Kappa no Kaikata

• Ja Kanji — カッパの飼い方 • Genre — Fantasy comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Yūgo Ishikawa • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Weekly Young Jump • Imprint — Young Jump Comics • First — February 6, 2003 • Last — July 15, 2010 • Volumes — 15

• Type — tv series • Director — Nagisa Miyazaki • Producer — * Tatsuji Yamazaki • Takashi Nakanishi • Writer — Nagisa Miyazaki • Music — Masaki Tsurugi • Studio — Picture Magic • Network — Animax • First — October 4, 2004 • Last — April 4, 2005 • Episodes — 26 Kappa no Kaikata 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, was broadcast on Animax from 2004 to 2005.

A young man named "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, 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.

• Watashi • Masato Hagiwara • Kaatan • Chiro Kanzaki • Ms. Sakamoto • Nao Yamauchi • Ms. Tamada • Junko Takeuchi • Mr. Tadokoro • Eiji Takemoto • Herakuresu • Yoshihiro Takayama

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

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