Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari-kōen Mae Hashutsujo

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Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari-kōen Mae Hashutsujo
Original title こ ち ら 葛 飾 区 亀 有 公園 前 派出所
genre comedy
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Osamu Akimoto
magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
First publication September 21, 1976 - September 17, 2016
expenditure 200
Television broadcast
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1996 to 2004
length 15 minutes
Episodes 367
genre Shonen
music Toshihiko Sahashi
First broadcast June 16, 1996 to December 19, 2004 on Fuji TV
synchronization

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari-kōen Mae Hashutsujo ( Japanese. こ ち ら 葛 飾 区 亀 有 公園 前 派出所 , Ger . "This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika "), also shortened as Kochi Kame or Kochikame (Japanese. こ ち 亀 ) known, was a from 1976 to 2016 in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump published manga , which was drawn by Osamu Akimoto . With over 30,000 pages in 1960 chapters, the series was the longest permanent manga series - Golgo 13 and Doraemon appeared earlier, but with longer interruptions. The series was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as a manga series with the most anthologies ( Tankōbon ) - 200 of which were published.

The first 164 tankōbon were sold more than 150 million times; Volume number 153 according to the numbers in May 2007 a total of about 360,000 times.

content

The focal point of the plot is a group of policemen around a koban , a police station that is located near Tokyo's Kameari Park. The police officer Kankichi Ryōtsu ( 両 津 勘 吉 ; Ryō-san) stationed there is initially the main character of the plot and regularly goes through adventures that bring him into a wide variety of situations and which often end in a mess. It is not uncommon for Ryō-san to be responsible for this in his ongoing quest to get rich with quick money.

Publications

The manga was published from September 21, 1976 to September 17, 2016 in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Jump . The Shūeisha publishing house also publishes the individual chapters previously published in the magazine in anthologies, 200 of which have appeared in total. On September 16, 2017, another special chapter appeared in issue 42/2017.

In Taiwan, the manga is published by Formosa Youth.

Awards

Osamu Akimoto won a special award at the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize in 2017 for the manga .

Film adaptations

Television series

Based on the manga, a television series started in June 1996 that was broadcast in 367 15-minute episodes on Fuji TV until it was discontinued at the end of 2004. This series is considered a remake of a previous television special that aired on November 23, 1985 as part of Shonen Jump Matsuri.

ADK and Fuji TV were involved in the production of the television series . The implementation was realized by Gallop . The series was produced by Akio Wakana and Juro Sugimura (both from Gallop), Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV) and Yoko Matsushita (ADK). Directed by Akira Shigeno, Noboru Misawa, Norihiro Takamoto, Shinji Takamatsu and Tetsuo Yasumi, Masahiro Kitazaki, Shojuro Yamauchi and Tsukasa Tannai were responsible for the character design, and Satoshi Shibata was the artistic director. The music for the series was composed by Ryō Yonemitsu and Toshihiko Sahashi.

Parts of the series have been translated into Catalan and Spanish by and broadcast in Spanish on Canal 2 Andalucia , Telemadrid and Animax España , and on K3 in Catalan outside of Japan.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Daijiro Ohara Kōji Hishitani, from episode 16 Haruki Sayama
Kankichi Ryotsu Lasar Ishii
Keiichi Nakagawa Mitsuru Miyamoto
Reiko Akimoto Yumi Morio

cinemamovies

Individual evidence

  1. Crystalyn Hodgkins: Kochikame Earns Guinness World Record For Most Volumes Published For Single Manga Series. In: Anime News Network. September 11, 2016, accessed April 21, 2018 .
  2. Naruto is 5th Shueisha Manga with 100 Million + Copies in Print (Update 2). In: Anime News Network. April 26, 2010, accessed January 31, 2012 .
  3. The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shonen Jump: A Look at the Circulation of Weekly Jump | ComiPress. May 6, 2007, accessed on August 20, 2008 (English, tabular information).
  4. Osamu Akimoto's Kochikame Manga Ends on September 17 After 40 Years of Serialization. Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
  5. Crystalyn Hodgkins: Kochikame Manga Gets New Chapter in Shonen Jump. In: Anime News Network. September 10, 2017, accessed April 21, 2018 .

Web links

Commons : Kochikame  - collection of images, videos and audio files