Kerero Gunsou

[HA1L ILPALLAZZO]

has anyone read or seen this anime and manga it's Sergeant Frog (keroro gunso) and it is as zany as Excel Saga. the story is the Keroro Platoon led by Sergeant Keroro is left behind after an aborted invasion of Pekopon (earth) and the Sergeant is technicly the prisoner of the Hinata residance.

Between cleaning the house, doing the laundry, getting beaten up by Natsumi Hinata and making Gundam Figurines he and his squad plot to take over the earth with plots ranging from winning the earthlings hearts to all out conquest using alien plants and, like across's attempts at city conquest, they end up as pig swill with the sergeant or the whole squad suffering.

The Keroro platoon are as follows


Sergeant Keroro (??, Keroro-guns??)
The erstwhile leader and eternal antihero of the series, Keroro is usually pretty easygoing (to the point of laziness), but can be charismatic, resourceful, and even manipulative if he believes it will serve his interests. Although Keroro is clever and implied to have been a very good soldier in the past, he is typically ruled by his hobbies (especially Gundam models), easy to emotionally cow, and distracted by pretty much everything. He's typically the butt of the series' humor, usually after taking advantage of his Earthling hosts or his other squad members (though often enough through simple bad luck). If surrounded by enough humidity, Keroro becomes "Keroro From Back Then", where his physical and mental strength increase drastically, and he becomes dangerously aggressive. Of the entire Keroro Platoon, he has the most Pokopen Suits, possessing ten total. He often ends his sentences with de arimasu', a formal term for "it is" or "let it be so" - and particularly associated with those in the armed forces. His birthday is on December 9th, which is a mere week after Natsumi's birthday (see below about more of their rivalry). The name Keroro comes from kerokero, the Japanese word for the sound a frog makes. He is the only platoon member whose resonance is not a simple repeat of the first two syllables of his name (Keroro's resonance sound is "gerogerogero..." as opposed to Tamama's "tamatamatama..." or Giroro's "girogirogiro..."). His emblem is a star. He is the traditional green of a frog.


Corporal Giroro (??, Giroro-goch??)
The platoon's combat specialist, the series' maniac, and often Kururu's guinea pig. Giroro is a grizzled veteran, and is often at odds with Keroro and Kururu for their unmilitary demeanor and lack of dedication to the invasion. Giroro has a scar across his left eye that is rumored to have been inflicted by Keroro in a fight long ago. He has a fierce temper that sometimes drives him into "combat mode", where he aggressively attacks the enemy, speaking in only simple words and ignoring all other orders. However, he has a soft spot for Natsumi Hinata that eventually develops into a full-blown crush. Giroro also has a rivalry with Kururu that borders between love and hate. His love for Natsumi sometimes gets in the way of invasion operations, almost as much as Keroro's lack of focus. Similarly, though, once the rest of the platoon becomes aware of his crush, they will often use it to manipulate Giroro to agreeing with their plans (usually by implying that, somehow, whatever they're planning will make Natsumi happy). Giroro also acquires a pet cat that is in love with him. Giroro lives in a tent, concealed from busybodies by Keronian technology, in the backyard of the Hinata household. He and Kururu tie for the least amount of unique Pokopen Suits, having only two each. His name derives from the Japanese word girogiro, which is an adjective describing sharp-looking eyes. His emblem is a skull, which he only wears on his hat; in place of the emblem the other frogs have on their bellies, he has a belt that conceals a picture of Natsumi, which he considers a talisman. Without it, his performance on and off the battlefield is crippled. Giroro's speech trait is not as obvious as others (like Keroro's de arimasu, Tamama's desu~, Kururu's daze~, or Dororo's de gozaru), but he often ends his sentences with da, another form of the normal desu ("it is") which is most often used by "manly" characters.


