with a bunch of different wrestlers to choose from, each having some kind of "special move". It was very simplistic and extremely weird and goofy with no context, but it was fun and I probably played hours of it never knowing what it was based on. I also remember having one or two of those weird rubber figures as a kid too. Thanks for adding context to a little bit of my childhood :D

[@Th3GaMb3r]

This was my favorite show!!!! Till this day i hate myself for not watching the final episode!!!!! 😢 they need to bring this back!!!!

[@Mewzard]

I've actually gotten into Kinnikuman in recent years. I'm caught up with the OG manga and am currently reading through Nisei/Ultimate Muscle. Looking forward to the new anime, and I hope it gets a good dub.

[@nerobiblios4086]

I also never liked wrestling myself, but damn did I love Mucha Lucha and Ultimate Muscle as a kid.

[@Gauchesuede123]

I remember the manga being a LOT more brutal than the anime. Some guys literally getting dismembered, their entire arm destroyed, and their faces peeled off.

[@barryallen2440]

Perfect!

[@taejasper1343]

This show was my childhood, bro! Thanks for covering it, Jordan and when new season of the OG Kinnikuman comes out to celebrate that show's 40th anniversary, it better take place after Ultimate Muscle and show Kid and Roxanne getting married and having their own kid, possibly, Kid Muscle Jr.? That'd be cool to see and since Discotek Media picked up the license and along with the home video rights to the series, and they've officially released the full English dubbed series to the public finally, fans can relive the glory in all 77 episodes of the series before the new season comes out early next year! And they better bring Marc Thompson and the other 4Kids English voice actors,; 'cause they were what made all of these shows from the early 200s! And it just wouldn't be the same without them! I hope they do that, please!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Discotek has rescued the Ultimate Muscle Show and is introducing it to new generations. Thankfully, its parent franchise is turning 45 and we’ll celebrate like it’s no tomorrow!

[@AngraMajinu]

I never watched an anime about wrestling, but this was the exception I made and I really got into it in the past, because it had comedy, action and more. Recently I found out that the japanese serie was called Kinnikuman (confirmed and explained by this video) and it had 100+ episodes, movies, spin-offs and so on...even an ecchi version where King (or Kid, I don't remember which one) was a woman! Kevin Mask was my favourite one, so cool.

[@dranzerjetli5126]

It is kinnikuman. And yeah Kevin mask was the roman reigns of this show

[@ninjaamputect1910]

Jordan, I want you to know that this show is constantly on the back of my mind, yet I couldn't remember it's name. Thank you for saving me from this hell. My mind is finally at peace

[@GeekExtremist]

YYYEEEESS! Been hoping you'd cover this show. I loved wrestling as a kid, so seeing a cartoon/anime focused around superhero like wrestlers was the perfect mix for me. I had all the games, a lot of action figures, and recently put a lot of these wrestlers in a wrestling game. Definitely looking forward to watching this when I get home. 😁

[@ObiClon]

Damn this video discussion really takes me back to the Saturday mornings during & after my high school years of watching this anime. Loved this anime & still do!

[@EChacon]

Imagine if we get a reboot anime for _Ultimate Muscle/Kinnikuman_ and if it gets an English dub I hope some of the of the English voice actors would return it would be just like the 2021 _Shaman King_ series all over again. EDIT: I just realized that 6 months ago and in this video we would be getting a new _Kinnikuman_ anime in honor of the 40th anniversary of the manga.

[@bluebaron6858]

I'm worried crunchyroll (likely to nab it) won't use some old 4kids actors :(

[@motherplayer]

Kyle Hebert says he would like to play Kinnikuman, and I'd honestly really like to see that too.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@bluebaron6858 not to mention that some of the 4Kids voice actors have retired or have passed away.

[@bluebaron6858]

@@SlapstickGenius23 the only 4kids VA that I know passed away is maddie blaustien and the characters they mostly voiced were exclusive to ultimate muscle/kinnikuman nisei.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@bluebaron6858 hey, you’ll watch the upcoming Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc next year. It’s teaser is ballsy!

[@geardog24]

As goofy as the dub was, it still had a catchy theme song.

