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Also known as Tottoko Hamutarō, Tottoko Hamutarou, Tottoko Hamutaro, Tottoko Hamtaro

Hamtaro, known in Japan as , is a Japanese children's manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster named Hamtaro. The manga was first published in Shogakukan's Shōgaku Ninensei (Second Grade) magazine in April 1997; more Hamtaro stories would later be added into the other grade-level magazines, as well as in Ciao. The series focuses on a hamster named Hamtaro, who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters known as the "Ham-Hams" ("Hamuchans" in the Japanese version). Viz Media published the manga adaptations and storybooks in English.

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Animanga/Header.name
Hamtaro
Animanga/Header.image
Hamtaro cover.jpg
Animanga/Header.caption
Cover of the first book featuring the titular protagonist, Hamtaro
Animanga/Header.ja_kanji
とっとこハム太郎
Animanga/Header.ja_romaji
Tottoko Hamutarō
Animanga/Print.type
manga
Animanga/Print.author
Ritsuko Kawai
Animanga/Print.publisher
Shogakukan
Animanga/Print.magazine
Ciao
Animanga/Print.first
1997
Animanga/Print.last
2000
Animanga/Print.volumes
3
Animanga/Video.type
tv series
Animanga/Video.director
Osamu Nabeshima
Animanga/Video.writer
Yoshiyuki Suga
Animanga/Video.music
Motoyoshi Iwasaki
Animanga/Video.studio
TMS Entertainment
Animanga/Video.released
15 September 1999

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Official website
www.hamutaro.com
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Hamtaro, known in Japan as , is a Japanese children's manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster named Hamtaro. The manga was first published in Shogakukan's Shōgaku Ninensei (Second Grade) magazine in April 1997; more Hamtaro stories would later be added into the other grade-level magazines, as well as in Ciao. The series focuses on a hamster named Hamtaro, who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters known as the "Ham-Hams" ("Hamuchans" in the Japanese version). Viz Media published the manga adaptations and storybooks in English.

Multiple anime adaptations were produced by TMS Entertainment and aired on TV Tokyo. The first series was dubbed in English by The Ocean Group.

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