KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops: Difference between revisions

'''''KochikameKochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops''''' (Japanese: ''Kochikame'', short for ''[[Long Title|Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen Mae Hashutsujo]]'', which translates to ''This Is the Police Station in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward'') is a comedy manga in [[Shonen Jump|Weekly Shonen Jump]] written by Osamu Akimoto. The main character is Kankichi Ryotsu, a lazy, street-wise cop with [[Salaryman]] tendencies, like playing Pachinko, betting at the horses or trying his luck at custom get-rich-quick schemes. Some times, he even does police work.

Worthy to mention is that the manga ''does not have numbered chapters'' and ''is almost never'' considered to participate for the regular popularity polls in [[Shonen Jump|WSJ]],<ref>Shonen Jump's popularity polls determine which series are likely to be kept/cancelled</ref> basically meaning Mr. Akimoto can continue the series as long as he wants. The series' heavy anti-cancellation armor shows: It's been runningran weekly sincefor 1976four decades, withfrom overSeptember 16001976 chaptersto September 2016, and countingwas collected into 201 volumes. There have been more than 170 volumes (175 as of now) produced and more than 360 episodes aired on Japanese TV), making ''Kochikame'' [[Long Runner|the longest-running manga series in history]].<ref>disregarding ''[[Golgo 13]]'' and ''[[Doraemon]]'', which aren't in production currently</ref>

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