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44-603: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo ( こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 , lit. "This Is a Police Box ( kōban ) in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward ") , often shortened to KochiKame ( こち亀 ) , and known in English as KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops , is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto . It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station ( kōban ) in

88-433: A kanzenban , and similarly reproduces chapter covers and colour pages while also including a variety of bonus features such as posters and interviews. The majority of sōshūhen releases are for popular manga with ongoing serializations. They also contain far more pages than a standard tankōbon and thus feature more chapters in fewer volumes; Naruto Part I was originally published in 27 tankōbon volumes, but

132-410: A tankōbon translation is usually marketed as a " graphic novel " or " trade paperback ", the transliterated terms tankoubon and tankōbon are sometimes used amongst online communities. Japanese speakers frequently refer to manga tankōbon by the English loanword "comics" ( コミックス , komikkusu ) , although it is more widespread for being used in place of the word "manga", as they are

176-522: A Shonen Jump Anime Festival hosted by Shueisha in 1985. It was directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa , who, at the time, was renowned for his directorial work on Tatsunoko's other works such as Speed Racer and the Time Bokan franchise. It was issued on home video by Shueisha under the Jump Video imprint as a prize for winners of a contest that took place in several issues of Weekly Shonen Jump for

220-943: A loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga tankōbon typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing imprints for tankōbon of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines ), Kodansha 's Shōnen Magazine Comics , and Shogakukan 's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone-book -sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine or Weekly Shōnen Jump ). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since

264-604: A live-action television series. In addition, a short anime featuring characters from the series was produced to popularize the Paralympic sport of goalball , ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics of 2020 (held in 2021). By 2016, the manga had over 156.5 million copies in circulation, making it the eighth best-selling manga series in history. In 2005, Kochikame won the Special Judges Award at

308-504: A type of special release. The kanzenban ( 完全版 , lit. "perfect complete edition") is yet another term sometimes used to denote a type of special release. A kanzenban release is generally A5 size (148 mm × 210 mm, 5.8 in × 8.3 in) and will typically reproduce individual chapter covers, colour pages, and side-stories from its original magazine run, features that are often omitted or converted to grayscale in standard tankōbon releases. While

352-554: Is 34.80 km . Katsushika Ward is at the east end of Tokyo Metropolis. It is on an alluvial plain and it is low above sea level . The ward office (Katsushika city hall) is located at Tateishi . Katsushika has boundaries with three wards of Tokyo: Adachi , Edogawa and Sumida . The cities of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture , and Misato and Yashio in Saitama Prefecture form the northeast border of

396-440: Is a collector's edition volume . These volumes are generally more expensive and lavished with special features such as special covers created specifically for the edition. A special paper used for the cover, higher quality paper, a special slipcase, etc. Aizōban are generally printed in a limited run, thereby increasing the value and collectability of those few copies made. The aizōban format has begun to make inroads into

440-568: Is the home of Tora-san, the protagonist of the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series, played by Kiyoshi Atsumi . A statue of Tora-san stands outside of Shibamata Station . Other notable works set in Katsushika are the television series Kamen Rider Hibiki and the TV drama series Long Vacation . A statue of Captain Tsubasa main character, Tsubasa Ozora , is also located there, as

484-436: The aizōban appellation emphasizes the value of the volumes, the term kanzenban emphasizes their completeness, though it is generally reserved for more popular manga. Similar to a wide-ban , a shinsōban ( 新装版 , lit. "new decoration edition") is a new edition released with (usually) a new cover. The volumes in such a release usually have new colour pages and other extras. For example, in 2002, Sailor Moon

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528-890: The Kasai Shrine , Narihira Santosen Temple , the "Bound Jizō " of Ōoka Echizen , and Shibamata Taishakuten , selected as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan and 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei era) . Takara Tomy has its headquarters in Katsushika. The Tokyo Detention House , a correctional facility, is in the ward. One of Japan's seven execution chambers is located there. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates public high schools. Special school: Katsushika City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Municipal junior high schools: Elementary schools include: Special schools: The longest-running manga series in history, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo takes place in Katsushika. The neighborhood of Shibamata

