LaSalle Ishii's best known anime role is as the lead character in Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by who?
LaSalle Ishii: LaSalle Ishii (ラサール石井 , Rasāru Ishii ) , born Akio Ishii (石井 章雄 , Ishii Akio ) on October 19, 1955 in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, voice actor, and theater director. LaSalle Ishii:  His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo" which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo (こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 , lit. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo:  "This is the Police Station in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward") , often shortened to , is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto.
Osamu Akimoto