Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
Japanese manga series by Akira Toriyama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jaco the Galactic Patrolman (Japanese: 銀河パトロール ジャコ, Hepburn: Ginga Patorōru Jako) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July to October 2013, with the eleven chapters collected into a single volume by Shueisha. It follows Jaco, an extraterrestrial police officer that has come to Earth to protect it from an evil alien attack.
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman | |
銀河パトロール ジャコ (Ginga Patorōru Jako) | |
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Genre | Comedy,[1] science fiction[2] |
Manga | |
Written by | Akira Toriyama |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
English magazine | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 29, 2013 – October 14, 2013 |
Volumes | 1 |
The eleventh chapter reveals that the story is set before the events of Toriyama's Dragon Ball and features some of its characters. Since the series' conclusion, Jaco has become a recurring character in various Dragon Ball media. The first two chapters received a "Vomic" adaptation for the television show Sakiyomi Jum-Bang!. English-language publisher Viz Media serialized Jaco simultaneously in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump as it ran in Japan and released the single volume in North America in 2015.