Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (Seasons 1–3)

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (2002) is a Japanese animated series you can watch online at iFILM. Created by manga duo Yudetamago — Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada — it continues their Kinnikuman franchise, the over-the-top wrestling saga they first launched in 1979.

The new lead is Mantaro Kinniku, son of the legendary champion — and his opposite in almost every way. Lazy, cowardly, entirely comfortable coasting on the family name. A new generation of villain Chojin doesn't care about pedigree, which means Mantaro gets dragged into the ring whether he likes it or not. The fights run on absurdist logic: comedy first, combat second, the whole thing played as a loud, maximalist physical farce.

Fox Kids brought the show to North American screens in 2002 under the Ultimate Muscle name, with Bandai producing a toy line alongside it. Stream all episodes of Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy online at iFILM.