Tottoko Hamtarou: Anime Dechu!
とっとこ ハム太郎 アニメ でちゆ! / Tottoko Hamutaro: Anime Dechu!
| Genres: Adventure, Shoujo | |
| Demographics: Shoujo | |
| Rating: 6.13 / 10 | |
| Rank: #9451 | |
| Popularity: #13455 | |
| Users Listed: 1,368 | |
| Users Scored: 392 | |
| NSFW: No | |
| Last Updated: 12/13/2018 | |
| Aired: September 15, 1999 (Summer) | |
| Type: ova | |
| Source: manga | |
| Age Rating: G | |
| Episodes: 1 |
Synopsis:
This short animated collection presents glimpses into the daily life of Hamtarou, a curious hamster navigating the world from a child's perspective. The four episodes offer lighthearted vignettes centered around his interactions with Natsumi, a young girl who shares her world with him.
The series explores themes of companionship and affection through Hamtarou’s innocent observations and sometimes misguided attempts to connect with Natsumi. Episodes depict playful scenarios involving friends, near-disasters averted by unexpected heroism, and the hamster's endearing desire for acceptance. A gentle atmosphere pervades the stories, focusing on simple joys and the unspoken bonds between a child and her pet. The animation style is straightforward, emphasizing character expressions and comedic timing within ordinary domestic settings.
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Characters:
- Hamtarou (Main)
- Ribon-chan (Supporting)
Staff:
- Matsumoto, Tadahito (Producer)
- Mochizuki, Tomomi (Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Series Composition)
- Kawauchi, Hideo (Episode Director, Key Animation)
- Iwasaki, Tomoko (Storyboard)
- Ihata, Juri (Theme Song Performance)
- Matsuyama, Ryuuichirou (Production Manager)
- Saitou, Akio (Director of Photography)
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User Firechick12012 (Score: 7/10):
Question: does anyone here remember Hamtaro? Because I do! Alongside Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and many other shows, Hamtaro was one of my favorite shows to watch when I was a kid. I would always try to watch it whenever it was on. However, when new seasons started coming out, practically every day, I found myself missing a bunch of episodes because at one point in fourth grade, my parents signed me up for some after school program that required me to stay there until four. I can't remember why, but I remember being really pissed about it. Then, Hamtaro wound up getting pulled from CartoonNetwork completely, and I thought I had lost my chance to watch all the episodes I had missed. Thankfully, others saved those episodes on various sites, I just haven't gotten around to actually watching it yet. I really ought to though. I later found out that Hamtaro ran for a total of 296 episodes, with only 104 getting dubbed into English and airing in America, so we never got the last half of the series. As of now, Hamtaro still hasn't gotten a complete home video release save for a few scattered DVDs containing some episodes. However, Hamtaro was one of the first anime that exposed me to the concept of anime as a whole, whether it was discovering its Japanese theme song completely by accident, or learning that the Hamtaro movies were never dubbed and released over here for whatever reason.nnBut what some of you may not know is that before the TV series came about, there was actually an obscure OVA that was released on VHS in 1999, titled Tottoko Hamtaro Anime Dechu!. It was advertised in a magazine, but the VHS itself wound up not being made publicly available for some reason, only being sold to members of the production team at Shogakukan, the company that created Hamtaro. Because of this, records of the OVA's overall existence was considered extremely rare, almost considered lost media. Then, on July 17th, 2017, a video tape appeared on a Japanese auction site and was bought by the admin who created the famous Hamtaro fan site, Ham-Ham Paradise. The admin, along with some other members of the site, got together to digitize it, fansub it into English, and put it up on YouTube for all to see, saving it from eternal obscurity! So what exactly is this OVA, anyway?nnWell, for one, it's nothing like the TV show. Instead of being owned by a 5th grade girl named Laura, for those who have seen the Cartoon Network airings, this version of Hamtaro is taken care of by a possibly 2nd/3rd grade girl named Natsumi. The OVA mainly consists of short, five to eight minute vignettes featuring Hamtaro doing various things, like finding new places to hide or getting into adventures with the Ham-Hams. Oddly enough, Hamtaro is never shown talking, but his thoughts are fully voiced. None of the other Ham-Hams talk or have any spoken dialogue, leaving…
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- Hamtaro (manga - Adaptation)
- Tottoko Hamtarou (anime - Alternative Version)