rad-ramenkingles

Hey all you KinnikuHeads out there, so I gotta say I've been getting lots of likes over time on my past stuff I've done. So big ups to you all for that, at some point down the line I want to incorporate more Pixel Work in what I'm doing. Please know I appreciate all the love on what I have done thus far, and to show that love right back. I have noticed when looking at all the pieces I did throw up, how honestly awful Tumblr has messed up some of them in parts. Making some even Jpegs.

So over the next couple weeks I'll be reuploading them, along with some secret past work over on my Deviantart. A not fantastic site, but one I know won't nerf my works quality. So if you are interested in all that, keep looking back to it and see what will come.

Also stay tuned for some more FanFic work coming way sooner than I originally planned. Been cooking up so much and finally happy with a direction, that I very much plan to follow.

Until then, stay cool everyone!!

If I can be honest to you, I'm scared. For what feels like the first time in my life I'm scared, and it's not even because of something that makes sense. Then again maybe it does.

I've been watching from afar for so long, so very truly long. I've done it happily too, because look what's become of you. Some would mock you, I know I have in passing in my thoughts long ago before I truly saw you for you.

What you have become though, grown into with your own will and through the trials you've faced, and the friends you've made along the way. It's amazing to have seen it, brother.

I don't feel I can just watch anymore, I have to take part. I have to participate and do what I can to look out for you. Every other time in your journey I've not felt you couldn't handle yourself in these battles and moments. This time though it's not about doubting you, it's about being afraid of God chosen foes doing their worst to get you, and prevent you from having what is rightfully yours.

I've no doubt of who you are, at your core you are a good soul baby brother. Anyone who knows you personally knows that undeniable truth.

These five men though, I don't feel that from them. They are at best powerful hollow vessels for evil higher beings, or at worst powerful spiteful wicked willing players in a game that feels all too stacked against you.

I'm scared not because of the fights that I will be facing when I go down this road, the blood I'll spill with my hands and the blood I will lose myself, but I'm scared… Scared of when you find out who I am, and what you've not known for so many years of your life.

Suguru, you have a big brother. One who loves you and only wants the best for you, because you are the best of our bloodline. You deserve to live long, and call Planet Kinniku your kingdom. I won't let anyone, Human, Chojin, or God, stop that from happening, or stop you from becoming what you are destined to become.

This is my final entry, baby brother. The final one before I stop being an observer. I hope one day you will read all this, and I hope you can forgive me for being hidden for so long and understand my choices in doing it all.

All my love brother...

So I kind of thought before I start trickling out more little short bits and bobs, and hopefully as well art. I would just provide a slight little bit of context to what I'm doing.

I'm dubbing this fan project "Kinniku Kosumosu Rebuild". It's essentially just a rewrite/restructure of the Kinnikuman/Nisei/Ultimate Muscle Universe of stories, and continuations/side stories within that work I'm making... Well Rebuild as I'm enjoying calling it.

I genuinely love Kinnikuman, and the characters that have sprung from it and it's spinoff works, all this is existing because of Yude and I can't praise those two enough. That said I've always kind of wanted more out of it. Just stories and scenes that really flesh things out more than what we got, and even different things happening in some cases as well.

So rather than just constantly think about that I thought, as I have nothing but time in life Id just execute some of it. So I will. On here, and a couple other places. I'll have moments, scenes, and stories play out and I'll try my best to add some visual elements when I can.

I've got so much jotted down in many different docs, notebooks, and post it notes. Been reading and watching so much over the past been many months so I've absorbed a lot Kinniku stuff, but there is still much more to take in.

"It's nearly all ready, it's been quite the process but what you and the Jikanooos have been able to do over these few months has definitely smoothed out the issues the Rebuild was having."

"So does that mean they will get to go back soon?"

"I'll need to do a final scan of everything and check with the Architect that it's to his liking. If that's all okayed, then yes... Yes they will."

"Will they... Will they remember anything?"

"Are you asking, because you want to know if they will remember you?"

"Yeah, yeah that's why."

