Editing Tama and Friends (section)

{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Tama and Friends
| image = Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka volume 2 DVD.jpg
| caption = Cover of DVD volume 2
| ja_kanji = タマ&フレンズ
| ja_romaji = Tama ando Furenzu
| genre = <!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = ova
|title = Tama & Friends: Third Street Story
|director = [[Tsuneo Maeda]]
|producer = 
|writer = 
|music = 
|studio = [[Group TAC]]
|first = November 21, 1988
|last = November 1, 1990
|runtime = 15 minutes
|episodes = 7
|episode_list = #Tama and Friends: Third Street Story
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
|title = Tama and Friends: Great 3rd Street Adventure
|developer = Advance Communication Company
|publisher = [[Bandai]]
|genre = 
|platforms = [[Family Computer Disk System]]
|released = February 23, 1989<ref name="fds">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/famicomds/579410-tama-and-friends/data|title=FDS Release Date @ GameFAQS|access-date=2014-02-25|archive-date=2014-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302055826/http://www.gamefaqs.com/famicomds/579410-tama-and-friends/data|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Tama of Third Street: Do You Know My Tama?
|director = Tsuneo Maeda
|producer = 
|writer = 
|music = 
|studio = Group TAC
|licensee = {{ubl|[[Crunchyroll]] (streaming)|{{English anime licensee|NA=[[4Kids Entertainment]] (2001-2004)}}}}
|network = [[Japan News Network|JNN]] ([[MBS TV|MBS]], [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]])
|network_en = {{english anime network
 | US = [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]] (2001)
}}
|first = July 3, 1993
|last = September 25, 1994
|episodes = 29
|episode_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = film
|title = Tama of 3rd Street: Please! Search for Momo-chan!!
|director = Tsuneo Maeda
|producer = 
|writer = 
|music = 
|studio = Group TAC
|released = August 14, 1993
|runtime = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
|title = Tama of 3rd Street: Where is Momo-chan!
|developer = [[Sega]]
|publisher = [[Sega]]
|genre = [[Educational game|Educational]]
|platforms = [[Sega Pico|Kids Computer Pico]]
|released = July 1994
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
|title = Tama of 3rd Street: Tama and Friends - 3rd Street Ghost Panic!!
|developer = Tom Create
|publisher = [[Bandai]]
|genre = 
|platforms = [[Game Boy]]
|released = August 5, 1994<ref name="gb">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/569620-3-choume-no-tama-tama-and-friends-3-choume-obake/data|title=GB Release Date @ GameFAQS|access-date=2014-02-25|archive-date=2014-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302063059/http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/569620-3-choume-no-tama-tama-and-friends-3-choume-obake/data|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
|title = Tama & Friends: 3rd Street Park Tamalympics
|developer = [[Aspect (company)|Aspect]]
|publisher = [[Sega]]
|genre = 
|platforms = [[Game Gear]]
|released = March 3, 1995<ref name="gg">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamegear/570365-tama-and-friends-sanchoume-kouen-tamalympics/data|title=GG Release Date @ GameFAQS|access-date=2014-02-25|archive-date=2014-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302061107/http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamegear/570365-tama-and-friends-sanchoume-kouen-tamalympics/data|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Tama and Friends: Search For It! The Magic Puni-Puni Stone
|director = Tsuneo Maeda
|producer = 
|writer = 
|music = 
|studio = Group TAC
|network = [[Animax]]<br>[[Sun Television|Sun TV]]<br>[[Tokyo MX]]
|first = May 6, 2006
|last = November 4, 2006
|episodes = 26
|episode_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Tama and Friends: Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?
|director = 
|producer = 
|writer = 
|music = 
|studio = Kachidoki
|network =
|first = October 1, 2016
|last = September 27, 2018
|episodes = 
|episode_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama?
|director = Kiyoshi Matsuda
|producer = 
|writer = Kimiko Ueno
|music = Tom-H@ck
|studio = [[MAPPA]]<br>[[Lapin Track]]
|licensee = {{english anime licensee
 | NA = [[Aniplex of America]]
}}
|network = [[Fuji TV]] ([[Noitamina]])
|first = January 9, 2020
|last = March 19, 2020
|episodes = 11
|episode_list = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Tama & Friends'''''|タマ&フレンズ|Tama ando Furenzu}} is a Japanese anime television series created by [[Sony|Sony Creative Products]] in 1983.

