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Title (English) Ham Taro

Title (Japanese) Tottoko Hamtaro

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Fantasy Novel

Notes 40+ eps

Classification -

Synopsis "Ham Taro" is a new TV Tokyo kids anime about a hamster, his owner and her parents, who have just moved to a new house in a new town. The hamster, named Ham Taro, does talk to himself and other hamsters, but hides his sentience from his owner.

Review This is much like many other kid's animal shows, but the interesting thing about this show is that other than talking, Ham Taro acts an awful lot like a real hamster. He always tries to escape his cage, chews on most anything he runs into, digs everywhere and gets into very narrow spaces. The opening episode was about Ham finding an escape route to the outdoors and meeting some of the neighboring hamsters while his mistress and her father take a walk around town.
The animation is quite nice and bright and the direction moves the show along at a steady pace. The hamsters are all "kawaii" and there are already lots of ads for shirts and what not with the hamsters' faces on them. This show is unlikely to have any "legs" as far as my interest goes, once the initial novelty wears off, but it ought to be quite popular with kids and should "travel well" over to North America if any company is so interested.(Dave Baranyi)

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Episodes

Release US:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2000

Production SMDE, TV Tokyo

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Ham Taro
Title (Japanese)	Tottoko Hamtaro
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	40+ eps
Classification	-
Synopsis	"Ham Taro" is a new TV Tokyo kids anime about a hamster, his owner and her parents, who have just moved to a new house in a new town. The hamster, named Ham Taro, does talk to himself and other hamsters, but hides his sentience from his owner.
Review	This is much like many other kid's animal shows, but the interesting thing about this show is that other than talking, Ham Taro acts an awful lot like a real hamster. He always tries to escape his cage, chews on most anything he runs into, digs everywhere and gets into very narrow spaces. The opening episode was about Ham finding an escape route to the outdoors and meeting some of the neighboring hamsters while his mistress and her father take a walk around town. The animation is quite nice and bright and the direction moves the show along at a steady pace. The hamsters are all "kawaii" and there are already lots of ads for shirts and what not with the hamsters' faces on them. This show is unlikely to have any "legs" as far as my interest goes, once the initial novelty wears off, but it ought to be quite popular with kids and should "travel well" over to North America if any company is so interested.(Dave Baranyi)
Credits
Episodes
Release	US:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2000
Production	SMDE, TV Tokyo
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.