The TV anime based on the wrestling-themed shonen action manga Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc revealed at a special event held today at Yokohama Budokan that a third season for the series is currently in-production. The release date for the new season has not yet been revealed at the time of reporting. Additionally, a character song inspired by the new series is also in the works, carrying over the tradition of creating character-themed songs for the unique and colorful characters from the series from the earliest Kinnikuman anime, which began broadcasting in 1983. The full details of the new character song have not yet been revealed. Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc Season 3 announcement art RELATED: Kinnikuman Perfect Origina Arc Anime Makes Time for Nobunaga Shimazaki as Pentagon Also known in the English as Ultimate Muscle , the original Kinnikuman manga by Yudetamago has been serialized since 1979 in Shueisha publications such as Weekly Shonen Jump , Weekly Playboy , and Shu Play News . Akira Sato directs the previous two seasons of Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc at animation studio Production I.G. Makoto Fukami provides the series composition, Hirotaka Marufuji provides the character designs and Yasuharu Takanashi provides the music. The story of Kinnikuman follows Kinnikuman, a clumsy and foolish superhero who discovers that he is actually the prince of Planet Kinniku, a world of mighty super humans, and who eventually grows to become the strongest wrestler in the world. Netflix streams Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc and describes the story as follows: Kinnikuman returns to the ring in an epic three-way battle between the Seigi, Akuma and Perfect Chojin factions and reveals the roots of the Chojin. Source: Official Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc TV anime home page
