Crunchyroll began streaming Keroro Gunsō☆, a brand-new Sgt. Frog television anime, under the international title KERORO☆ with English subtitles on Friday. The series is available worldwide, excluding Asia.
The new anime introduces a completely fresh voice cast for the franchise. This sets it apart from the recent film Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu!, which opened in Japan in June and reunited the returning cast from earlier installments.
Voice Cast
- Kōsuke Echigoya as Sergeant Major Kululu
- Rika Nagae as Private Second Class Tamama
- Makoto Koichi as Sergeant Keroro
- Toshiki Masuda as Corporal Giroro
- Satoshi Inomata as Lance Corporal Dororo
- Yuki Sakakihara as Fuyuki Hinata
- Minori Fujidera as Natsumi Hinata
- Sumire Morohoshi as Momoka Nishizawa
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Mutsumi Hōjō
- Koko Fukushima as Koyuki Azumaya
Staff
The anime is produced at BN Pictures with production cooperation from Bridge and AISLE. Key staff members include:
- Chief Director: Nobuhiro Kondō (Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ)
- Director: Akihiko Sano (Farmagia; animation director on Medaka Box)
- Series Scripts: Toshimitsu Takeuchi (Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Fairy Musketeers)
- Character Design: Hatsue Nakayama (Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ)
- Music: Kan Sawada (Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō, Yowamushi Pedal)
- Color Design: Keiichi Funada
- Art Directors: Kenichi Tajiri, Shintarō Inoue
- Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
- Editing: Daisuke Imai
- Sound Director: Haru Yamada
20th Anniversary Film
Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu! — the franchise’s 20th anniversary theatrical project — opened in Japan on June 26. It debuted at #4 at the box office, earning 150,809,200 yen (approximately US$927,900) over its opening three-day weekend.
About the Series
Keroro is Sergeant Frog — the leader of a platoon of warriors sent to conquer planet Earth. But when the amphibious invaders discovered how much humans enjoy dissecting their comrades, the troops were scattered, the mission was aborted, and Keroro was abandoned. Now, this once proud soldier spends more time wielding a vacuum than the weapons of war. And though the invasion may have slowed to a hop, Sergeant Frog still occasionally yearns to reassemble his troops.
Franchise History
The original Sgt. Frog anime, produced by Sunrise and based on Mine Yoshizaki’s manga Keroro Gunsō, aired from 2004 to 2011 across 358 episodes and spawned five feature films. Crunchyroll added the earlier series to its catalog in 2021. In North America, Discotek has been releasing all 358 episodes on SD Blu-ray Disc by season since 2021, with seasons 5–7 arriving in 2024. Tokyopop previously published 20 volumes of the original manga in North America before closing in 2011.
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