Keroro Gunsou (2004) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

In 2004, the quiet life of twelve-year-old Fuyuki Hinata is disrupted by the arrival of Sergeant Keroro, a Keronian soldier tasked with initiating an invasion of Earth. Keroro's plans are immediately derailed when his unit is forced to abandon him and his platoon due to unforeseen circumstances. Stranded at the Hinata household – alongside Fuyuki, his sister Natsumi, and their mother Aki – Keroro finds himself unexpectedly confined.

The series chronicles the daily attempts by Keroro and his comrades to orchestrate a global takeover, consistently undermined by the peculiar nature of human life. Through these comedic failures, an unusual bond develops between the Keronians and the Hinata family. The narrative explores themes of friendship, cultural understanding, and finding purpose in unexpected circumstances as these extraterrestrial invaders navigate everyday life alongside their human hosts.

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Characters:

Dororo (Main) - Voice Actors: Kusao, Takeshi, Scattorin, Lorenzo, Tatum, J. Michael, McKinney, David Lee, Kang, Su Jin, Barbiro, Simcha, Escobal García, Alberto, Lognay, Pierre, Nowak, Pascal
Giroro (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji, Sabat, Christopher, Sabre, Diego, Evans, Scott, Yosefsberg, Yoram, Si, Yeong Jun, Prieto, Víctor, Léonard, Arnaud, Renwick, Pascal
Hinata, Natsumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Chiwa, Leigh, Cherami, Jeong, Mi Sook, Levitch, Alexandra, Karpoff, Alessandra, Baré, Jennifer, Menezes, Ana Lúcia, Sacquet, Laurence, Beaver, Alice, Jung, Hye-won
Hinata, Fuyuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Kuwashima, Houko, Kawakami, Tomoko, D'Andrea, Simone, Clark, Leah, Moore, Candice, Magon, Yehonatan, Byeon, Hyeon Wu, Cubero, Josu, Pestel, Charles, Praet, Grégory, Longo, Thiago
Keroro (Main) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Kumiko, Haberkorn, Todd, Prata, Patrizio, Beck, Tony, Kwan, Andrea, Kizler, Dan, Yang, Jeong Hwa, Ojanguren, Eba, Fagnon, Xavier, Eugênio, Pedro
Kururu (Main) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Huber, Chuck, Pizzuto, Michael, Kim, Jang, Kleter, Gilad, Demma, Daniele, Goirizelaia, Juan Martín, Bodson, Pierre, Stern, Sérgio, Vigier, Geoffrey
Tamama (Main) - Voice Actors: Palencia, Brina, Kozakura, Etsuko, Bonino, Giorgio, Ferrero, Pilar, Gkizas, Ioanna, Macé, Chantal, Almeida, Rita, Beaver, Alice
Asami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noto, Mamiko, Spinelli, Elisabetta
Azumaya, Koyuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirohashi, Ryou, Christian, Luci, Silvestri, Marcella, Kwan, Andrea, Kim, Seo Yeong, Aflalo, Esther, Torrecilla, Sonia
Bariri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Narita, Ken
Chiroro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwatani, Natsuko
Darere (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuji
Dobaba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shibata, Hidekatsu
Dokuku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kusao, Takeshi
Dororo's mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Kumiko
Dracoon, Félicitation du (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizuki, Nana
Father, Giroro and Garuru's (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji
Fear, Angol (Supporting)
Garuru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio, Lee, Jeong Gu, Wolf, Amnon, Soumi, Youko, Fallica, Raffaele, Moreau, Mathieu, Pizzuto, Michael
Geriri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikawa, Ryo
Giruru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasui, Kunihiko
Goa, Angol (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kakuda, Nobuaki
Gray, R (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Midorikawa, Hikaru, Ayres, Greg, Iacono, Gianluca
Gururu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachibana, Yuuko
Gyororo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirata, Hiromi
Harpie, Jessica (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shinohara, Emi, Pacotto, Emanuela
Hinata, Akina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kyouda, Hisako, Leonard, Linda, Rochira, Caterina, Hiramatsu, Akiko
Hinata, Aki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hiramatsu, Akiko, Marchi, Jamie, Cericola, Dania, Moore, Candice, Yun, Yeo Jin, Eguileor, Ana Begoña, Pradier, Vanina, Van Boven, Marcha, Ansell, Gloria
Honey, Melody (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyoguchi, Megumi, Ballard, Tia, Kim, Seon Hye, Torrecilla, Sonia
Imogo, Rie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakahara, Mai, Eguileor, Ana Begoña
Jirara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yada, Kouji
Joriri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugawara, Junichi
Kagege (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Furukawa, Toshio
Kappa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Han, Keiko
Karara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noda, Junko, Viktorin, Alison
Keroro's father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Kenichi
Keroro's mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chijimatsu, Sachiko
Kinoshita, Rei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki
Kiruru. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujita, Yoshinori
Kogoro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Swasey, John, Hiyama, Nobuyuki, Bang, Seong Jun, Delhausse, Jean-Marc, Sette, Alberto, Herrero, Anselmo, McKinney, David Lee
Koneko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Tanii, Asuka
Lavie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaneda, Tomoko, Clark, Leah, Clerici, Serena, Jeong, Hye Ok
Man, Dance (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujisawa, Hideki
Maso, Dansonu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vale, Eric, Cho
Mekeke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cho
Meruru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Yuki
Mois, Angol (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noto, Mamiko, Savage, Carrie, Lee, Yong Sin, Spinelli, Elisabetta, Moore, Candice, Har-lev, Liat, Eguileor, Ana Begoña
Moriyama, Paul (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji, Williams, Kent, Kleter, Gilad, Balbi, Marco, Pizzuto, Michael
Mukuro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohara, Sayaka, Eguileor, Ana Begoña
Mushishi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iizuka, Shouzou, McKinney, David Lee
Nabebe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanabe, Seiichi
Nadeshiko, Yamato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Rica
Nakata, Joji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji
Narrator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji, Elliott, R. Bruce, Balzarotti, Marco, Pizzuto, Michael, Regalado, José María, Catoire, Philippe, Donnay, Patrick
Nevula (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Houchuu
... and 34 more characters

