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Sgt. Frog
ケロロ軍曹
(Keroro Gunsō)
Manga
English NA /UK
publisher
Tokyopop (former), Viz Media (current)
Demographic Shōnen
Studio Sunrise
Licensed by NA
Funimation
Original Animax
network TV Tokyo
Animax Asia
Films
Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess (2007)
Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky
Duel (2008)
Keroro
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Hiromitsu Higuchi
Mine Yoshizaki
Studio Sunrise
Gathering
Original Animax
network
Sgt. Frog (ケロロ軍曹 Keroro Gunsō, lit. "Sergeant Keroro") is a manga series by Mine
Yoshizaki. It was later adapted into an animetelevision series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the
anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to
conquer Earth. Sergeant Keroro, the titular character, is the leader of the platoon, but is at the
mercy of a human family of three after he is captured while trying to hide in one of the family
member's bedrooms. In both the manga and anime, Keroro is forced to do meaningless chores
and errands for the family after his army abandons his platoon on Earth. The platoon has many
failed attempts at taking over Earth.
The series takes its comedy from a combination of wordplay (particularly puns and
homophones), physical humor, situational irony, breaking of the fourth wall, and numerous pop
culture references (especially to Gundam, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Space Battleship
Yamato, Dragon Ball, Neon Genesis Evangelion and many others, although when broadcast and
published in the United States, they make references that American audiences would be familiar
with like Ghostbusters and Men in Black).[1] Various anime, games, manga, and other aspects of
pop culture are parodied/referenced throughout the series as a bonus to older viewers. Both the
manga and the anime are laden with pop-culture references, and even in the same story the
references often vary wildly. The anime does not explicitly refer to Evangelion or other
animations to which Bandai does not hold the copyrights, but only recreates the "feel" of famous
scenes from these anime. The anime is much more detailed and direct in its Gundam references,
however, since its animation studio, Sunrise, is a subsidiary of Bandai who does hold the rights
to the Gundam franchise.
Contents
[hide]
1Plot
2Media
o 2.1Manga
o 2.2Anime
o 2.3Films
o 2.4Spin-offs and guest appearances
3International versions
o 3.1Asia
o 3.2Europe
4Video games
5Reception
6References
7External links
Plot[edit]
See also: List of Sgt. Frog characters
The main plot of the story focuses on the steadily deteriorating conditions of the Keroro Platoon,
a group of five, frog-like aliens from Planet Keron of the Gamma Planetary System. The platoon’s
mission is to invade and conquer Earth (known to the aliens as “Pekopon”), but fail miserably at
each attempt. Sergeant Keroro (or Keroro Gunso) although being the leader of the platoon, is
childish, incompetent, and would rather spend his time indulging in his hobby of making
plastic Gundam models than take over Earth. Aside from Keroro, there are four other members
of the Keroro Platoon: adorable but violent Private Second Class Tamama; bellicose yet
tenderhearted Coporal Giroro; intelligent but mischievous Sergeant Major Kururu; and disciplined
but traumatized Lance Corporal Dororo.
The largest obstacle in the way of their mission is the Hinata Family, who must take care of the
Keroro Platoon due to the Keron Army deserting the latter on Earth. Keroro is kept busy with
manual labor and constant abuse, primarily from the family daughter, Natsumi. Each member of
the platoon finds himself in the care of a human: Giroro's human is Natsumi Hinata, whom he
falls in love with; Keroro's human is Fuyuki Hinata, who considers the Sergeant his only true
friend; Kululu's human is Mutsumi Saburo, who discovered him; Dororo's human is Koyuki, a
fellow ninja; and Tamama's human is his equal in bipolar insanity, Momoka Nishizawa. All are
tied to the Hinatas in some way throughout the events in the anime and manga.