[@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827]

I remember this show so much. It was so enjoyable while being funny at the same time.

[@thomaslandcaster9638]

Love this anime show ever since I was a kid. Has great humor, actions everything you can ask for.

[@NullaLexInk]

For years I had flashes about this show that I thought were better attributed to a fever dream. Dunno what finally made me look into it but a couple years back I finally did, and man that theme song brought everything back. Over a decade of not thinking about it and all it took for the memories to come flooding in was hearing "Big bad boys from outer space... ULT-I-MATE MUSC-LE."

[@Cerebrum123]

"Came to body slam the human race! "Ulti-mate, Musc-le!"

[@dranzerjetli5126]

Its true its damn true

[@mayborneflower]

8:44 - Fun aside, the Sonic X version of Eggman, the first take on the character Pollock voiced, had a prolonged stint as a lunchador in the pro wrestling scene in the Archie comics. He called himself “El Gran Gordo” thinking it translated to “the great big guy” instead of what it actually meant. He even threw down with Sonic in the ring mostly legit and lasted longer against him than any of his robots… which includes E-100 The Eggsterminator, the giant mecha powered by the Chaos Emeralds that spent a whole episode beating up Sonic uncontested until he got the emeralds for himself and went super.

[@Ethonra]

YES. That show got me to try meat with rice. I loved waking up every Saturday morning to watch this classic. I still vaguely recall Checkmate and how traumatizing his loss was. Or the ridiculous names, moves, and stories of the characters. I dunno if it still holds up to my tastes now, but it will always have a place in heart with other Saturday morning cartoons (like Viewtiful Joe)!

[@wafflebroz]

I loved the Viewtiful Joe show. I need to find it to watch it again

[@itsDjjayyArt]

​@@wafflebrozthat show brings back memories😅

[@Cerebrum123]

It might hold up better if you are anything like me. I missed a lot of the jokes back when it aired and a lot of them did not hold back. Viewtiful Joe was good too but I preferred the games. I still need to go back and unlock all of the characters. Beating the game as Sexy Sylvia was something I gave up on after a while.

[@firepuppies4086]

How does it taste so very good? I don't know how how how.

[@derrickthegatorriverboat6993]

Thank you Jordan Fringe! This was one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoon shows! Great job!

[@rodrigobenedictocorreia1140]

Kinnikuman was one great Cartoon, very successful in Asia and even in Brazil, Only North American friends not widely heard of that.

[@CelAbration]

My mother and I occasionally still sing the rice song at each other. This was our jam

[@kaizerjthewolf]

Ultimate Muscle is an English dub version of the sequel series to the original Kinnikuman. But they pretty much make it similar to to how pro wrestling is shown over here in the states and add many elements from the WWE into it it felt like.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Well Kinnikuman nisei is a moody high school alternate universe sequel. Kinnikuman’s 2011-onwards soft reboot is the hotter and sexier canonical sequel, which will get an anime adaptation in 2024.

[@kaizerjthewolf]

@@SlapstickGenius23 I only seen Ultimate Muscle and not the original but I have seen the original Kinnikuman just not all the way through but I like what I saw of it here on KZbin.

[@bdillmore40]

Stumbled across your video earlier roday or yesterday, and had to watch it! I grew up watcjing FoxBox and Kids' WB on Saturday mornings! Ultimate Muscle was one of my favorites to watch and i don't even care for wrestling (not then or now). I love that you did a comprehensive review of it and even educated people who never heard of it about what it was. I am a video game collector, and a toy collector. I currently own the GBA, and PS2 games Ultimate Muscle Path of the Superhero, and Galatic Wrestling feat. Ultimate Muscle. Just missing the GameCube exclusive Ultimate Muscle Legends vs. New Generation! I want to buy the DiscoTek media release of the series on Blu-ray so bad! I actually own a Ramen Man Bandai action figure that i found at a local toy store i go to!!! Great video, and keep up the great work!!!

