MK Series 1 Kinnikuman, Ramenman & Warsman

In late 2006, Takara released Micro-Action figures from the popular Kinnikuman series under new "MK" series. Kinnikuman (which translated as Muscleman) was a manga series from early 1980's which began as parody of Ultraman mix in with wrestling theme. The story was immensely popular and like most popular manga in the 80's, Kinnikuman got the anime treatment. In 1996, sequel to Kinnikuman called Kinnikuman 2 was released as serial manga and its too became anime series in 2002. Kinnikuman 2 was translated and aired in the US as "Ultimate Muscle". The new MK Series are very well made, the figures have nice joints with excellent sculpt and paint jobs. Unfortunately because of the subject matter, the MK series will probably mostly appeal to fans of the Kinnikuman series.