News: New Sgt. Frog Anime in March

For those who loved the crazy antics of the alien frogs from Sgt. Frog series, you'll be happy to know that a new television anime for it will be airing in March 22.  It will be called Keroro, and Haruki Kasugamori will be directing it at animation studio Sunrise.  Another studio, Gathering, will be helping in the animation as well.  The original cast from the first series will return.  No details on the story have been provided yet, and how long the anime will run has not been stated.

I'm not really familiar with Sgt. Frog; I've only read the first manga volume and barely watched 2-3 episodes of the first anime.  It's comedy was a bit over-the-top zany and not something I usually prefer.  It did elicit a few good laughs, however, so maybe I'll pick it back up in the future.  The Sgt. Frog manga by Mine Yoshizaki was first adapted into an anime in 2004, and it ran for 358 episodes.  The series was licensed and released in North America by Funimation Entertainment.  Tokyopop picked up the manga and released 20 volumes before the company shut down.  Because of Sgt. Frog's popularity, five movie adaptions were also done.

*source and image from ANN