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Sgt. Frog is published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in the magazine Shōnen Ace,
and was published in English by Tokyopop. The Keroro Gunsou manga began its monthly run in
the weekly shōnen magazine, Shōnen Ace. The manga, first aimed at the older audience
(teens/adults) from the first to the seventh volume, was toned down after the Anime started
(Since the TV-series was a family show). However, the manga still maintains suggestive comedy
that only the more mature audiences understand in present volumes. Tokyopop initially held the
American rights to the Sgt. Frog manga until 2011 when the company ceased operations. By the
time their publication ended, they had published 21 volumes. Their release of the manga have
censored nipples drawn in some scenes, in order to get away from the OT (Older teen) rating
and maintaining its Teen rating.[citation needed] Viz Media relicensed the manga for digital release on
December 16, 2014.[2]
Anime[edit]
Main article: List of Sgt. Frog episodes
The anime series started airing on TV Tokyo in 2004 and ended in 2011. The anime is produced
by Sunrise, and has been aired on Animax, TV Tokyo, and TXN. Seven seasons have been
created during its seven-year run. Unlike the manga which is aimed at older audiences, the
anime adaptation has been toned down to a level suitable for family audiences. ADV had
previously announced they had acquired exclusive rights to an English dub of Sgt. Frog[3] (for
$408,000[4]). However, on July 4, 2008, it was announced that rights to the English release were
transferred to Funimation Entertainment.[5]
The anime ran almost year-round, which each season beginning in the first week of April and
ending on the last week of March. The first season aired on Saturdays, but the show was moved
to Fridays for the second and third seasons. The show returned to Saturdays for seasons four,
five and six, and the final season aired on Sundays.
ADV Films had originally added a brief teaser page to their website, announcing their licensing of
the anime. The site turned to static before playing a short clip of Keroro dancing to "Afro Gunso,"
then leaving the message "hacked by the frog."[6] This was followed by a press release from ADV
on November 20, 2006, stating that they had licensed all Sgt. Frog properties (except the manga,
which was already licensed by Tokyopop) for the US.[3] It was once confirmed that the anime dub
would be released on DVD in the United States in February 2007. However, ADV Films had
never confirmed a release date.[7] ADV announced at Comic-Con International 2007 that the US
release date had been delayed because of TV negotiations but would not comment on which
networks they were talking to. In a DVD included with the December issue of Newtype USA was
an English-language trailer for Sgt. Frog released by ADV, with voices for Keroro (said to be
voiced by Vic Mignogna[8]), Natsumi, Fuyuki, Aki, and the narrator. ADV was 90% done on getting
a deal with the show, though they created a separate team to work specifically on it that included
people from Summit Entertainment (the company that worked with 4Kids Entertainment during
the time they had Pokémon). They had dubbed three episodes, but they were dubbed three
times because ADV created three different pilot-packages for television to see which one worked
the best. They made an otaku/fan pilot, a mass-market pilot, and a kids' pilot. They received
positive responses from three different networks. Cartoon Network liked the mass-market pilot,
while Nickelodeon liked the kids' pilot. Nickelodeon told them that they would air the show if ADV
got the merchandising rights. However, as of July 4, 2008, the English license for the first 51
episodes of the Sgt. Frog anime was transferred to Funimation Entertainment through a deal
with Sojitz.[5]
Funimation released a dubbed version of episode 12B as a test on YouTube to be reviewed by
the viewers.[9] Many instances of regional name changes were observed; Natsumi is renamed
Natalie, and Giroro's cat was renamed "Mr. Furbottom," (despite being female). Additionally, the
word Pekopon was changed to Planet Wuss, Pekoponians were referred to as Wussians, and
Keron changed to Frogulon. The frogs' names remained the same as the Japanese version,
though shortened by one syllable (e.g. Keroro changed to Kero, Tamama to Tama).[10] The test
episode had mixed reviews by fans involving the voice acting, jokes, and name changes.
At Otakon 2009, the first five episodes of Sgt. Frog were screened, where the original versions of
the various names that were changed were used. The voice actor for Sergeant Keroro in the test
video, Chris Cason, was swapped out for Sergeant Major Kululu's test actor, Todd Haberkorn.
Kululu was changed to Chuck Huber, and the narrator also appears to have been changed.
FUNimation stated at their panel that they were going to keep the anime as similar as possible to
its Japanese counterpart, and claimed to only change references from Japanese pop culture
(save for those Americans were already familiar with) to references from American pop culture.
