Croket!

Croket! (コロッケ!, Korokke!, lit. "Croquette!"), also spelled Korokke!, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Manavu Kashimoto. It was published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic from April 2000 to November 2006 and collected in 15 bound volumes. It received the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.[1]

Croket!
Cover of the first manga volume
コロッケ!
(Croquette!)
Manga
Written byManavu Kashimoto
Published byShogakukan
MagazineCoroCoro
DemographicKodomo (boys)
Original runApril 2000 – November 2006
Volumes15
Anime television series
Directed byNaohito Takahashi
StudioOLM
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 7, 2003 – March 27, 2005
Episodes104

Croket! was adapted into an anime television series by OLM, broadcast from April 7, 2003, to March 27, 2005, and had a total of 8 video games.

Plot

The world of Croket! is one inhabited by both humans and exotic creatures such as anthropomorphic animals and where individuals called Bankers travel around the world to collect magical coins called Kinkas with their Kinka Banks. Kinkas are said to activate the appearance of the Bank Wizard, who will grant the wish of any Banker who collects enough Kinkas. The story mainly revolves around Croket, a young and scrappy Banker with incredible strength whose wish is to revive his father, a legendary Banker named Burger, who was said to be killed by a villain Croket knows as the "Black Gown Man."

Shortly after his journey, a tournament called the Banker Survival Quest is told to be held in the small but dangerous Macadamia Island, and the winner earns enough Kinkas to fill the largest Kinka Bank. Setting his eyes on the island, Croket battles against rivals both friendly and malevolent, though there very well may be a dangerous threat in the tournament that haunts fellow competitors and Croket's past.

Characters
Croket (コロッケ, Kurokke)
The son of the Legendary Banker Burger and main character of the series. He is very strong and carries a heavy hammer as a weapon. His wish is to revive his father.
Risotto (リゾット)
Prince of Grand Chef Kingdom.
Pudding Pudding (プリンプリン, Purinpurin)
From a village witch everyone is beautiful, he carries a mask and uses a stick which invokes pink poop.
Menchi (メンチ)
Croket's pig shaped Kinkas safe.
Worcester
An anthropomorphic cat Banker who wants to be the most popular of his village.

Games

All Croket! video games were published by Konami and none of them was released outside Japan.

Title System Developer Release date Japanese
Croket! Yume no Banker Survival! Game Boy Advance October 17, 2002 コロッケ！ 夢のバンカーサバイバル
Croket! Kindan no Kinka Box PlayStation March 20, 2003 コロッケ！ 禁断の禁貨ボックス！
Croket! 2: Yami no Bank to Ban Joou Game Boy Advance July 17, 2003 コロッケ！2闇のバンクとバン女王
Croket! 3: Granyuu Oukoku no Nazo Game Boy Advance December 11, 2003 コロッケ！３グラニュー王国の謎
Korokke! Ban-Ō no Kiki o Sukue PlayStation 2, GameCube July 8, 2004 コロッケ！ バン王の危機を救え
Croket! 4: Bank no Mori no Mamorigami Game Boy Advance July 22, 2004 コロッケ！4バンクの森の守護神
Croket! Great Jikuu no Boukensha Game Boy Advance Jupiter[2] December 9, 2004 コロッケ！Great 時空の冒険者
Croket! DS Tenku no Yushatachi Nintendo DS Jupiter[2] December 15, 2005 コロッケ！DS天空の勇者た

References
  1. 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
  2. "Product information【Development title】 | Jupiter Corporation". Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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