[@IAmMightyMike]

I remember going to toys r us and getting a cardboard "fox box," with a DVD with promotions including this. I kind of wish i was older to commit to the series so this is the perfect call back😅

[@samuelpowell8537]

Great video, Man! I have lots of fond memories watching Ultimate Muscle with my friends as we waited to watch Kirby Right Back at Ya and Sonic X. It was like FoxBox's version of Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragonball Z to us. On a side note I'd love for you to do a Remember Video of Case Closed (aka Detective Conan in Japan). That show was my favorite show on Adult Swim and I felt like it didn't get the credit it deserved. Just an idea for a future video I'd love to see.

[@dranzerjetli5126]

It has over 1000 episodes now

[@Undrave]

Ultimate Muscle was awesome! It was a blast to watch! If you enjoyed it as a kid I highly, HIGHLY, recommend you watch 'Tiger Mask W'! Also set in the world of pro-wrestling but without superpowered aliens in the mix.

[@coreylineberry8557]

And with actual professional wrestlers.

[@GarkKahn]

What i find interesting is that last year i discovered through another youtube video that this was a sequel to another series and during the show they had many references, but without context it went through our heads like thin air Like watching dragon ball z without knowing it had a story about goku when he was a kid

[@kcjc]

I have never heard of the series outside of the original Muscle toys, but as someone who likes anime/manga and is a big fan of both American and Japanese pro wrestling I’m definitely going to check it out!

[@Bigguccirambo]

I felt like Foxbox was a Mandela effect because nobody remembers this

[@Cerebrum123]

Yes, I absolutely remember Ultimate Muscle. I recently got the Blu-Ray collection and it holds up pretty well. The animation could have used a better budget but it was a fun show with decent action and bizarre humor. Edit. The opening theme is phenomenal too. It will be stuck in your head forever once you hear it.

[@Taizen001]

Shout out to Dik Dik Van Dik, the only thing about this show that I've consistently been able to remember all these years later 😂

[@Raziel_DVega]

Hi, I'm from México, this show was one of the most bizarre ones I've watched as a kid, but the OG one... damn it can be R@cist at some times. I love this series with pasion and I feel really upset that almost nobody knows about it.

[@Cerebrum123]

I'll probably get some flack for this from some people but I think the context of Kinnikuman shows it isn't racist, at least not in the classic meaning of the word. Racism is defined as viewing other races as inferior or hatred of races other than one's own. Unless I missed something, I don't think the show and manga did anything like that. They just went for goofy, over-the-top character designs for everyone of every ethnicity and nationality. Are they caricatures and stereotypes? Yes, but it is only recently that people have decided that stereotypes and caricatures are inherently bad or racist*. Usually, the very same people with that position love Overwatch despite most of the characters being stereotypes. *I'll absolutely agree that stereotypes and caricatures can be used in a racist way. I just disagree that they are inherently bad or racist.

[@slothman9731]

back then, when people were not so "delicate" as of now.@@Cerebrum123

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

​@@Cerebrum123THANK YOU.

[@Cerebrum123]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 You're welcome. It is refreshing to see someone who doesn't respond extremely negatively when I say something like that, so thank you too.

[@selfloathingweekly]

Boys want to be Baki, men want to be Kinnikuman

[@SlapstickGenius23]

I guess Baki debuted in 1991. Kinnikuman himself debuted in 1979.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

Wait.... Remember Max Steel (2013)?

[@endamcnabola]

I do! I do!

[@LukeHokage]

Dosent everybody?

[@christophermccutcheon2143]

This show just popped into my head. I remember being stoked for it after school. For some reason I always remember the chess guy in the first season who couldn't feel pain...

[@maxordman4100]

The Fox Box certainly had an amazing cartoon lineup back in the day. This show was a lot of fun and definitely one of my favorites. Please do Funky cops someday in the future!

[@hennyzhi2261]

I'm just glad kid me never sold the gamecube disc of the Ultimate Muscle game - I played it allot and it's one of the wackiest fun titles I remember growing up with. Like you could create your own ultimate muscles character to mess around with in-game and it was fairly robust if memory served.

[@jasonthomas7909]

Well this just forcibly unlocked some ancient Saturday morning memories

[@kevins9406]

This show has so many innuendos that went over my head as a kid, it's constant too.

