KochiKame

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo
Cover of the first Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo manga volume
こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo)
Genre	Comedy, police
Manga
Written by	Osamu Akimoto
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump Kochikame Maitsuki Taise Rekushon Gatsu Kyoku Chō Selection Konbini Tokushū Genteiban Getsurei Tokusen Choice! Gatsu Ichi Gokujō Choice!! Kochikame Gold Kochikame Hit Parade!! Kyokusen Tsuāzu!!
Original run	September 21, 1976 – September 17, 2016
Volumes	200 (List of volumes)
Anime film
Shonen Jump Special: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa
Written by	Takao Koyama
Music by	Tadayoshi Matsui
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Released	November 23, 1985
Runtime	30 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuo Yasumi Noboru Misawa Shinji Takamatsu Norihiro Takamoto Akira Shigino
Music by	Ryo Yonemitsu, Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	Studio Gallop
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	June 16, 1996 – December 19, 2004
Episodes	373 + 9 specials (List of episodes)
Anime film
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: The Movie
Directed by	Shinji Takamatsu
Written by	Toshimichi Okawa
Studio	Toho, Studio Gallop
Released	December 23, 1999
Runtime	95 minutes
Anime film
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: The Movie 2: UFO Shūrai! Tornado Daisakusen!!
Directed by	Shinji Takamatsu
Written by	Shinji Takamatsu, Toshimichi Okawa
Studio	Toho, Studio Gallop
Released	December 20, 2003
Runtime	109 minutes
Anime television series
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo The Final: Kankichi Ryotsu's Last Day
Directed by	Akira Shigeno
Produced by	Tomoko Takahashi
Written by	Takashi Yamada
Studio	Studio Gallop
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	September 18, 2016
Episodes	1

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo (こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所^?, lit. "This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward"), often shortened to Kochikame (こち亀), is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station (kōban) in the downtown part of Tokyo, and revolves around the misadventures of middle-aged cop Kankichi Ryotsu.

It was continuously serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump for 40 years, from September 1976 to September 2016. Its 1,960 chapters were collected into 200 tankōbon volumes, making it the manga series with the highest number of volumes. The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, produced by Studio Gallop and broadcast across Japan by Fuji Television, three theatrical animated films (by Tatsunoko and Gallop, respectively), two live-action movies, several stage adaptations, and a live-action television series. As of 2014, the series had sold over 157 million copies, making Kochikame one of the best-selling manga series in history. In 2005, TV Asahi named the anime number 36 on its list of the Top 100 Anime. The series was awarded a Guinness World Record for "Most volumes published for a single manga series."