As any fan of the series Ultimate Muscle may know, finding a copy of the English version of the show is impossible. FUNimation, the company that currently owns the release rights, stopped production of the DVDs a while ago, after only four episodes, making the series unavailable to fans.

The only versions of the show available online are in Japanese with English subtitles, Japanese with French subtitles, and Portugese. There's a petition out there somewhere asking FUNimation to release the series, but we all know how well internet petitions work.

I have a handful of episodes on VHS tape that I recorded off the TV one day when Cartoon Network were running a marathon. I have the ability to capture these episodes to a computer, converting them to a digital format and/or burning them to DVD. I don't have very many episodes, though.

So here's my proposal for all the Ultimate Muscle fans out there: If you have any episodes of the series recorded, in any format - VHS tape, DVD, PAL or NTSC - send them to me. I'll capture them, tick them off my list, then send the tapes/discs back to you. Once the series is finished, I'll get copies out to anyone who wants one.

Send me a note if you have any episodes of Ultimate Muscle in your possesion.


I'm still looking for:
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77

Meaning all I'm missing is episodes 56, 58, 67, 69, 76 and 77. Anyone?