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Hamtaro, known in Japan as Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōgaku Ninensei (Second Grade) magazine in April 1997;[2] 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.[3][4]

Multiple anime adaptations were produced by TMS Entertainment and aired on TV Tokyo. The first series was dubbed in English by The Ocean Group.

Plot

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The series revolves around a hamster named Hamtaro, who is owned by a 10-year-old girl named Laura Haruna (Hiroko Haruna in the Japanese/Original 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 at a special clubhouse built by Boss ("Taisho").

Media

Manga

There are three manga about Hamtaro, A Home for Hamtaro, Hamtaro Gets Lost, and Jealous Hamtaro. In the first two, Hamtaro's owner is named Yukari while in the latter, her name is Amy.

Anime

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In Japan, Hamtaro aired three anime series, released four films, several specials, many video game/DVD releases, and merchandise. By 2002, the franchise had generated $2.5 billion in merchandise sales.[5] The success was not paralleled in the United States, however, with only the first series, some special episodes, three video games (though two others were released in Europe), and limited merchandise. On 23 February 2011, it was announced that Hamtaro would be receiving a series titled Trotting Hamtaro Dechu!.[6]

Games

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The Hamtaro franchise has multiple video game titles with independent storylines. These titles include adventure and educational games that can be found for PC, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance (GBA), and the Nintendo DS consoles.

Title Platform Release Date
Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu Game Boy Color[7] JP: 8 September 2000[7]
Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! Game Boy Color JP: 21 April 2001
NA: 28 October 2002
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak Game Boy Advance JP: 3 May 2002[8]
NA: 8 April 2003[8]
Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer! PC/Mac 1 October 2003
Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue Game Boy Advance 22 May 2003
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games Game Boy Advance 26 July 2004
Tottoko Hamtaro: Nazo Nazo Q Kumonoue no ? Jou Nintendo DS 1 December 2005
Hi Hamtaro! Ham-Ham Training Nintendo DS JP: 15 March 2007

NA: 23 September 2008

Hi Hamtaro! Little Hamsters Big Adventures iOS 12 April 2011

In popular culture

On 26 July 2020, a group of more than 2,000 protesters in Bangkok called the Free Youth Movement led a protest against the government of Thailand which involved singing the theme song for Hamtaro with modified lyrics to say "The most delicious food is taxpayers' money. [...]Dissolve the parliament! Dissolve the parliament! Dissolve the parliament!"[9] Other student protests during the same week continued to use Hamtaro as a symbol for the government's "feasting on taxpayer's money," and have involved groups running in circles, as if in hamster wheels, while singing the modified version of the jingle.[10][11]

Reception

In TV Asahi's poll of the Top 100 Anime, Hamtaro came in 68th.[12]

See also

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  2. ↑ よみもの「ハムスターが やってきた」（とっとこハム太郎・連載一回目） Template:Webarchive (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories (The Adventures of Hamtaro, Vol. 2) Amazon.com
  4. ↑ The Adventures of Hamtaro, Vol. 3: Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories Amazon.com
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