Not to be confused with the unrelated anime series
Hamatora.
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Cover of the first children's book featuring Hamtaro |
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| Written by | Ritsuko Kawai |
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| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Magazine | Ciao |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
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| Original run | 1997 – 2000 |
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| Volumes | 3 |
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| Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
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| Produced by | - Kazuhiko Kurokawa
- Tadahito Matsumoto
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| Written by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
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| Music by | Motoyoshi Iwasaki |
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| Studio | TMS-Kyokuichi |
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| Released | 15 September 1999 |
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| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
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| Written by | - Shinzo Fujita
- Yoshiyuki Suga
- Miho Maruo
- Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Fumihiko Shimo
- Koji Miura
- Toshiyasu Nagata
- Michiru Shimada
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
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| Original run | 7 July 2000 – 31 March 2006 |
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| Episodes | - 296 (Japanese)
- 105 (English)
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| Directed by | - Osamu Nabeshima (1, 4)
- Kazuhiro Ochi (2, 3)
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| Music by | Motoyoshi Iwasaki |
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Released | 6 August 2001 – 6 August 2004 |
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| Episodes | 4 |
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| Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
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| Produced by | - Masato Matsumoto
- Yuoh Sekita
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| Music by | Motoyoshi Iwasaki |
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Released | 15 December 2001 – 23 December 2004 |
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| Runtime | 50 minutes each |
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| Films | 4 |
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| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
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| Written by | Yoshiyuki Suga |
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| Music by | Motoyoshi Iwasaki |
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
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| Original run | 5 April 2006 – 26 March 2008 |
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| Episodes | 77 |
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| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
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| Original run | 2 April 2011 – 30 March 2013 |
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| Episodes | 103 |
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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 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.