Sgt Frog
We’ve had some bits of information since the December announcement that there would be a new flash based anime series based for Sgt. Frog and we just recently got the premiere date of March 22nd for the series on Animax in Japan. Now we have the first sixty second commercial that shows off how it’s going to look in its flash animation form. The new adaptation is set to be directed by Haruki Kasugamori at Sunrise with studio Gathering doing the animation assistance. The series is bringing back the same cast for the show which will provide some welcome continuity with what came before. The Sgt. Frog manga is still running – over twenty-four volumes since its debut in 1999 - and a seven year run of anime episodes that capped off at 358 episodes back in April 2011.
March is a big month for the character as not only do we get the start of these five minute shorts, but they’re also bringing out two “classic” episodes of the original series for broadcast and the 35th volume of the manga will be landing as well, making sure it’s a full court press for our favorite alien invaders.
Announced on the official site, the new adaptation will be done as a flash anime series and simply be called Keroro.
Plot concept: Keroro is a frog-like alien sent from his home planet on a mission to conquer Earth. But when his cover is blown, his battalion abandons him and he ends up in the home of the Hinata family. There, he’s forced to do household chores and sleep in a dark basement that was once supposedly a prison cell haunted by the ghost of an innocent girl. He even spends his free time assembling Gundam model kits. During his stay, Keroro meets up with subordinates who were also stranded during their failed invasion.