Those present at the showing seemed to enjoy the changes, and the reception of the official dub
was very positive. On February 19, 2011, Funimation announced at Katsucon that they had
licensed more episodes of Sgt. Frog.[11]
According to Funimation, as of February 2013, Sgt. Frog is "now on hiatus".[12]
On July 31, 2009, Funimation added the first 4 dubbed episodes of the series to their online
video portal. After a considerable delay following between the release of the first dubbed
episodes, Funimation began making dubbed episodes other than the first 4 available on the
portal. Currently, the first 51 subtitled episodes are available on the Funimation video portal
and Hulu. The 51 dubbed episodes later expired, although they were all later placed back on the
portal and on Hulu.[13] The show is rated TV-PG on the DVDs and on Hulu. Unlike the other
versions released outside Japan, the US version remains uncut.
The episode distribution scheme has been slightly changed from the Japanese Region 2 release.
Although the first 51 episodes are known as "Season 1" in Japan,[14] Funimation has divided the
episodes into a "Season 1" and a "Season 2". The Season 1 Part 1 DVD set was released
September 22, 2009. It contains episodes 1 through 13,[15] Season 1 Part 2 was released on
November 24, 2009, and contains episodes 14 through 26.[16] Season 2 Part 1 was released on
January 26, 2010, containing episodes 27-39.[17] In addition, Season 2 Part 2 was released on
March 30, 2010 containing episodes 40-51.[18] The first two boxsets were re-released into one
Season 1 set on March 29, 2011.[19] The complete Season 2 set followed up on April 26,
2011.[20] Season 3 Part 1 was released to DVD by Funimation beginning on July 26, 2011,
containing episodes 52-65.[21] Season 3 Part 2 was released to DVD on August 16, 2011
containing episodes 66-78.[22] A complete Season 3 boxset containing episodes 52-78 was
released on November 13, 2012.[23] On all of the box sets, it states, "from the creators of the
Gundam series". This is relatively incorrect because Sunrise did not create the Gundam series,
they produced it, so it should say "from the studio that brought you Gundam". The creator of
Gundam is Yoshiyuki Tomino.
All three seasons were available on Netflix streaming as of December 2011; however, the first
two seasons, and the first half of the third, were removed without warning in January
2013,[24] before the series was completely removed in April of the same year.
On January 7, 2014 it was announced that a new Flash anime television series entitled "Keroro"
would premiere on Animax on March 22 of that year.[25] Haruki Kasugamori is the director of the
series at Sunrise and the animation studio Gathering is providing assistance with the animation.
The series airs during the programming block, Keroro Hour, which airs both the series and reruns
of Sgt. Frog. The series features new character designs and includes the characters, New
Keroro, Tomosu Hinohara, and Myō Kaneami, all of which were originally manga-only
characters. The opening to the series is "Keroro☆Popstar" (ケロロ☆ポップスター), performed
by Mayumi Gojo. The flash anime ended on September 6 of the same year, with a total of 23
episodes.
Films[edit]
Six full-length theatrical movies that were directed by Junichi Sato and produced by Sunrise were
released:
Video games[edit]
Many of the video games were only released in Japan, but there were others released in Korea.
September 30,
Keroro Gunsō: MeroMero Battle Royale PlayStation 2
2004
November 17,
Keroro Gunsō: MeroMero Battle Royale Z PlayStation 2
2005
Chō Gekijō-ban Keroro Gunsō: Enshū Dayo! Zenin Shūgō Nintendo DS March 16, 2006
Keroro Gunsō: Enshū Dayo! Zenin Shūgō Part 2 Nintendo DS February 22, 2007
Reception[edit]
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can help by adding to it. (May 2015)
In 2005, the manga received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.[29]
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ The aforementioned Gundam nods appear often, which
comes easy since both series are produced by renowned studio
Sunrise. Yet that does not stop the show from humorously
referencing other anime like Cobra and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
U.S. publisher Funimation takes it a step further in the English dub
with a barrage of pop culture nods from Wheel of
Fortune to Robotech to Lord of the
Rings." http://blogs.starbulletin.com/otakuohana/?p=474 Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
2. Jump up^ "Viz Media Adds Mikansei No. 1, Sgt. Frog, Hands Off!
Digitally". December 16, 2014.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b "ADV Acquires SGT. Frog". AnimeNewsNetwork.
