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[Insert current photo of Hamtaro] Hamtaro (Japanese: とっとこハム太郎 Hepburn: Tottoko Hamutarō) is a Japanese media franchise based on //children’s manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s all-girl’s magazine in Ciao in 1997, focusing on a hamster named Hamtaro who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters, known as “Ham-Hams” (“Hamuchans” in the Japanese version).

'Hamtaro'' quickly grew in popularity, and later received an anime adaptation directed by Osamu Nabeshima that aired on TV Tokyo (Japan) on July 7, 2000. The manga adaptations and storybooks in English// are published by Viz Media while the anime adaptations are produced by TMS Entertainment.''' //The first series was dubbed in English by The Ocean Group. The series continued to grow in popularity, later bringing video games based around the series and other merchandise items.

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Plot
//Main article: List of Hamtaro characters

The series revolves around an anthropomorphic hamster named Hamtaro, who is owned by a 10-year-old girl named Hiroko Haruna (Laura Haruna in the English dub).// Shortly after moving and settling into a new town, Hamtaro becomes lonely and ventures out of his home, quickly realizing that the town is inhabited by other hamsters. 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").//

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Television Series
The anime adaptation of Hamtaro is

Video Games
Main article: List of Hamtaro video games

'''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.'''

Published titles in the franchise include: //References to be added:

-      Japanese Kawaii Culture: look into what “phenomena” Hamtaro is a part of

o   https://onesearch.library.northeastern.edu/primo-explore/search?institution=NEU&vid=NU&group=GUEST&onCampus=true&displayMode=full&pcAvailabiltyMode=true&query=any,contains,Japanese%20kawaii%20culture&primoQueryTemp=Japanese%20kawaii%20culture&op=%EF%80%82&sortby=rank&lang=en_US

o   https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.neu.edu/article/10.1007/s10209-011-0249-5

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