Dr. Katamari

Dr. Katamari
Gender	Male
First Appearance	We ♥ Katamari
Last Appearance	We ♥ Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie

Dr. Katamari is a fan from We ♥ Katamari. He's the very creator of the titular game in-universe and the giver of the Friends Stage. He states that Katamari Damacy is fun and that he plays it a lot, but has never played versus mode because he's alone, and requests for the King to be his friend.

Appearance

Dr. Katamari is beige-furred animal that is of an indeterminate species, as he resembles hybrid of a cat and a dog, is capable of both barking and meowing, and his face is uncannily humanoid-looking.

Descriptions

Dr. Katamari in the Collection

We ♥ Katamari

• The friendless creator of Katamari Damacy. He apparently wants to make friends with the King.

Katamari Forever

• The friendless creator of Katamari Damacy. He apparently wants to make friends with the King.

What is Katamari?

Dr. Katamari was featured in a series of comics explaining the story of Katamari Damacy.

Some of the images relating to this series of comics are lost. Every remaining image is labelled to their chapter.

Part one

Part two

Part three

Part four

Part five

Part six

Part seven

Part eight

Part nine

Part ten

Part eleven

Part twelve

Part thirteen

Part fourteen

Part twenty-two

Part twenty-three

Part twenty-four

Part twenty-five

Part twenty-six

Part twenty-nine

Part thirty-three (Japanese)

Part thirty-four

Part thirty-five

Part thirty-six

Part thirty-seven (Japanese)

What is Katamari?

We ♥ Katamari Promotional Comic

Boy: Hey Dr. Katamari, what is Katamari Damacy?

Dr: It’s a video game! Boy: What is a video game?

Dr: It’s a miracle & magical stuff that you can move around freely inside of TV.

Boy: Oops

...

Boy: I think you know a lot about video games, but might an unskilled player. I could not get Katamari at all, but I got what video game are. Thanks.

Boy: I think I understood what video games are, but still not sure about Katamari Damacy.

Dr: Katamari is the game you roll the Katamari ball. Boy: Is that fun?

Dr: What, yeah definitely!! Boy: Okay.

Dr: Here!!

Boy: So, you might have not showed me how to roll the Katamari ball yet, but playing with it looks fun. Thank you Dr Katamari.

The Creation of Katamari

Chapter 2

Suddenly, a falling rock!

Oh no, Dr. Katamari! Ha! If I don't do something, I'll be crushed!

But then, Dr. Katamari accidentally did an overhead kick, 　And then, he just goes for it! I got into the habit of doing what I used to do when I was J-Leaguer.

Needless to say, the rest is history. I was soaking up the victory with everyone else.

Chapter 3

"I was taking a walk while licking candy."

It was a beautiful day. It was a perfect day for whistling, I decided to whistle Katamari on the Rocks. And then...Boo-hoo-hoo, I was so excited that the candy popped out of my mouth.

I was so shocked that my memory was momentarily wiped away. The sweet, sweet melting sensation that had been in my mouth until now, The superiority of rolling it left and right with my tongue. I was so absorbed in everything that it was quite a shocking incident for me.

Before I knew it, I was a Bundesliga. Goal down!

We were in the final league for the first time in three years. We drank until morning.

Gallery

A wallpaper featuring the Prince rolling a Katamari while Dr. Katamari watches

Mr. Sunshine and Dr. Katamari spinning around the earth

A laidback Dr. Katamari relaxing

Dr. Katamari walking

The Prince walking Dr. Katamari on a leash.

Dr. Katamari watches a humanoid Prince play the pianaca.

Dr. Katamari celebrating 8-Bit Katamari Damacy

The Prince reading a book by Dr. Katamari in a mushroom field.

Dr. Katamari in the Select Meadow

The Story So Far

An animation made for the closure of the Katamari on the Web

An animation made for the closure of the Katamari on the Web

The Prince painting himself with Dr. Katamari.

Dr. Katamari's Select Meadow icon

Dr. Katamari in the game over screen

A full version of Katamari TRIBUTE's box art, where Dr. Katamari can be seen.

Dr. Katamari and Mutsuo in a PS3 theme

Trivia

• His size is 86cm7mm.
• It is heavily implied that Dr. Katamari is Keita Takahashi himself, since his description lists him as being "the creator of Katamari Damacy".
• He has a series of blog posts which can be read here.
• The fact he sports a human face may be derived from the Jinmenken, a dog with human face that's said to appear at night in Japanese urban areas.

• 

  Dr. Katamari's lookalike

  A lookalike of Dr. Katamari appears in Touch My Katamari. However, it has an orange nose like a Cousin.
• A physical version of the painting of Dr. Katamari and the Prince in the Katamari Forever opening was originally a 2004 Melochara. This physical version was featured in a giveaway.