Kappa no Kaikata

Kappa no Kaikata (カッパの飼い方; lit. 'How to Breed Kappa') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 2003 to 2010, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation, consisting of 26 episodes of three minutes each, produced by NAS and animated by Picture Magic [ja], was broadcast on Animax from 2004 to 2005.

Kappa no Kaikata
Manga volume 1 cover
カッパの飼い方
Genre	Fantasy comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Yūgo Ishikawa
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	February 6, 2003 – July 15, 2010
Volumes	15
Anime television series
Directed by	Nagisa Miyazaki
Produced by	Tatsuji Yamazaki Takashi Nakanishi
Written by	Nagisa Miyazaki
Music by	Masaki Tsurugi
Studio	Picture Magic [ja]
Original network	Animax
Original run	October 4, 2004 – April 4, 2005
Episodes	26

Story

A young man named Watashi (私; lit. "I" or "Me"), upon passing by a pet shop on his way home, happens upon a water Kappa in the window, which he buys, names Kaatan (かぁたん), and is determined to raise as a pet. Never having owned a kappa before, he relies on a book that specializes in information on how to raise and train kappa. However, Kaatan is harder to train than it immediately seems, and a lot of patience is exerted by Watashi in his effort.

Characters

Watashi (私)

Voiced by: Masato Hagiwara

Kaatan (かぁたん)

Voiced by: Chiro Kanzaki

Ms. Sakamoto (坂本さん, Sakamoto-san)

Voiced by: Nao Yamauchi

Ms. Tamada (玉田さん, Tamada-san)

Voiced by: Junko Takeuchi

Mr. Tadokoro (玉田さん, Tadokoro-san)

Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto

Hercules (ヘラクレス, Herakuresu)

Voiced by: Yoshihiro Takayama

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa, Kappa no Kaikata was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from February 6, 2003,^[2] to July 15, 2010.^[3] Shueisha collected its chapters in 15 tankōbon volumes, released from October 17, 2003,^[4] to October 19, 2010.^[5]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
01	October 17, 2003[6]	978-4-08-876514-3
02	March 19, 2004[6]	978-4-08-876582-2
03	August 19, 2004[6]	978-4-08-876660-7
04	March 18, 2005[6]	978-4-08-876770-3
05	August 18, 2005[6]	978-4-08-876840-3
06	February 17, 2006[6]	978-4-08-877038-3
07	July 19, 2006[6]	978-4-08-877112-0
08	January 19, 2007[6]	978-4-08-877201-1
09	July 19, 2007[6]	978-4-08-877294-3
10	January 18, 2008[6]	978-4-08-877375-9
11	August 19, 2008[7]	978-4-08-877491-6
12	February 19, 2009[8]	978-4-08-877594-4
13	September 18, 2009[9]	978-4-08-877724-5
14	March 19, 2010[10]	978-4-08-877809-9
15	October 19, 2010[5]	978-4-08-879039-8

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, consisting of 26 episodes of three minutes each, produced by NAS and animated by Picture Magic [ja], was broadcast on Animax from October 4, 2004, to April 4, 2005.^[11][12][13]