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Pandaman was originally an early Kinnikuman character, that was actually an actor in a costume. Kinnikuman mistook him for a fighter and took quarrel with him. Years later, a fan submitted a completely different Pandaman for one of the manga's famed Choujin (Superhuman) creation contests. Pandaman appeared in 1988's "Kinnikuman 77 no Nazo". In 1997, the fan, Eiichiro Oda, started his own manga, One Piece. Pandaman became a reoccurring joke character, seen as a cameo in many background scenes. Pandaman occasionally steps into the limelight, though, with a major role in a television special that took place in an alternate feudal Japan, as well as playable appearances in both One Piece and Kinnikuman games.
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