manga series · Japan

1976 to 2016

Created by
Osamu Akimoto

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Cover of KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops

Japan1976

KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops.

こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所

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 manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in and around a neighborhood police station (kōban) in the downtown part of Tokyo, and revolves around the misadventures of middle-aged cop Kankichi Ryotsu. It was continuously serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump for 40 years, from September 1976 to September 2016.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
1976 to 2016
Appeared in
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Language
Japanese

Run

In print
The story

KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, in three panels

  1. 1976. KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops begins in Japan.

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