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Muscleman
Muscleman may denote any man with well-developed muscles, in particular a bodybuilding, bodybuilder. In art-related and anatomical contexts, the term is also used for a model in wax (or, in modern times, of unbreakable plastic material) showing the muscles of a man.Roberta Panzanelli, ed., ''Ephemeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure, with a translation of Julius von Schlosser's History of Portraiture in Wax'' (Getty Publications, 2008), p. 277. Such a figure showing the muscles of the human body without skin is also called écorché. In popular culture ''Muscleman'' is the translated title of Japanese manga series ''Kinnikuman''. M.U.S.C.L.E. was a line of related collectible toy figures produced in the U.S. from 1985-1988. Notes {{Reflist Bodybuilding Visual arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinnikuman
is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. Nakai and Takashi planned the series when they were attending high school originally as a parody to ''Ultraman''. The manga was originally published in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1979 to 1987, and was first adapted by Toei Animation into a 137-episode anime series broadcast on Nippon Television from 1983 to 1986. It restarted publication in 2011 in Shueisha's web magazine ''Shū Play News'', and has spawned spin-off manga and anime series, video games, anime films, and several ''Kinnikuman''-related merchandise. There is also a sequel, the manga that was serialized in ''Weekly Playboy'' between 1998 and 2004. It was published in North America by Viz Media under the title of ''Ultimate Muscle''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
