KochiKame Final: Kankichi Ryotsu's Last Day

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo (こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所; lit. 'This Is a Police Box (kōban) in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward'), often shortened to KochiKame (こち亀) and known in English as KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in and around a neighborhood police station (kōban) in the downtown part of Tokyo, and revolves around the misadventures of middle-aged cop Kankichi Ryotsu. It was continuously serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump for 40 years, from September 1976 to September 2016. Its 1,973 chapters were collected into 202 tankōbon volumes, making it the manga with the second-highest number of volumes for a single series. The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, produced by Studio Gallop and broadcast in Japan by Fuji TV, three theatrical animated films (by Tatsunoko and Gallop, respectively), two live-action movies, several stage adaptations, and a live-action television series. A new anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2027. By 2014, the manga had over 157.2 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history. Kochikame won the Special Judges Award at the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2005, and the 48th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2017.