Kerokko Demetan
けろっこデメタン (Kerokko Demetan)
Genre	Comedy, adventure, animal characters, Romance,Drama, Family, Magic
TV anime
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa
Studio	Tatsunoko Productions
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	January 2, 1973 – September 25, 1973
No. of episodes	39

Kerokko Demetan (Japanese: けろっこデメタン, English Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog also know as Demetan the Frog, The Brave Frog) is 39 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired in 1973. The story is about Demetan poor young frog becomes friends with a girl frog named Ranatan and together they go through many life learning adventures. Like many other 1970s anime series such as Candy Candy series, Heidi, Girl of the Alps series, and Cat's Eye series, Kerokko Demetan was not officially translated in English and because of this it was unable to reach an English audience. Like Candy Candy and Heidi, Girl of the Alps series the only incarnation of the series to reach the English language was a dub of a 1973 feature-length movie adaptation of the TV series(the movie was made of scenes from the TV series), released on VHS in the United States in 1985 (the first two episodes of the Candy Candy series were also translated, but for unkown reasons the rest of the series was not translated)titled The Brave Frog. Recently the movie was released on DVD in 1999. Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up romance, romantic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... Look up magic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... TV redirects here. ... Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation originating in Japan. ... Tatsunoko Production Co. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Fuji Television Network, Incorporated ) TYO: 4676 is a Japanese television network based in Odaiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation originating in Japan. ... Tatsunoko Production Co. ... Candy Candy is a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. ... Arupusu no Shoujo Haiji, or Heidi, Girl of the Alps was a very popular anime series made by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo (which later became Nippon Animation) in 1974, directed by Isao Takahata and featuring scene design and layout by Hayao Miyazaki. ... Cats Eye ( キャッツ アイ Kyattsu Ai) is a Japanese manga by Tsukasa Hojo. ...

Despite the fact that the series was not officially translated in English, the series like the Candy and Heidi series became very popular in other continents such as: Asia, Europe (particularly in France where the entire series was recently was released on DVD), and Latin America were the series was dubbed in multiple languages such as Japanese, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Arabic, and Spanish.

Plot

Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog is a anime series made of 39 episodes of thirty-minutes each. The story is about Demetan a young boy frog that comes from a poor family that he cannot even go to school in his woodland pond community. However, he becomes a friend of a girl frog named Ranatan, a lovely, gentle frog girl who is the daughter of the pond's rich ruler. Naturally her father is quite displeased by this relationship and he seeks to break it up. Nevertheless the young frogs continue with courage and confidence, not only to live their own lives but to guide the heartless leopard frog to a sense of justice and generosity. Gradually the pond community responds to their sincerity and joins them in a march toward a bright future. Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation originating in Japan. ...

Japanese Voice Actors

• Mari Okamoto as Ranatan
• Yuko Hisamatsu as Demetan
• Haruko Kitahama as Narrator
• Hiroshi Ohtake as Iboyoshi
• Kôichi Kitamura as Ametaro
• Kousei Tomita as Gyata
• Miyoko Shoji as Amako
• Shun Yashiro as Kyaru
• Yasuroo Tanaka as Zari

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Alternative Titles

• Abenteur am Regenbogenteich (German)
• Child Frog Demetan
• Démétan (French)
• Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog
• Demetan the Frog
• Demetan, de kikkerjongen (Dutch)
• Demetan, la Petite Grenouille (French)
• La banda dei ranocchi (Italian)
• La Ranita Demetan (Spanish)
• The Brave Frog
• الضفدع الشجاع (Arabic)
• けろっこデメタン (Japanese)

Extra Production Information

• Broadcaster: Fuji TV
• Planning: Tatsuo Yoshida
• Storyboard(s): Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Writer(s): Jinzo Toriumi
• Character Designer(s): Yoshitaka Amano, Tatsuo Yoshida, Masayuki Hayashi
• Music: Nobuyoshi Koshibe

Trivia

• Kerokko Demetan is one of the few anime series that does not have a specific English title. Some of the titles used to name this series are:Child Frog Demetan, Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog, Demetan the Frog, and The Brave Frog.
• There was a movie of Demetan released in the USA on DVD and VHS titled "The Brave Frog." The movie was a compilation movie made of scenes from the animated series.

Links

• tatsunoko anime history/Dementan Information.
• Kerokko Demetan Stats
• Famous Frogs