572-521: The best-selling manga series in history. With 200 volumes, the series held the Guinness World Record for "Most volumes published for a single manga series" from September 2016 to July 2021. In November 2014, readers of Da Vinci magazine voted Kochikame as the seventh Weekly Shōnen Jump ' s greatest manga series of all time. Kochikame won the Special Judges Award at the 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2005. Akimoto received

616-436: The 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled into tankōbon collecting multiple installments from a single series and reprinting them in a roughly paperback -sized volume on higher quality paper than in the original magazine printing. Strips in manga magazines and tankobon are typically printed in black and white, but sometimes certain sections may be printed in colour or using colored inks or paper. In English , while

660-400: The 50th Shogakukan Manga Award , as well as the 48th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2017. The KochiKame plot involves Kankichi "Ryo-san" Ryotsu coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Keiichi Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While

704-548: The American comics market, with several major publishers opting to release some of their titles in this smaller format, which is sometimes also called "digest format" or " digest size ". In the United States, many manga are released in the so-called "Tokyopop trim" or "Tokyopop size" (approximately 13 cm × 19 cm, 5 in × 7.5 in). An aizōban ( 愛蔵版 , lit. 'loving collection edition')

748-591: The Movie ( こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE MOVIE ) on December 23, 1999, and Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo the Movie 2: UFO Shūrai! Tornado Daisakusen!! ( こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE MOVIE2 UFO襲来! トルネード大作戦!! ) on December 20, 2003. On September 18, 2016, an hour-long special by Studio Gallop aired on Fuji TV for the manga's 40th anniversary. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo The Final: Kankichi Ryotsu's Last Day ( こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE FINAL 両津勘吉 最後の日 ) features several voice actors reprising their roles from

792-438: The Movie at number 56 on The Other 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time, a list of "lesser-known, lesser-loved classics." He called it " Kochikame at its best, a zippy combination of daffy comedy and solid action set pieces," with one of the funniest false endings ever. Katsushika, Tokyo As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km . The total area

836-643: The Special Prize at the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for the manga in 2017. Kochikame was awarded the 48th Seiun Award for the Best Comic in 2017. On TV Asahi 's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, KochiKame ranked 35th. In 2005, the anime ranked 36th on its list of the Top 100 Anime conducted by TV Asahi. Mike Toole of Anime News Network included Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

880-551: The US market, with titles such as Fruits Basket and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin being reissued in a similar format. Generally, only the most popular manga are released in this format. A bunkoban ( 文庫版 , lit. 'paperback edition') edition refers to a tankōbon printed in bunko format, or a typical Japanese novel-sized volume. Bunkoban are generally A6 size (105 mm × 148 mm, 4.1 in × 5.8 in) and thicker than tankōbon and, in

924-427: The area. In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo ' s serialization, several special events were held. Separate one-shots of the series were published in thirteen different Shueisha magazines between August and October 2006. By 2016, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo had sold over 156.5   million tankōbon copies; making it one of

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968-406: The case of manga, usually have a new cover designed specifically for the release. In the case of manga, a bunkoban tends to contain considerably more pages than a tankōbon and usually is a republication of tankōbon of the same title which may or may not have been out of print. Thus, the bunko edition of a given manga will consist of fewer volumes. For example, Please Save My Earth

1012-736: The downtown part of Tokyo , and revolves around the misadventures of middle-aged cop Kankichi Ryotsu. It was continuously serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump for 40 years, from September 1976 to September 2016. Its 1,960 chapters were collected into 201 tankōbon volumes, making it the manga with the second-highest number of volumes for a single series. The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, produced by Studio Gallop and broadcast in Japan by Fuji TV , three theatrical animated films (by Tatsunoko and Gallop, respectively), two live-action movies, several stage adaptations, and