Private Second Class Tamama (, Tamama-nitohei?)
Tamama is the youngest, least experienced member of the platoon, and the resident physical combatant (despite appearances). This is represented in two ways: his emblem is the mirror image of the Shoshinsha mark, a Japanese emblem for "New Driver", and he has a tadpole-like tail. Like a tadpole, Tamama is black. He refers to himself as the "cute and lovely" member of the Keroro platoon. Tamama is also inordinately fond of sweets, and Giroro seems to think living with the fabulously wealthy Momoka has spoiled him. He loves to eat junk food and read manga. Tamama is prone to mood swings; due to his split personality (like Nishizawa Momoka), the slightest provocation can cause him to go from cute and happy to a violent lunatic who can fire an energy blast (known as "Tamama Impact", "Neo Tamama Impact", or "Hyper Tamama Impact", depending on the strength) from his mouth as well as multi-targeting eye beams, and a dark sphere formed by condensing ambient jealousy (called the "Jealousy Shot" which derives from the Japanese word shitto, which means "jealousy"). This usually gets him in more trouble than he already is, though. Tamama seems to believe in returning any and all favors to him or to the Sergeant. His devotion to the Sergeant is slightly obsessive to the point of wanting relations with him (in volume four of the manga while drunk he claims that his New Year's resolution is to have a romantic love affair with Keroro); he will sometimes attempt to discredit or destroy others in order to get closer to the Sergeant, although no-one else seems to notice his jealousy. He is particularly hateful of Angol Mois, whose affection for Keroro is much more pure. He has four different Pokopen Suits, granting him the second highest number of suits after Keroro. He often ends his sentences with desu~, which roughly translates as "it is" (a less formal version of Keroro's de arimasu and perhaps the most common way modern Japanese says "it is" - but Tamama lengthens it in a way that would be considered "cute"). His name is derived from the Japanese word for "tadpole", otamajakushi. In addition, the Japanese word tamatama means "unexpected" or "unpredictable", which describes his personality rather accurately.


Sergeant Major Kururu (??, Kururu-s?ch??, a.k.a 9-6-6)
The platoon's intelligence and strategic planning officer. He is yellow, with an orange cap and usually wearing headphones. Though technically superior in rank to Keroro, he defers to him on most issues (usually because Keroro is supplying the funding for his bizarre experiments). He is thoroughly unmilitary, and as such is on very poor terms with Giroro. Out of the five, he's considered the least popular because of his gloomy and inquisitive nature, which leads him to play elaborate pranks on those around him. He's also an inventor and unabashed pervert, as many of his devices are designed with what Keroro calls a "kinky role-play effect" in mind. Despite his unmotivated attitude and resistance to advice, he has a weakness in the form of Angol Mois, sometimes seeing her as a source of income, though uncomfortable at being stared at by her. As a reference to his being the "yellow" member of the Keroro Platoon, Kururu loves curry. Many of the things that happen revolve around the crazy inventions he comes up with. Of the entire Keroro Platoon, Kururu has the fewest suits, tied with Giroro; both only have two. His name derives from the Japanese word kurukuru, which means "spinning" or "twisted". Also, Kururu is a hunchback, which is kuru in Japanese. He also has a codename (the numbers 9-6-6), because 9-6-6 is ku-ru-ru when pronounced separately. His name is frequently romanized as "Kululu" in the manga and anime, but the Tokyopop translation of the manga used "Kururu" until Volume 11, when Kadokawa requested a change to "Kululu" in all future volumes and reprints of prior volumes. His emblem is a swirl (resembling his thick glasses). Kururu punctuates things with a stand-out laugh, "Ku~ ku ku". He does this when he gets the upper hand on someone, when the tables are turned on him, when he's being mysterious, or when he's just being a jerk - and frequently in place of actual dialogue. He does have a speech trait (da yo "it is", or da ze) although he uses it to a much lesser extent than Tamama, Keroro, and Dororo. He also makes frequent use of the word "pochito" when (literally) pressing buttons in the anime, which translates to "I press" and when his glasses shatter or get lost, he'll say "megane, megane" ("my glasses, my glasses").


