Super Psychic Policeman Chojo


Super Psychic Policeman Chojo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shun Numa. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February 2024 to June 2025; as of September 2025, eight volumes have been released. An anime television series adaptation produced by Arvo Animation is set to premiere in 2026.

Plot

Rookie police officer, Nao Ippongi, is assigned to the West Chinjuku Police Station. There, she is assigned to work with senior police officer Meguru Chojo, who can use super psychic powers but is despised by everyone in the station due to his lazy and self-centered personality, and the two of them start working together to keep the peace in the town, solve crimes and deal with the eccentric townsfolk.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Shun Numa, the series began publication as a one-shot, which was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on April 24, 2023. The one-shot was turned into a full series, which was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 13, 2024, to June 9, 2025. As of September 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eight volumes.
Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 13, 2025. It will be produced by Arvo Animation and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with series composition and screeplays by Hayashi Mori and characters designed by Masakatsu Sasaki. The series is set to premiere in 2026 on the Ka-Anival!! programming block on Kansai TV, Fuji TV and their affiliates.

Reception

By October 2025, the manga had over 300,000 copies in circulation. Brian Salvatore of Multiversity Comics praised the characters and story, though he felt the story can also be too "over the top". Kittun Nozomi of Real Sound noted similarities in the characters and their interactions to Numa's previous works. The series was recommended by Jujutsu Kaisen creator Gege Akutami. The series ranked sixth in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024. It was ranked third in the 2025 edition in the same category.