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Anime and manga fans may have heard in passing of KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops . The anime adaptation of Osamu Akimoto's long-running manga, while popular in Japan, has never had an English-language release—until now! Today, KochiKame makes its North American premiere on the It's Anime Powered by Remow YouTube channel. The licensor offers a variety of titles, both on their own channel and via Amazon Prime. Other anime in their catalogue include recent series Tasokare Hotel , Umamusume: Cinderella Gray and Tonbo! You can watch episode one of KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops right now: KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops Episode 1 Related: Japan Box Office: Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback Movie Ranks No.1 for 3 Consecutive Weekends The channel has also set up a playlist , where you can watch episodes as they're released. Osamu Akimoto penned KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1976 to 2016, filling a total of 201 print volumes. The...

Western and Japanese audiences alike look back fondly on the '90s era of anime, which saw the premiere of numerous franchises that are still beloved in the anime community. Recently, Abema -- a streaming platform in Japan -- released viewer data for the first half of 2024, which reveals which retro anime titles are currently the most popular among Japanese audiences.

As detailed on PR Times, Abema's "Nostalgic Anime '90s" channel rankings lists the top five most-viewed '90s anime titles for January-June 2024. This list is based on total views across "real-time broadcasts" and "on-demand" content streaming via Abema's anime channel. According to the data, Studio Gallop's comedy series KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops is the #1 most popular '90s anime. Lagging behind in the #2 spot is The Kindaichi Case Files -- a 1997 mystery anime co-produced by Toei Animation, Dentsu and Ytv. Notably, globally popular shonen hits Slam Dunk...

Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia is all set to end on Aug 4, 2024. As the series concludes, a wave of heartfelt messages from fellow mangaka has flooded the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, expressing their gratitude and admiration towards Horikoshi for the series that has captivated readers for nearly a decade.

Authors such as Eiichiro Oda, Akutami Gege, and many others have shared personal anecdotes about how the series impacted their own work and lives.

Horikoshi himself expressed his gratitude for the overwhelming support and shared his joy at having been able to tell the story within the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump.

“I’m really happy to have experienced all of this in Jump! I’m glad so many people have read the series! Thank you very much!“

Checkout the messages from Shonen Jump authors below:

Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)

“So you can play ‘Pokemon Go’ all you want now,...

In a grand tribute, Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, felt that it was finally time to pay due tribute to his fellow mangaka, Kohei Horikoshi, the creator behind My Hero Academia. This is already the fourth exaltation that Eiichiro Oda will be doing for a colleague mangaka, following a similar celebration for the end of Kochikame, Naruto, and Dragon Ball.

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One detail said to be very pleasing to the fans is a sketch of Smoker, a character much loved by One Piece‘s readers, standing next to the cover of the leaked spoiler for Chapter 1162, further emphasizing the great respect for and admiration of the other iconic creator between them.

Eiichiro Oda’s remembrance of Horikoshi

The tribute by Oda to Horikoshi is that one sketch of Smoker by Horikoshi himself. He submitted this sketch of Smoker back in 2002 when he was 15 years old.

The My Hero Academia manga has officially passed 100 million copies in circulation, joining a rare club with just 20 other series. First published in July 2014, My Hero Academia joins legends like One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Attack on Titan and more.

Following the release of My Hero Academia Volume 40, the official X (formerly Twitter) account revealed today that the series passed 100 million copies in circulation. This was commemorated by releasing a special new illustration by Kohei Horikoshi, a Volume 40 trailer and a message from the creator himself. My Hero Academia's achievement was also celebrated in one of the world's biggest newspapers, Yomiuri Shimbun. Readers can check out the trailer, illustration, newspaper and message below.

Related My Hero Academia Pays Homage to Dragon Ball's Akira Toriyama on Latest Volume Cover Kohei Horikoshi pays tribute to the late Akira Toriyama with a homage to one of the most famous Dragon Ball Z...

Anime with ridiculously long titles charm fans with their quirky and overly-descriptive names, adding to the enjoyment of the series. KochiKame holds the Guinness World Record for the most volumes published for a single manga series, and its long title reflects its longevity and uniqueness. Ascendance of a Bookworm, Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon, and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War are examples of anime with long titles that capture the essence of their stories and appeal to fans.

Most anime fans have heard of an anime with a ridiculously long title. Many light novels — a versatile genre of literature popular in Japan — are often cited for starting the long title trend, and with many of them having been adapted to anime, the trend has bled into a new medium.

These series are typically abbreviated by their fans to save time, but their original, overly-descriptive titles are a quirky charm...

An official website for Yasuhiro Kawamura’s Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo The Movie: Kachidokibashi o Fusaseyo! has been launched with a teaser trailer.

The film is a continuation of the 2009 TBS drama which was based on Osamu Akimoto’s “Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo” (1996-2009) manga series, also known as “Kochikame” for short.

As previously reported by Tokyograph, the live-action version stars Shingo Katori of Smap as a police officer named Kankichi Ryotsu who gets involved in various misadventures adventures involving the people around his police box in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward.

In the new film, Ryo-san has a chance encounter with a former grade school classmate and crush named Momoko (Kyoko Fukada), causing his heart to flutter. Soon after, the National Police Agency chief’s granddaughter is kidnapped. When Ryo-san discovers Momoko may be involved in some way, he sets out to discover the truth.