1056-501: The fictional town of Nankatsu was inspired by Katsushika itself. Katsushika has sister-city relationships with Fengtai District in Beijing , China, and with Floridsdorf , a district of Vienna , Austria. Tank%C5%8Dbon A tankōbon ( 単行本 , "independent or standalone book") is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as shinsho  [ jp ] and bunkobon . Used as

1100-525: The first official release of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo material in English-speaking territories. In addition, various toys and collectibles have been created, including some items that first appeared in the manga as creations of Ryo-san. Kameari Koen is an actual park in Tokyo's Katsushika ward. The police station is fictional, but it is modeled after a real one located on

1144-413: The latest fads and trends. The stories are generally innocent in content, and what little violence appears is comical, while the occasional risqué subjects are included strictly for laughs rather than to titillate. KochiKame ' s immense popularity has led to guest appearances in the strip by real-life Japanese celebrities such as Tetsuya Komuro . For creator Osamu Akimoto, KochiKame is an homage to

1188-487: The magazine's 20th anniversary in 1988. However, to this day only small images of footage from the film can be seen on the internet since the film was not released broadly. An anime television adaptation of KochiKame finally began airing on Fuji Television on June 16, 1996. Produced by Studio Gallop , it ran for eight years and 382 episodes before ending on December 19, 2004. Two animated theatrical films were also produced; Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

1232-404: The north side of Kameari railway station. The manga has brought considerable fame to the neighborhood, and it draws sightseers from all over Japan. There is only a vacant lot where the police station is actually supposed to be located. In February 2006, two life-size bronze statues of Ryo-san were erected at the north and south gates of Kameari Station . There is currently a trail of 14 statues in

1276-547: The other series are Girls und Panzer , Osomatsu-san , Haruchika , Cheer Boys!! , Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de . Ryotsu appears playable in the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover fighting video games Jump Super Stars , Jump Ultimate Stars and J-Stars Victory VS . Other characters from the series appear in a non-playable capacity. J-Stars Victory VS. ' s North American and European release (as J-Stars Victory VS.+ ) marks

1320-697: The plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the combination of mundane characters with those that are bizarrely out of place; such as Nakagawa who has wealth and Ai Asato who is transgender . What they have in common is everyone's lack of actual police work, most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest. (It is explained in Jump that Ryo-san is one of the best officers at catching criminals.) Nakagawa and Reiko Akimoto have special licenses (such as for wearing personal clothes instead of uniforms to work) from police headquarters because of their skills in linguistics. The plot consistently evolved with

1364-804: The previous series, as well as director Akira Shigeno. In summer of 2006, a dubbed Hindi version of KochiKame began airing on Hungama TV in India, and later on Disney XD India from 2011 to 2013. KochiKame has also had live-action film, a TV drama and stage adaptations. The movie was directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi , starred Mitsuo Senda as Ryo-san and was released in 1977. A live-action TV series starring Katori Shingo as Ryo-san began airing on TBS on August 1, 2009. A second live-action movie, based on this TV series and titled KochiKame - The Movie: Save The Kachidiki Bridge! , opened in Japan on August 6, 2011. Another play adaptation opened in September 2016 for

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1408-483: The remainder was based in Tokyo Prefecture. Minami-Katsushika District conformed today's Katsushika Ward proper, plus Edogawa , Koto and Sumida wards. On October 1, 1932, the former Minami-Katsushika District of what was then known as Tokyo Prefecture, and its seven towns and villages, merged and became part of the old Tokyo City . The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Katsushika contains

1452-603: The same thing. The term also refers to the format itself—a comic collection in a trade paperback sized (roughly 13 cm × 18 cm, 5 in × 7 in) book (as opposed to the larger 18 cm × 25 cm, 7 in × 10 in format used by traditional American graphic novels). Although Japanese manga tankobon may be in various sizes, the most common are Japanese B6 (12.8 cm × 18.2 cm, 5.04 in × 7.17 in) and ISO A5 (14.8 cm × 21.0 cm, 5.83 in × 8.27 in). The tankōbon format has made inroads in

