Police in a Pod

Police in a Pod
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Mai Kawai
ハコヅメ~交番女子の逆襲~
(Hakozume: Kōban Joshi no Gyakushū)
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMiko Yasu
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 22, 2017 – present
Volumes23
Television drama
Directed by
  • Seiichi Nagumo
  • Shintaro Sugawara
  • Shunpei Marutani
  • Akiki Ito
Written byNemoto Nonji
Music byAkio Izutsu
StudioNippon Television
Original networkNNS (Nippon TV)
Original run July 7, 2021 September 15, 2021
Episodes9 + 2 special episodes
Anime television series
Directed byYuzo Sato
Written byRyunosuke Kingetsu
Music byNobuaki Nobusawa
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, SUN, TV Aichi, BS NTV
English network
Original run January 5, 2022 March 30, 2022
Episodes13

Police in a Pod is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miko Yasu. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Morning since November 2017. A television drama adaptation aired on Nippon TV from July to September 2021, while an anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired from January to March 2022.

By August 2021, the manga had over 2.3 million copies in circulation. Police in a Pod won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2021 and the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the same category in 2022.