Hamtaro
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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.
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Ritsuko Kawai
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Official website
- www.hamutaro.com
- Image
- ハム太郎バス(417244552).jpg
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- intended public
- children's manga
- topic's main category
- Category:Hamtaro
- Commons category
- Hamtaro
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- social media followers
- 161486
- illustrator
- Ritsuko Kawai
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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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