Lance Corporal Dororo (??, Dororo-heich??)
The quiet one. He is blue with light blue eyes. Originally named Zeroro, he is always calm, and never loses his temper. He was trained to be the top assassin in the Keronian Army. Since coming to Earth, however, he has begun following the way of the ninja (along with his "owner", Koyuki), and become an avid nature lover. Thus, he always objects to plans that would damage Earth's eco-system. He also never kills a living thing; he always uses the back of his sword to strike his opponents, so as not to harm them. He first met Koyuki when he got caught in a kappa trap she made. Dororo's name change may be linked to the fact that the forest Koyuki found him in has the same name. He's known Keroro and Giroro since they were little, and though they were "friends", Keroro took advantage of Dororo more often than not. Perhaps appropriate for a ninja, Dororo lacks presence - and is therefore often forgotten or ignored by the rest of the squad. He is often reminded of Keroro's abuses of their "friendship" when they were young, which usually results in him breaking down crying from his "Trauma Switch" turning on. Dororo has three Pokopen Suits, putting him barely ahead of Kururu and Giroro. He often ends his sentences with de gozaru (an archaic form of the normal desu, used by samurais and ninjas in Japanese TV series and movies describing the Sengoku era). His name derives from doron, which is a Japanese onomatopoeia for disappearing like a ninja. In addition, the Japanese word dorodoro means syrupy, which can refer to his sentimental tendencies and the image of him crying in trauma. (It should be noted that there is an anime about ninja called Dororo.) His emblem is a shuriken. He does not wear the military hats of other Kerons; instead, he wears a skull cap with loose fabric hanging like a curtain around the back and sides of his head. Also, he wears a face mask that covers his mouth and where his nose would be - typical ninja garb - although he is seen wearing a gas mask in some scenes where he is still part of the Keronian Military, and he wears a surgical mask in flashbacks that take place during his childhood..

[HA1L ILPALLAZZO]

yes thats right the lisence was transferred over to Funimation I think last month or the beginning of this month so we should see Sgt Frog in english soon 

[exckilla]

Whatever happen too the uk release of this anime I remember seeing trailers on some of the adv stuff before there sudden disappearance of new releases from uk stores

[E^D Crow]

The last rumor I heard, was that the Sgt. Frog animé is going to be dumbed-down, and cleaned up for the kiddies...  As in no more panty-shots, and no more boob jokes.

Jesus fucking tap-dancing Christ on a pole!  The manga is really, really funny, and it just wouldn't be the same without jokes about boobs.

E^d

[HA1L ILPALLAZZO]

the anim is already cleaned up, in order to show it earlier then 9 (which I think is the water shed in japan) the anime doesn't contain panty shots or boob jokes also the name for earth is Pekopon rather then Pokopen (the reason for this is since Pokopen is what the japanese use to call the chinese during the 20's and 30's it is deemed racist and it is against the law to say it on national television)

[E^D Crow]

the anim is already cleaned up, in order to show it earlier then 9 (which I think is the water shed in japan) the anime doesn't contain panty shots or boob jokes also the name for earth is Pekopon rather then Pokopen (the reason for this is since Pokopen is what the japanese use to call the chinese during the 20's and 30's it is deemed racist and it is against the law to say it on national television)

Wow, I did not know that.  At least now I know what's going on.  I was led to believe it was some kind of US censor thing, when it was actually a Japanese censor thing, which changes my whole perspective.  I'd still like to check out the animé, even if it's not as risqué as the manga.

E^D

[HA1L ILPALLAZZO]

even though I am against it I suggest looking at youtube at a few fansubs (note to self insert soup in mouth) but if you want I could lend anyone the first 2 movies?

[HA1L ILPALLAZZO]

sorry bout the double post but I think these videos might help as they show what the anime is like and give you an idea of what to expect in the long run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFIg5NHnp20
Giroro and Natsumi's Relationship
sorry bout the song in this one (gomen nosai)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ur8R0DUN4I
Kululu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvGZ2ItdhfY
just had to show this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uk4m5_MFvA
how to draw songs