[@jasontodd6930]

My mom use to go to thrift shopping a lot and our local Salvation Army would give away new toys from this show for awhile with purchases. So this show while I’ve never seen it has been burnt into my mind with a lot of nostalgia

[@Scorpiofrfr]

Bro! Shaman king next! Shaman King Next!!!

[@JordanFringe94]

It's coming soon enough, next month

[@ImmaLittlePip]

"Did you just say the F word?" line from the 4kids dub when Kid Muscle said wrestling was fake

[@CactusJackIV]

I’m sure other old ppl like me. Remember first seeing the little rubber guys(like army men, but smaller), then a cartoon in Japan. I remember this as well. Love the channel

[@maxleon61702]

I remembered watching it on Cartoon Network in my Home Country, the Philippines in which is well, a blessing for Me and I'm not kidding, this is a real thing.

[@goldenwolf90]

OMFG! I was thinking about this show and I could not for the life of me figure out were this vague donut mouth character was from. Thank you, for helping but my mind at ease.

[@j101-d1q]

I never watched the show, but had an almost complete set of the lil toys. Seemed like a hundred of em.

[@ryanmills892]

I loved Ultimate Muscle when i was a teen and have learnt a few interesting facts in my adulthood when revisiting the series, first off... in the manga Kevin Mask defeats Kid Muscle in the final match of the Choujin Championship while the anime reverses the result, and secondly; the Ultimate Muscle didn't do so well it viewership ratings in Japan but thrived in western audiences; in a sense 4kids and the west saved this particular anime from being cancelled.

[@barryallen2440]

I always had a faint memory of this anime from a commercial. I just typed "ultimate anime" and there it is.

[@joshuawallis2386]

God bless you sir, This show needed more exposure. !

[@lax9586]

Fighting foodons and kirby right back at ya really bring back memories. Me and my bro would wake up early to watch them every Saturday.

[@computaterjones]

I've never clicked a video faster. I'm glad you can release these little guys now.

[@dan25pos7]

This was locked somewhere in the back of my brain. Seeing the walrus brought joy, those memories flared up.

[@andrymystere]

I used to watch this when I was in Italy and it was one of my absolute favourites!!! Such a good time and many laughs

[@DynomitePunch]

ironically enough the over the top drama of wrestling fits well within the shounen genre

[@CrestofPotential]

Kid's song about rice and beef lives rent free in my head to this day

[@sorsuke570]

That one episode where a guy is slowly absorbed by an old man will always be terrifying.

[@celticv]

Now that you bring it up . Can't help me remind me of bo-bo-bo-bo . Something I would strongly recommend if wasn't so difficult find full episodes

[@metalmario1231]

I only ever heard of this series due to the gba game i owned....it was quite a fun game! the special moves felt satisfying to pull off

[@MyKindofEntertainment]

Dang, Saturday mornings used to be lit! It'd be so hard deciding what channel to watch because Fox Kids/Fox Box and Kids WB had a lot of bangers to choose from! Of course, we had the staples of Nickelodeon, Disney & Cartoon Network too and oh gosh One Saturday Morning! Thanks for this trip down memory lane!

[@nave365]

this brought about a wave of nostalga i did not know was possible as when it came out here it was pretty much just shapes and colors to me

[@chaoschalice]

I just rewatch this a year ago, the opening was so hype to a point that after so many years everytime someone mention the word muscle i chant "Ult~ti~mate MUS~CLE"

[@nigelchaos]

I picked up some of the Ultimate Muscle figures when they came out. I still have a couple of them. But I was enamored with the first generation of figures.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

I remember loving this anime as a kid. It's how I discovered wrestling, and while my love for the IRL sport eventually faded (after over a decade) I still love this series and would gladly rewarch it.

[@JoshBirge]

I almost forgot about this! I love this channel

[@WarDamnATL]

I loved this show when I was a kid. I couldnt wait to watch it every Saturday morning. The GC game was a blast too.

[@reallyhimongod]

Yes!! You finally covered this haha great vid man!👌🏽