Hamtaro: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series revolves around an anthropomorphic hamster named Hamtaro, who is owned by a 10-year-old girl named Laura Haruna (Hiroko Haruna or "Roko-chan" in the Japanese version). Curious by nature, he ventures out each day to make friends and go on adventures with a clan of fellow hamster friends known as The Ham-Hams. The Ham-Hams meet at a special clubhouse built by Boss ("Taisho").

This is the English dubbed anime version of the Japanese anime Hamtaro.

Series details

• Title: Hamtaro
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Anime, Children
• Premiere date: 2002-06-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-10-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Cartoon Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 7055
• IMDb ID: tt0318895
• TVDB ID: 70817

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-08-14; final listed air date 2002-08-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-04-13; final listed air date 2003-10-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hamtaro on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.