Hamtaro

source: wikidataJapanese manga series

source: wikipedia_enHamtaro, 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.

source: wikidata日本の連載漫画作品

source: wikipedia_ja『とっとこハム太郎』（とっとこハムたろう）は、河井リツ子による漫画・絵本作品。および、それを原作としたアニメ作品。 原作については、かつては小学館の各誌に連載されていた。現在はそれらを復刻した書籍などが発売されている。