"The memories they have will be wiped I'm afraid, but the impact you made on them and the feeling of your friendship will stay with them always. Even if they don't know who it's related to up here, their hearts will recognise it and know it's warmth forever."

"Okay, that's all I need. This will all be worth it, worth it for them in the end."

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So this in my head was planned to be a complete recreation of the Kinnikuman and Robin Mask faceoff at the Chojin Olympics. I had a plan to format it like it was game screenshot, really make it look like a proper Mock Up almost GBA or DS like… But life did what life does and threw at me some curve balls. So for now I want this to be a taste however small of that, to serve as my “Bye for now” piece. I enjoyed getting the heights a bit more accurate, and establishing in my head anyway that Kinnikuman for me throughout the series goes through at least a couple different trunk colors before landing on the iconic red (And for me his essential color).

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So this guy, I love this guy. Just not doubt in my mind, he is probably one of my favorite characters in Japanese Fiction. I know he gets a bad perception for being this racist depiction, but he is so genuinely great. He started out as basically one note, interesting in looks department but one note none the less. Then he just grew and grew, and grew. Ramenman's whole journey throughout Yudes works, I think is probably the best work by them full stop. Kinnikuman and his story is great obviously because of it being his story and he is the main, but Ramenman is just so consistently awesome to me. I think out of all the characters to, he is the one I would always do drawings of as a kid and would imagine stories about. I even have taken that further into now and have crafted in my own time this whole elaborate story of his life and it's ins and outs from childhood to death really. Just I can't say enough how cool this dude is. Out of the whole cast Yude has made in this series, he is top basically right beside Kinnikuman. I'm sure Yude realized the greatness of him and that's why they gave us the spin-off as well with a Ramenman. Anyway enjoy the final sprite, and there will be one last thing to come. Then after that, this all will be dormant for awhile guys until I can figure life out. Thanks all!

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So if you can't tell with all that is on display. I'm kind of big Brocken Jr fan. I honestly just love the dude, for all there is to him there potential wise. From him living in his father's shadow, to the point of sharing appearance. To carrying on (At least in my head) the long rivalry with Ramenman that his father had, essentially stepping in his shoes. To being this soul who later in life becomes troubled and a bit aimless. Also I love and I know it's just in the English Dub, but his and Jeagar/Jade's connection of being Father and Son and being one of the few good dads in Kinnikuman. Granted it was a bit late, but still when he finally came along he did well by his boy in his own unique way. So yeah he is just cool to me, like real cool. Looks here are just in my head his first appearance how he looks, then the ones with the blueish whitish skin is him trying to get into Ramenman's head for their fight essentially making Ramenman face the Ghost of his past mistake in a way. The rest are just me finding other looks and even crafting some of my own that I think fit him well.

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So unlike Mariposa and Zebra, I actually had no interest in altering Phoenix’s pretransformation look at all. In Fact I didn’t even sprite it. Maybe at some point I will just for completion sake. For me I do think it is cool him actually growing up in a poor area of Planet Kinniku that has some Australian feel to it. I actually in my head find the idea of Planet Kinniku having a few different areas of it having some infusion of other countries' cultures into them as an intriguing idea. Like a German-esque area, a French one, and so on. Not too many though, but just enough to add unique flavor overall to the planet as a whole. With that, enjoy the sprite. Not many left to go.

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So just like with Mariposa, with Zebra I wanted to make more human esque appearance prior to his change into one of the coolest looking Kinnikuman Clones around. With that I just looked at a lot of sources came to this basic look, which I am quite fond of. Again this is all my own headcanon adjustment, if you don’t care for it don't worry I'm not actually changing Yudes work outside of my own alterations. Enjoy now Zebra, pre and post transformation, and stay tuned for whats to come.

