Taro the Space Alien
| Taro the Space Alien | |
| うちゅう人田中太郎 (Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasunari Nagatoshi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children, Shōnen |
| Original run | August 1998 – September 2004 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yorifusa Yamaguchi |
| Produced by | Ryoji Shimizu |
| Written by | Michihiro Tsuchiya Koji Ueda |
| Music by | Cher Watanabe |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Licensed by | (canceled) |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 17, 2000 – March 30, 2001 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Taro the Space Alien (Japanese: うちゅう人田中太郎, Hepburn: Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō) is a manga series created by Yasunari Nagatoshi. In 2000, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.
Viz Media is the licensor of the series in the United States. The series has not had a release in English.
The series' protagonist is Takashi Horimachi (堀町 タカシ, Horimachi Takashi), a fifth grader at "Anytown" Elementary School. A transfer student named Taro Tanaka (田中 太郎, Tanaka Tarō) enters Takashi's class. Taro Tanaka turns out to be a space alien. Takashi becomes obsessed with trying to figure out the origins of Taro.