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Encyclopedia > Keroro Gunso

Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as Keroro Gunso (ケロロ軍曹), is a manga and anime series created by Mine Yoshizaki. Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes billed in the west under the portmanteau Japanimation. ... Mine Yoshi zaki is a manga artist who first started his career by making comics based on video games. ...


This comedy is published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, serialized in the magazine Shonen Ace, and published in English by TOKYOPOP. The anime was produced by Sunrise and aired on TV Tokyo. Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店) is a well-known Japanese publisher, based in Tokyo. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... TOKYOPOP, formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor of many very popular manga in the United States, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. ... Sunrise over the sea Sunrise, also called sunup in some American English dialects, is the time at which the first part of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east. ... TV TOKYO Corporation (TX, Japanese: 株式会社テレビ東京, Kabushiki Gaisha Terebi Tōkyō) is a local TV station based in Tokyo, Japan. ...


Sgt. Frog is about an alien frog named Keroro (ケロロ) who winds up on Earth in the care of two siblings, Fuyuki Hinata (日向冬樹 Hinata Fuyuki) and his older sister Natsumi Hinata (日向夏美 Hinata Natsumi), after he is caught by them. Keroro spends most of his time plotting the takeover of the planet Pekopon (literally Blue Planet, which refers to the Earth) while trying to escape from the Hinata family. Keroro is easily sidetracked or distracted, and several episodes show him browsing the Internet or building Gundam scale model kits. Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... Gundam is a popular Japanese anime involving giant robots. ... A scale model is a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object being represented. ...


The series uses a combination of linguistic techniques (puns, homophones), physical humor, and textual jokes.


External links

  • Keroro Gunso website
  • Sunrise's Keroro Gunso website
  • TV Tokyo Keroro Gunso website

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Animefringe: Features: Keroro Gunso - A Frog On A Mission (1288 words)
Keroro Gunso bargains with the teens, and from then on, the Hinata household slowly becomes a war zone for freeloading alien frogs as more of Keroro Gunso's team appears on the scene.
Keroro Gunso was first in Monthly Shonen Ace 1999 #4 and quickly gained the attention of fans of the magazines other high-profile series, Angelic Layer and Neon Genesis Evangelion, because it's easy to relate to and has a ton of otaku based references.
Keroro Gunso is of the alien race known as Heppoko Uchuujin which looks just like any regular toad on the outside.
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The series begins simply enough with Keroro Gunso, the Captain of the Space Invasion Forces Special Advance Team of the 58th Planet of the Gamma Storm Cloud System, on an intelligence mission to collect any useful information regarding the planet Pokopen (aka Earth) and report back to the invasion forces with his findings.
The resourceful Keroro Gunso, knowing that his cover has been blown, unties himself and sets out to recover his transmitter before Fuyuki figures it out.
Keroro Gunso bargains with the teens, and from then on, the Hinata household slowly becomes a war zone for freeloading alien frogs as more of Keroro Gunso`s team appears on the scene.
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6th July 2009 		He Was A Dark Purple Frog, He Is Born On July 1
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27th May 2009 		He Was A Green Frog, He is Born On May 31
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