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Oh wow, so I while trying to work on the Face Portraits for my initial Kinniku Redraft works. Completely started on redoing my old Five Fated Princes, and I started with Mariposa. A guy who is a personal favourite of mine looks wise. One thing though I didn't like, and it's just a me thing and I recognise that was him living on space planet. So in my headcanon he was living in Mexico a good chunk in time after his birth. Then later he was sought out by the God of Flight. So I drafted out a personal headcanon look for what this version of him looked like, and then from there all his looks updated in my newer style. I have his red look being the one he rocks when doing the bad he does, and the Purple Looks being when he turns to the side of good and rejects the bad nature that took over him.

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So big guy was going to be part of scene recreation, that I never got finished. I repurposed the ring from that for my Mantaro Vs Suguru post. I've always really liked Goriki, and specifically his Anime Colors. I even crafted a little story for him, and designed a whole race for what he is. Will I ever delve into that in some form. Maybe one day. For now just have this sprite, and enjoy the next few posts. Not many more left.

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Warsman the Half Robo Half Human Chojin, who was even further Robotized by a evil Russian Program. In my headcanon take he first looks more Robotic even wearing heavy parts to hide his humanity at the request of Mr Barracuda to come off as more intimidating. After the Olympics he stripes himself of all the trappings of that disguise and we get this Manga Inspired coloring to him. That has more human like skin tone to boot.

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Brockenman in his Wrestling Gear with and without hat. Also in my headcanon he isn't a Nazi, but a troubled soul who went down a path of Power Seeking and along the way lost his decency and moral compass.

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Just him in his first couple looks. In my head canon interpretation of everything, the stars on his shoulders are like a little flair he paints on. Hence the version without them on.

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So I'm going to be packing it in for a bit and leave this Tumblr for awhile. I'll set up some timed posts to throw up my remaining Kinniku Pixel work for you all as I said I would, and then I'll let it be. Till that spark comes back, and that drive presents itself again for me.

I've appreciated all the engagement I have gotten, and I've greatly enjoyed Pixeling some of my favorite characters. Also the few great and genuine people I've met along the way within this fandom have been awesome too. But I just think for the time being now, I need to go away and maybe come back again when life makes a bit more sense for me. We shall see. Until then. Catch you all later, and stay cool everyone.

"Father and Son, 1v1!!"

Well hey there everyone, managed to get this finished and done a bit sooner than I thought I would. (To be real though it's not like I did too much new, just had to repurpose some side bits I was already working on for hopeful later posts.)

I have high hopes to do more things like this, a capturing of a moment in time. Whether it be a headcanon/fanfic moment, or a fan favourite reinterpretation from the manga or anime.

I shall call posts of this specific nature “MUSCLE Moments”, because Muscle you see. It's fitting right? Beefy Beef dudes, just slinging their Beefy muscles to beat down on each other. Definitely works for my liking.

To start this trend off here is something I would have wanted to see, and did do a lot in “Galactic Wrestling” on my PS2. - Kid Muscle Vs his Father in his Prime in a one on one match. Both with their respective Meat Sidekicks for guidance.

So I've had Kid Muscle/Mantaro revamped for a decent time, just sitting in the wings for a post of him mid face off against Kevin Mask. But I unfortunately never started Kevin and I wasn't going to be doing that task with a Trackpad. So rather than sitting on him further. Have him here head to head against his dear old dad, but younger.

The rest of what you see on display was heavily altered work of a really old bg I found from some old wrestling pixel game. Don't ask what it was called, I genuinely don't know. I saved it as “Wrasslin Pixel Ring” back in my youth. So who knows what it was from. Maybe I'll throw up the original at some point and you all can let me know. It was a really fun undertaking to do back a couple months ago, was doing it for this purpose of making in ring moments. (Something I had done a tiny bit of back in 2011) Bonus Points to whoever can figure out what moment in the classic Kinnikuman anime the ring's specific colors are based off.

With this text dump done, and these sprites and inaugural “Muscle Moment” shared. I shall now get back to my Ramen consumption, Kinnikuman reading, and anime watching. (Currently burning through “Mobile Fighter G Gundam” and “Ultimate Muscle”, enjoying the nostalgia) Expect some Kinniku Text thoughts in the near future, and I'll try doing more of these “Muscle Moments” again as soon as I can.