1496-412: The series under the pen name of "Tatsuhiko Yamadome", but changed to using his real name in 1978, when it reached its 100th chapter. Periodically the chapters were collected into tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, the first released on July 9, 1977. The series ended on September 17, 2016, in the 42nd issue of the year, in commemoration of KochiKame ' s 40th anniversary. Its 200th tankōbon volume

1540-476: The series' 40th anniversary and, like the others, it was directed, written by and stars Lasar Ishii as Ryo-san, who is also the voice actor for the character in anime adaptations. As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, the series received a 6-part crossover anthology novel with various characters from other series on September 17, 2016. Titled Vs. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: Novelization Anthology ( VS.こち亀 こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所ノベライズアンソロジー ) ,

1584-625: The times and most of the main characters do not really age, despite the fact that the series started in the 1970s and is later clearly set in the 2010s. However, some characters do age, like the grandchild of Buchao, who was a baby in the early volumes, but is now close to junior high, which the author has self-mocked in a few "look back" chapters/episodes. KochiKame has a broad audience, ranging from adolescent boys to middle-aged salarymen . Ryo-san's antics appeal to children who can laugh at an old buffoon, and to men fearing that they are becoming old buffoons themselves—and also because it often subtly mocks

1628-472: The ward. Major rivers in Katsushika include the Edogawa, Arakawa and Ayasegawa. Nakagawa and Shin-nakagawa flows through the ward. Katsushika District was originally a division of Musashi Province . When the province was divided and reconfigured, the district was partitioned between Kita-Katsushika District (within Saitama Prefecture ), Higashi-Katsushika District (within Chiba Prefecture ) and

1672-442: The working-class people and districts of old Tokyo, and most chapters open with an elaborate full-page illustration of a Shitamachi (downtown) street scene, typically with old wooden buildings and boys playing in the streets. Written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto , Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo started in Shueisha 's shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 21, 1976. Akimoto debuted

1716-406: Was completed in just eight sōshūhen volumes. A wide-ban or waidoban ( ワイド版 ) edition is larger ( A5 size) than a regular tankōbon . Many manga, particularly seinen and josei manga , are published in wide-ban editions after magazine serialisation, and are never released in the tankōbon format that is common in shōnen manga and shōjo manga . When

1760-526: Was not adapted into anime often, most likely because it would have been more suited for a live-action adaptation. The closest it could get when being adapted into anime was either in the form of commercials for certain products sold in Japan such as toys and snack foods as early as 1980, and a 30-minute animated film produced by Tatsunoko Production which was shown alongside an animated adaptation of Izumi Matsumoto 's Kimagure Orange Road (another popular Jump manga from 1984) produced by Studio Pierrot at

1804-466: Was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 10, 2023, and another one on August 5, 2024. From March 2017 to June 2019, Akimoto serialized a sequel in the seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump . Titled Ii Yu da ne! ( いいゆだね! , "What a Nice Bath!") , it is set in a sentō next to a police station in Shitamachi, Tokyo. Since KochiKame ' s inception in Jump in 1976, the series

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1848-475: Was published in 21 tankōbon volumes, and then re-released in 12 bunko volumes. If the original manga was a wide-ban release, the bunkoban release will generally have the same number of volumes. The term is commonly abbreviated in Japanese to just bunko (without the - ban ). A gōkaaizōban ( 豪華愛蔵版 , lit. "luxury favorite edition") is another term occasionally used to designate

1892-444: Was published on the same day. Shueisha reprinted the issue that included the final chapter on December 31, 2016, marking the first time a Weekly Shōnen Jump issue has ever been reprinted. Akimoto created a new chapter of Kochikame for the 42nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 16, 2017. On July 18, 2021, it was announced the manga would receive a 201st volume, which was released on October 4, 2021. A 46-page one-shot chapter

1936-406: Was re-edited; some pages were completely redrawn, and most dialogues were rewritten by the author. Plus, the chapters were redivided to fit into 12 volumes instead of 18. The sōshūhen ( 総集編 , lit. "complete collection") is a format published by Shueisha beginning in 2008. A sōshūhen edition is B5 size (176 mm × 250 mm, 6.9 in × 9.8 in), larger than

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