I was skeptical about trying to review this, but it's thanks to this anime, I have respect for hamsters. Hamtaro follows the escapades of hamsters, while also focusing on the titular rodent's owner as well. It made itself known on Cartoon Network for a while, even earning a spot on their Toonami block at one point.
Hamtaro is a small orange and white hamster who loves his sunflower seeds. Everyday, he ventures out of his owner, Laura Haruna's room to hang out with a group of fellow hamsters known as the Ham-Hams. For a small hamster, he lives a pretty good life. He just got to keep in mind to be back home before Laura does!
Not really much of a plot to it, since it is more or less a kid friendly anime. Made in the Shogakukan and TMS studios, the original character designs were done by Gosho Aomaya, the same person who created Detective Conan. Altogether, the TV anime has 296 episodes, making it a long series. However, like that of Detective Conan, only a certain amount was dubbed in English, in this case only 150 episodes. Chiara Zanni (who voiced roles like young version of titular character Joe of Cyborg 009) voices Hamtaro, while Laura is voiced by Moneca Stori (who did the role of Videl in the Ocean Group dubbing of Dragon Ball Z.)
Hamtaro is on the soft side, and qualifies as a kiddie Saturday Morning, or SATAM, anime, but I enjoyed it. This title, as cute as it is, gets a 7.3 of 10 from me.
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