Anime
A livestream event for Shin Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (New Kochikame), the new anime based on Osamu Akimoto 's Kochikame manga, revealed the new anime's main cast and staff on Saturday. The event also revealed a promotional video and a visual. The anime will debut in 2027 and will air on Fuji TV and will stream on various platforms.
The anime will star:
Akitarō Daichi (2001 Fruits Basket , Me & Roboco , Ojarumaru , Gag Manga Biyori ) is directing the anime at Gallop . Shuichi Kamiyama ( Ace Attorney , Battle Spirits: Brave , Danbōru Senki W ) and Yoshifumi Fukushima ( Danbōru Senki W , Yowamushi Pedal ) are writing the scripts. Kenichi Hara ( Yu-Gi-Oh! GX character design, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V chief animation director) is both the character designer and chief animation director, and Gil-Bo Noh ( Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's , Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V animation director) is also a chief animation director. Toshihiko Sahashi ( Full Metal Panic! , Mobile Suit Gundam Seed , Steel Angel Kurumi ) is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
The franchise is also getting a new video game from Shueisha Games and Kairosoft that will launch for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, iOS, Android, and PC via Steam . The game is titled Kochikame : Ryo-san's Billion-yen Beat ( Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikōen-mae Hashutsujo : Ryo-san no Shotengai Monogatari ). The game will launch on Steam with English, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese text.
The game's Steam page describes the game:
KochiKame comes to life as a simulation game! Ryo-san runs wild to save the shopping district! Build an anything-goes shopping street and aim to become a billionaire!
Kochikame ended in September 2016 after 40 years of serialization, although Akimoto has published several extra chapters for the manga since then. The manga series had approximately 150 million copies in print as of June 2016 when the 199th volume shipped. The manga's 201st volume shipped in October 2021.
Shueisha published the latest one-shot to commemorate the manga's 50th anniversary on August 3.
The manga has inspired a television anime series, anime films, anime specials, live-action films, a live-action series, and several stage plays. The main Kochikame anime debuted in 1996, and ran for more than 300 episodes until 2004.
REMOW announced in May 2025 that it is releasing the television anime with English subtitles in the U.S. and Canada on the It's Anime YouTube channel. REMOW plans to release all 373 episodes of the anime in the U.S. and Canada. The anime has previously not had an English release in North America.
Sources: Shin Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo new cast announcement livestream , Shin Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo anime's website