Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
| Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo | |
Cover of the first Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo manga volume
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こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo) |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Anime film | |
| Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo The Movie | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Toshimichi Okawa |
| Studio | 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 | 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 a television anime series, produced by Studio Gallop and broadcast across Japan by Fuji Television, two theatrical animated films, two live-action movies, several stage adaptations, and a live-action television series. As of February 2012, the series had sold over 155 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."
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