Police in a Pod

Pod won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2021 and the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the same category in 2022.

Mai Kawai is a new police officer who only decided to take the job due to a desire to have a stable income. Having become dissatisfied with her career path, she decides to resign from the police force. On the day she planned to tender her resignation, she meets Seiko Fuji, who had been reassigned to serve as the director of her station. Fuji's dedication to the police force becomes an inspiration to Kawai, who decides to delay her resignation. The series follows the two and other members of the police forms solving crimes in their local area.

Mai Kawai (川合 麻依, Kawai Mai) Voiced by: Shion Wakayama Portrayed by: Mei Nagano Kawai is a fresh graduate from the police academy. She joined the Okajima Prefectural Police in order to have a stable income unlike her father, whose livelihood was affected by the exploitive practices of his company. However, she has had enough of the unkind treatment received as a police officer and decides to resign, but just as she was about to submit her letter of resignation, she is introduced to Seiko Fuji. Seiko Fuji (藤 聖子, Fuji Seiko) Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa Portrayed by: Erika Toda Kawai's partner and instructor. She is nicknamed "Miss Perfect". She previously belonged to the local police's Criminal Affairs Division but was reassigned. Seiji Minamoto (源 誠二, Minamoto Seiji) Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki Portrayed by: Shohei Miura He is part of the police department's investigation department. His strong interrogation skills have led him to being called an "interrogation genius". Takeshi Yamada (山田 武志, Yamada Takeshi) Voiced by: Shimba Tsuchiya He is also a member of the police department's investigation department, and usually works with Seiji. Takeshi is frequently the target of Seiko's harassment, and thus sees female police officers as gorillas. Portrayed by: Yuki Yamada Miwa Makitaka (牧高 美和, Makitaka Miwa) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa Portrayed by: Nanase Nishino Deputy Captain (副署長, Fuku Shochō) Voiced by: Kendo Kobayashi Tamotsu Hōjō (北条 保, Hōjō Tamotsu) Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama Portrayed by: Yūsuke Hirayama

Written and illustrated by Miko Yasu, Police in a Pod has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning since November 22, 2017. The series finished its first part on June 16, 2022, and Yasu put the manga on hiatus to work on a new manga series. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 23, 2018. As of February 21, 2023, twenty-three volumes have been released. The series is licensed in English digitally by Kodansha USA. The first volume was released on June 8, 2021. As of June 13, 2023, twenty-three volumes have been released.

A Japanese television drama adaptation aired for nine episodes on Nippon TV from July 7 to September 15, 2021. Two special episodes aired on August 4 and August 11, 2021. RöE performed the opening "YY", and milet performed the ending theme "Ordinary Days".

An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 1, 2021. The series was animated by Madhouse and directed by Yuzo Sato, with Ryunosuke Kingetsu overseeing the scripts, Kei Tsuchiya designing the characters, and Nobuaki Nobusawa composing the music. It aired from January 5 to March 30, 2022, on AT-X and other networks. Riko Azuna performed the opening theme "Shiranakya" (I Gotta Know), while Nonoc performed the ending theme "Change". Funimation streamed the series outside of Asia. Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.