KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! (2011)
August 5, 2011Release Date
KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! (2011)
August 5, 2011Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Shingo Katori
Kankichi Ryotsu
Mocomichi Hayami
Keiichi Nakagawa
Karina
Catherine Reiko Akimoto
Kyoko Fukada
Momoko Sawamura
Masatô Ibu
Daijiro Ohara
Shosuke Tanihara
Mitsuo
Ikki Sawamura
Police Inspector Kuroki
Isao Natsuyagi
Commissioner Shiroyama
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 5, 2011
Original Nameこちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE MOVIE 〜勝どき橋を封鎖せよ!〜
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
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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 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 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 the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award, as well as the 48th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2017.