An OVA series based on the products titled {{nihongo|'''''Tama & Friends: Third Street Story'''''|タマ&フレンズ 3丁目物語|Tama ando Furenzu San-chōme Monogatari}} was produced by [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]] and animated by [[Group TAC]]. The episodes were released between 1988 and 1990. All episodes, except the first, had two episodes put on a single cassette. The OVAs (except the first) aired on MBS and TBS under the name {{nihongo|'''''Tama of Third Street: Do You Know My Tama?'''''|3丁目のタマ うちのタマ知りませんか?|San-Chōme no Tama: Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?}} from July 3, 1993 to August 28, 1993. An anime movie, titled {{nihongo|'''''Tama of Third Street: Please! Find Momo-chan!!'''''|3丁目のタマ おねがい!モモちゃんを捜して!!|San-Chōme no Tama: Onegai! Momo-chan wo Sagashite!!}}, was released in the same year. Additional 29 episodes were created and broadcast in 1994 on the same networks under the same name. The original series was licensed by [[4Kids Entertainment]] in 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shareholder.com/4kids/news/20000124-15184.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303222809/http://www.shareholder.com/4kids/news/20000124-15184.htm|archive-date=2001-03-03|title=FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BRING YOU THE MEGA HIT "POKEMON": THREE NEW SHOWS BEING OFFERED AT NATPE|publisher=[[4Kids Entertainment]]|date=2000-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/give-us-your-money-4kids-entertainment-attains-poke-momentum|title=Give Us Your Money: 4Kids Entertainment Attains Poke-Momentum|publisher=[[Animation World Network]]|date=2000-10-01|access-date=2024-01-27|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918073325/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/give-us-your-money-4kids-entertainment-attains-poke-momentum|url-status=live}}</ref> with a term lasting until March 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/report2002.pdf#page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040529102215/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/report2002.pdf#page=5|archive-date=2004-05-29|title=2002 Annual Report|publisher=[[4Kids Entertainment]]|date=2003-03-26}}</ref> and dubbed into English. This dub was syndicated in late 2001 but never made it to home video. The original series began streaming worldwide by [[Crunchyroll]]. Another anime series, known as {{nihongo|'''''Tama & Friends: Search for It! The Magic Puni-Puni Stone'''''|タマ&フレンズ 探せ!魔法のプニプニストーン|Tama ando Furenzu: Sagase! Mahō no Puni-Puni Sutōn}}, aired on Animax in 2006.

A new series of animated shorts began airing in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-02/new-tama-and-friends-short-anime-announced/.98247|title=new tama and friends short anime announced|publisher=[[Animenewsnetwork]]|date=February 2, 2016|access-date=February 2, 2016|archive-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203024250/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-02/new-tama-and-friends-short-anime-announced/.98247|url-status=live}}</ref> It is animated in [[Adobe Flash]]. In 2016, an official Korean version of the same name based on the series, created by [[Daewon Media]], [[Sega Sammy Holdings|SEGA SAMMY GROUP]] and produced by Toonzone Studios & [[CJ ENM]], was released worldwide for a Western audience.

A new anime television series titled '''''Uchi Tama!? ~Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?~'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-03-27/new-tama-and-friends-anime-project-anthropomorphizes-animal-characters/.113941|title=New Tama & Friends Anime's Project Anthropomorphizes Animal Characters|publisher=[[Animenewsnetwork]]|date=March 29, 2017|access-date=April 2, 2021|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125025116/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-03-27/new-tama-and-friends-anime-project-anthropomorphizes-animal-characters/.113941|url-status=live}}</ref> by [[MAPPA]] and [[Lapin Track]] premiered from January 9 to March 19, 2020 on [[Fuji TV]]'s [[Noitamina]] programming block.