November 20, 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
4. Jump up^ "ADV Court Documents Reveal Amounts Paid for 29
Anime Titles". AnimeNewsNetwork.com. 30 January 2012.
Retrieved 14 May 2015.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b "Funimation Picks Up Over 30 Former AD Vision
Titles". AnimeNewsNetwork. July 4, 2008. Retrieved 5
March 2010.
6. Jump up^ "SGT Frog Invades ADVFilms.com". Anime News
Network. November 15, 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
7. Jump up^ "ADV Films Officially Announces Sgt. Frog, No
February Release". AnimeNewsNetwork. November 20, 2006.
Retrieved 5 March 2010.
8. Jump up^ "PodOmatic | Best Free Podcasts". Wha-
chow.podomatic.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
9. Jump up^ "FUNimation Posts Test Episode of Sgt. Frog".
Animation Magazine. November 4, 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
10. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog - TEST EPISODE - For
Review". Funimation. YouTube. Retrieved 5 March2010.
11. Jump up^ "Funimation Adds 3rd Sgt. Frog Anime
Season". AnimeNewsNetwork.com. 19 February 2011.
Retrieved 14 May 2015.
12. Jump up^ aquastar83 (2013-02-15). "Funimation industry panel
Katsucon 2013". Washington, DC: Ustream.tv. Archived from the
original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
13. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog". Hulu.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
14. Jump up^ "Keroro Gunsou: 1st season DVD-BOX (limited
edition)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
15. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 1, Part 1". Amazon. Retrieved 7
March 2010.
16. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 1, Part 2". Amazon. Retrieved 7
March 2010.
17. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 2, Part 1". Amazon. Retrieved 5
March 2010.
18. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 2, Part 2 (2010)". Amazon.
Retrieved 5 March 2010.
19. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 1: Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Leigh,
R. Bruce Elliot, Christopher R. Sabat, Jamie Marchi: Movies &
TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
20. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 2: Todd Haberkorn, R. Bruce Elliot,
Cherami Leigh, Christopher R. Sabat, Justin Nordell: Movies &
TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
21. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog DVD Season 3 Part 1 (Hyb)". Rightstuf.com.
2011-07-26. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07.
Retrieved 2014-06-26.
22. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 3, Part 2: Jamie Marchi, Leah
Clark, Christopher R. Sabat, Todd Haberkorn, Colleen
Clinkenbeard: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
23. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog: Season 3: Andrea Kwan, Brina Palencia,
Candice Moore, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jamie Marchi, Joel
McDonald, Justin Nordell: Movies & TV". Amazon.com.
Retrieved 2014-06-26.
24. Jump up^ "Sgt. Frog". Netflix. Archived from the original on 2012-
07-17. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
25. Jump up^ "New Sgt. Frog TV Anime Slated for March 22". Anime
News Network. January 7, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
26. Jump up^ "SKIPシティ 彩の国ビジュアルプラザにて、『超投影
版 ケロロ軍曹 星空をとりもどせ! 太陽系大追跡であります!!
』夏休み特別上映決定!!" (in Japanese). Sunrise. August 2,
2014. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
27. Jump up^ "Musha Kero Volume One: Legendary Hero, De
gozasoro!". Keroro Gunsou. Season 5. Episode 211. TV Tokyo.
28. Jump up^ Norma Editorial: Catálogo: Keroro
29. Jump up^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan.
Retrieved August 19, 2007.
External links[edit]
Keroro Gunsō website (in Japanese)
Sunrise's Keroro Gunsō website (in Japanese)
TV Tokyo Keroro Gunsō website (in Japanese)
Official Keroro Gunsō Movie Website (in Japanese)
Keroro Gunsō episode guide
Sgt. Frog's Official English Website
Sgt. Frog (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Keroro Gunso (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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