| Taro the Space Alien | |
| うちゅう人田中太郎 (Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasunari Nagatoshi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children, Shōnen |
| Original run | August 1998 – September 2004 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yorifusa Yamaguchi |
| Produced by | Ryoji Shimizu |
| Written by | Michihiro Tsuchiya Koji Ueda |
| Music by | Cher Watanabe |
| Studio | Studio Hibari |
| Licensed by | (canceled) |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 17, 2000 – March 30, 2001 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Taro the Space Alien (Japanese: うちゅう人田中太郎, Hepburn: Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō) is a manga series created by Yasunari Nagatoshi. In 2000, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.[1]
Viz Media is the licensor of the series in the United States. The series has not had a release in English.
The series' protagonist is Takashi Horimachi (堀町 タカシ, Horimachi Takashi), a fifth grader at "Anytown" Elementary School. A transfer student named Taro Tanaka (田中 太郎, Tanaka Tarō) enters Takashi's class. Taro Tanaka turns out to be a space alien. Takashi becomes obsessed with trying to figure out the origins of Taro.