| Ja Kanji: | たこやきマントマン |
| Picture book series | |
| Content: | Released from July 1990 to June 1999 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Music: | Kazunori Maruyama |
| Studio: | Studio Pierrot |
| Network: | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| First: | April 4, 1998 |
| Last: | September 25, 1999 |
| Episodes: | 77 |
is a Japanese anime television series. It is about a group of caped, crime-fighting takoyaki men.[1] It was produced by Studio Pierrot and broadcast for 77 episodes on TV Tokyo from April 1998 to September 1999. The anime was based on a series of children's picture books published in the 1990s.