Sgt. Frog

Sgt. Frog
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Keroro
ケロロ軍曹
(Keroro Gunsō)
Genre
Manga
Written byMine Yoshizaki
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
Magazine
  • Monthly Shōnen Ace
  • (April 1999 – September 2007, October 2013–present)
  • Kerokero Ace
  • (October 2007 – September 2013)
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 1999 – present
Volumes33 (List of volumes)
Manga
Chō Keroro Gunsō UC: Keroro Robo Daikessen
Written by
  • Yūtarō Shido
  • Mine Yoshizaki (original)
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 2018 – present
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Junichi Sato (executive director)
  • Yusuke Yamamoto (#1–103)
  • Nobuhiro Kondo (#104–358)
Produced by
  • Yoshikazu Beniya
  • Norio Yamakawa
  • Aya Yoshino
  • Naoki Sasada
  • Teruaki Jitsumatsu
  • Kazuhiro Asou
  • Tomoko Takahashi
  • Chieo Ohashi
  • Masayuki Ozaki
Written by
Music bySaeko Suzuki
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 3, 2004 April 3, 2011
Episodes358 (List of episodes)
Films
Anime television series
Keroro
Directed byHaruki Kasugamori
Produced by
  • Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
  • Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Hiromitsu Higuchi
Written by
  • Haruki Kasugamori
  • Mine Yoshizaki
Music bySuperSweep co., ltd.
Studio
  • Sunrise
  • Gathering
Original networkAnimax
Original run March 22, 2014 September 6, 2014
Episodes23
Anime
StudioBandai Namco Pictures
Related media

Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as Keroro Gunso (ケロロ軍曹, Keroro Gunsō, lit. "Sergeant Keroro"[a]), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in Monthly Shōnen Ace in April 1999. The story follows 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 being captured by them. Keroro is forced to do meaningless chores and errands for the family after his army abandons his platoon on Earth. The series was later adapted into an anime television series by Sunrise, which ran for 358 episodes from April 2004 to April 2011. A second 23-episode series was broadcast from March to September 2014. A new anime project has been announced.

The manga was released in North America by Tokyopop from March 9, 2004 to May 10, 2011 (for a total of 21 volumes), and later digitally by Viz Media since December 2014. A first English dub of the anime series aired on the Southeast Asian TV channel Animax Asia in 2008, with the title Sergeant Keroro; Funimation Entertainment released a second 78-episode English dubbed version in North America in 2009, which aired as Sgt. Frog on Crunchyroll, Funimation and later on Netflix, as well as on DVD sets. Discotek Media re-released the Funimation dub in SD Blu-ray in 2021. In 2005, the manga received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for the children's manga category.

  1. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (December 16, 2014). "Viz Media Adds Mikansei No. 1, Sgt. Frog, Hands Off! Digitally". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Loo, Egan (December 9, 2009). "5th Sgt. Frog Movie, Nintendo DS RPG Detailed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.


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