New Sgt. Frog TV Anime's 2nd Main Trailer Reveals Theme Songs, 5 New Cast
The staff for Keroro Gunsō ☆, an all-new Sgt. Frog television anime, started streaming the anime's second main trailer, and revealed five new cast members on Monday. The trailer reveals and previews the opening theme song "Kirai nochi Suki!" (From Hate to Love!) by ano, and the ending theme song "Himitsu no Panorama" (Secret Panorama) by PURPLE BUBBLE.
The newly announced cast members are (image above from top left to bottom right):
- 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
The anime will debut on October 3 at 9:30 a.m., and will air on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.
The anime will feature an all-new cast for the franchise. The previous Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu! film that opened in June featured a returning cast from previous installments in the anime.
The previously announced new cast includes:
- 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
Nobuhiro Kondō (Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan four seasons, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ) is the chief director of the anime, and Akihiko Sano (Farmagia, animation director for Medaka Box) is directing the series at BN Pictures with production cooperation by Bridge and AISLE. Toshimitsu Takeuchi (Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan four seasons, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Fairy Musketeers) is overseeing the series scripts, and Hatsue Nakayama (Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ) is designing the characters. Kan Sawada (Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu!, Yowamushi Pedal anime franchise) is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Design: Keiichi Funada
- Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri, Shintarō Inoue
- Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
- Editing: Daisuke Imai
- Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Shin Gekijōban ☆ Keroro Gunsō Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu! (New Sgt. Frog the Movie: The Earth Is in Mortal Peril as Soon as We Come Back!), the new 20th anniversary anime film project for the franchise, opened in Japan on June 26. The film ranked at #4 in its opening weekend, earning 150,809,200 yen (about US$927,900) in its first three days.
Crunchyroll added the earlier television anime to its catalog beginning in 2021, and it describes the anime:
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 he does the weapons of war. It's a far cry from the glory of battle, but hey, at least he's got his own room. And though the invasion may have slowed to a hop, Sergeant Frog still occasionally yearns to overcome his karaoke addiction and reassemble his troops.
Sunrise's earlier anime series based on Mine Yoshizaki's Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunsō) manga ran from 2004 to 2011, and it spawned five feature films. Funimation released two "seasons" of the anime on DVD, after ADV Films had licensed but not released the anime.
Discotek licensed the anime, and its release of Sgt. Frog includes all 358 episodes in successive SD Blu-ray Disc volume releases by season, beginning in 2021. Discotek released seasons 5-7 in 2024.
American manga publisher Tokyopop released 20 volumes of the original manga in North America before shutting its doors in 2011.
Sources: Keroro Gunsō ☆ anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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