Ultimate Muscle
The original 1983 anime series was popular, premiering with a rating over 20 percent. Despite being considered "too old to be marketable on American television" by 4Kids in the 2000s, the 2008 "Kinnikuman" complete box set had 25,000 reservation requests by August in Japan. In 2005, Japanese television network TV Asahi conducted a "Top 100" online web poll and nationwide survey; "Kinnikuman" placed 97th in the online poll and "Ultimate Muscle" placed 39th in the survey. In 2006, TV Asahi conducted another online poll for the top one hundred anime, and "Kinnikuman" placed 12th in the "Celebrity List".