Adventure · Comedy

Hamtaro

Japanese manga series

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Genres: Adventure Comedy
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Publishers: Pikkapika Comics
Country: Japan

About

Hamtaro, known in Japan as Trotting Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎, Tottoko Hamutarō), is a Japanese children's manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster named Hamtaro. The manga was first published 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.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The series revolves around a hamster named Hamtaro, who is owned by a young girl named Laura Haruna (known as Hiroko Haruna in the original Japanese version). Curious by nature, he ventures out each day to make friends and go on adventures with a clan of fellow hamster friends known as The Ham-Hams. The Ham-Hams meet in an underground gathering hangout called the Ham-Ham Clubhouse, built by Boss with the help of the other hamsters.