Hamtaro

Hamtaro
	Cover of the first children's book featuring Hamtaro
とっとこハム太郎; (Tottoko Hamutarō)
Manga
Written by	Ritsuko Kawai
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Ciao
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	1997 – 2000
Volumes	3
Directed by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Further information
Original video animation
Directed by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Produced by	Kazuhiko Kurokawa; Tadahito Matsumoto;
Written by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Music by	Motoyoshi Iwasaki
Studio	TMS-Kyokuichi
Released	15 September 1999
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Nabeshima
Written by	Shinzo Fujita; Yoshiyuki Suga; Miho Maruo; Atsuhiro Tomioka; Fumihiko Shimo; Koji Miura; Toshiyasu Nagata; Michiru Shimada;
Music by	Motoyoshi Iwasaki (JP); Tom Keenlyside; John Mitchell; David Iris (U.S.);
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Licensed by	CA: Alliance Atlantis; NA: Viz Media;
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	AU: Network Ten, Cartoon Network; CA: YTV; HK: TVB; NZ: TV3; PH: GMA Network, TV5; UK: Fox Kids; US: Cartoon Network (Toonami);
Original run	7 July 2000 – 31 March 2006
Episodes	296 (Japanese); 105 (English);
Original video animation
Directed by	Osamu Nabeshima (1, 4); Kazuhiro Ochi (2, 3);
Written by	Michiru Shimada (1); Tomoko Konparu (2); Kouji Miura (3, 4);
Music by	Motoyoshi Iwasaki
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Released	6 August 2001 – 6 August 2004
Episodes	4
Anime film series
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Produced by	Masato Matsumoto; Yuoh Sekita;
Written by	Osamu Dezaki (1); Michiru Shimada (1, 2); Tomoko Konparu (3, 4);
Music by	Motoyoshi Iwasaki
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Released	15 December 2001 – 23 December 2004
Runtime	50 minutes each
Films	4
Anime television series
Trotting Hamtaro Hai!
Directed by	Osamu Nabeshima
Written by	Yoshiyuki Suga
Music by	Motoyoshi Iwasaki
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	5 April 2006 – 26 March 2008
Episodes	77
Anime television series
Trotting Hamtaro Dechu!
Directed by	Osamu Nabeshima
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	2 April 2011 – 30 March 2013
Episodes	103

Hamtaro, known in Japan as Trotting Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎, Tottoko Hamutarō), is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's "Shougaku Ninensei" (Second Grade) magazine in April 1997;^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

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

^ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia. California: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1933330105.
^ "テレビ東京・あにてれとっとこハム太郎" (in Japanese). tv-tokyo.co.jp. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ よみもの「ハムスターがやってきた」（とっとこハム太郎・連載一回目） Archived 20 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories (The Adventures of Hamtaro, Vol. 2) Amazon.com
^ The Adventures of Hamtaro, Vol. 3: Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories Amazon.com

[1] Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia. California: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1933330105.

[2] "テレビ東京・あにてれとっとこハム太郎" (in Japanese). tv-tokyo.co.jp. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[3] よみもの「ハムスターがやってきた」（とっとこハム太郎・連載一回目） Archived 20 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[4] Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories (The Adventures of Hamtaro, Vol. 2) Amazon.com

[5] The Adventures of Hamtaro, Vol. 3: Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories Amazon.com

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