Croket!

Croket!
Cover of Croket! volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
コロッケ! (Croquette!)
Genre	Adventure
Manga
Written by	Manavu Kashimoto
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Children
Magazine	CoroCoro
Original run	April 2001 – November 2006
Volumes	15
Anime television series
Directed by	Naohito Takahashi
Studio	OLM
Licensed by	US Viz Media
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 7, 2003 – March 27, 2005
Episodes	78

Croket! (コロッケ!, Korokke!, lit. "Croquette!"), also spelled Korokke!, is an adventure manga by Manavu Kashimoto. It was published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic from April 2001 to November 2006 and collected in 15 bound volumes. It received the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.

Croket! was adapted into an anime television series by OLM, broadcast from April 7, 2003 to March 29, 2004, and had a total of 8 video games.

Summary

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 defeated 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 Macademia 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

With the appearance and personality rich characters, the characters are named after foods, with the exception of the offshoot original writer and his family.

Games

• Croket! Banker survival of dream! (GBA 2002 October 17)
• Croket! Prohibited goods box of withdrawal! (PS 2003 March 20)
• Croket! Bank and van queen of 2 darkness (GBA 2003 July 17)
• Croket! Puzzle of 3 granulated kingdoms (GBA 2003 December 11)
• Korokke! Ban-Ō no Kiki o Sukue (PS2, GC 2004 July 8)
• Croket! Protection God of forest of 4 banks (GBA 2004 July 22)
• Croket! Venture person of Great space-time (GBA 2004 December 9)
• Croket! DS Heroes of Sky (DS 2005 December 15)

Little Boy Croket

External links

• VIZ Media Europe Croket! page
• Croquette! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Shopro (licensor) Official website (Japanese)
• Croket! Game site by Konami (Japanese)
• Croket! at TV Tokyo's site (Japanese)