Hyper Police


Hyper Police is a Japanese manga series and written and illustrated by Minoru Tachikawa. It is set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. The series mostly follows the offices of a private police company and focuses on the life of Natsuki Sasahara, a young catgirl, and her co-workers: Foxgirl Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari, werewolf Batanen Fujioka and his cousin Tomy Fujioka.
The manga was adapted into a 25-episode anime television series animated by Pierrot and directed by Takahiro Omori in 1997.
For many years, the only western language to have official translations of the Hyper Police manga was Spanish. English translations have been completed by US company Tokyopop.

Setting

The anime takes place in the year 22 HC, in the Tokyo ward of Shinjuku. Although theoretically about the competition of rival private police corporations in an Earth where humanity is in danger of extinction, in actuality it focuses more on the lives of the main characters, such as; Natsuki Sasahara, Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari, and Batanen Fujioka. The monsters are usually taken from Japanese mythology, updated for the modern era. In the anime, repeat criminal offenders in Tokyo have their memories wiped. However, in the manga version, they are castrated. Mithril exists in this world/setting; it is a sort of specially enchanted silver that is especially effective against supernatural characters.

Characters

Some of the characters in Hyper Police are hybrids of human and "monsters"; which occurred during the Holy war when the doorway between the human world and the Monster World opened up, thus allowing humans and monsters to co-exist and interbreed.
; Natsuki Sasahara
; Parasites
; Bob
; Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari
; Sakunoshin Chikura
; Batanen Fujioka
; Tommy Fujioka
; Samansa Grey
; Naoko Kondo
; Mudagami
; Nupu
; Peau D'Roquefort
; Makoto and Ayami Tachibana
; Fonne Walkure
; Chief Tendo
; Rai Rai
; Mao