Hamtaro anime series is now 25 years old!

[Jeff]

While the series began as a collection of storybooks in 1997, the hit anime aeries began in Japan July 7th, 2000. The US Dub would been out in the US two years after on June 4th, 2002. The series lasted for six years with 296 episodes, 4 movies and 4 OVAs, while the US Dub sadly lasted with 104 episodes. We all know about the series by watching it on Toonami, playing the video games by Nintendo and even getting the Halloween toys from Burger King.

From the anime series, to toys, to video games, Hamtaro was a cute anime with fun adventures lovable characters, and great animation handled by TMS. Sure, it was meant for little kids, but when I was 12 when it aired on Cartoon Network back in 2002 and I did not care who the target audience was for, as long as I like the animation and have a wonderful time.

What were your favorite moments and memories growing up with the Hamtaro series from the past 25 years?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Literally the reason for which I bought my twin hamsters -- Eze and Chere

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Look at him go!

 

[Tonberry]

Happy birthday Hamtaro
I LOVED that one GBC game where you explored and collected emotes to find your friends, Ham Ham Unite I think it was called? Remember playing it for an entire summer with a friend.
Great times, and great graphics for a GBC game!

 

[Coon]

Happy Birthday

 

[LuckyStar]

There's a good friend of mine who was obsessed with this series when they were a kid. They used to frequent a Hamtaro fan forum and they made a few hamtaro videos. I didn't have internet at home until I was about 15 in 2013 so it makes me wish I had been able to be part of silly internet fandoms like that lol.

 

[Mr. SyS]

News like this makes me feel old.

 

[Clippy]

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

 

[ciro64]

Deebo

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Deebo

Damn! Now I'm sad.

 

[thumbsdown]

News like this makes me feel old.

Same lmao

 

[Clippy]

Deebo

What happened to him? I know he's not around anymore but what prompted him to ditch us?

 

[ciro64]

What happened to him? I know he's not around anymore but what prompted him to ditch us?

Deebo had a strong instance against the new banning rules. They're alive and well on Discord though.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

 

[ciro64]

First time I saw Hamtaro was on a newspaper announcing its debut when I was 7. I never forgot that moment. And I got all hyped up because I was into hamsters and kawaii stuff.

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

 

[DunkeyKong]

 

[Yithan]

When I was a kid, I got a hamster and named him Hamtaro. He was white and grey though, so he kinda looked more like Dexter. Sadly, he only lasted about three days, didn’t even make it to the first adventure

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

That means if Laura was real she's be in her mid 30s or so. She's also probably would've gone through about 10 other hamsters by now.

 

[Jeff]

That means if Laura was real she's be in her mid 30s or so. She's also probably would've gone through about 10 other hamsters by now.

Funny enough, I'm the same age as her.