Staff:

Beniya, Yoshikazu (Producer)
Cook, Justin (Producer)
Satou, Junichi (Producer, Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics)
Yamakawa, Norio (Producer)
Kondou, Nobuhiro (Director)
Yamamoto, Yuusuke (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tsuruoka, Youta (Sound Director)
Amiya, Masakazu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Fukumoto, Kiyoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Furuta, Jouji (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hatakeyama, Shigeki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hiroshima, Hideki (Episode Director)
Itou, Tatsufumi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kitamura, Masaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kyougoku, Takahiko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matsuzono, Hiroshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Mitsunaka, Susumu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation, Screenplay)
Miyoshi, Masato (Episode Director)
Mukai, Masahiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nakao, Yukihiko (Episode Director)
Suzuki, Kenichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Takagi, Shigeki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tamada, Hiroshi (Episode Director)
Yamaguchi, Susumu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Grant, Tiffany (Script)
Ikeda, Mamiko (Script, Series Composition)
Katoki, Hajime (Script, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Kobayashi, Yasuko (Script)
Marchi, Jamie (Script, ADR Director)
Shimura, Hiroaki (Script, Storyboard)
Yokotani, Masahiro (Script, Series Composition)
Yoshizaki, Mine (Script, Theme Song Lyrics, Original Creator)
Ishihira, Shinji (Storyboard)
Kanasaki, Takaomi (Storyboard)
Oizaki, Fumitoshi (Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Character Design, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Sayama, Kiyoko (Storyboard)
Takada, Kouichi (Storyboard)
Yoshikawa, Hiroaki (Storyboard)
Afromania (Theme Song Performance)
Andou, Takahiro (Theme Song Arrangement)
Fujisawa, Hideki (Theme Song Performance)
GaGaGa SP (Theme Song Performance)
Group Tamashii (Theme Song Performance)
Hata, Aki (Theme Song Lyrics)
Iwasa, Mayuko (Theme Song Performance)
JAM Project (Theme Song Performance)
Kakuda, Nobuaki (Theme Song Performance)
Kawaguchi, Keita (Theme Song Arrangement)
Kiyoura, Natsumi (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Kizler, Dan (Theme Song Performance)
... and 137 more staff

News:

New 'Keroro Gunsou' Anime Project Announced (03/31/2024)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for September (09/05/2023)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for October (10/04/2021)
Q1 2021 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 3/24] (12/30/2020)
'Keroro Gunsou' to Have New Flash Anime Adaptation as 'Keroro' for Spring 2014 (12/08/2013)
FUNimation Licenses TO and Season 3 of Keroro Gunsou (02/20/2011)
TV Anime of Sergent Frog To End in March (02/08/2011)

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Related Anime/Manga:

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Keroro Gunsou (manga - Adaptation)
Keroro Gunsou Movie 1 (anime - Side Story)
Keroro Gunsou Movie 2: Shinkai no Princess de Arimasu! (anime - Side Story)
Keroro Gunsou Movie 3: Tenkuu Daikessen de Arimasu! (anime - Side Story)
Keroro Gunsou Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors de Arimasu! (anime - Side Story)
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Chibi Kero: Kerobouru no Himitsu!? (anime - Spin-Off)
Keroro (anime - Alternative Version)
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Keroro Gunsou Movie (anime - Other)

Genres: Comedy, Parody, Sci-Fi, Shounen
Themes: Parody
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Sunrise
Producers: Nihon Ad Systems, Rakuonsha, TV Tokyo
Licensors: ADV Films, Discotek Media, Funimation
Rating: 7.7 / 10
Rank: #1335
Popularity: #2602
Users Listed: 81,751
Users Scored: 36,289
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 05/01/2024
Aired: April 3, 2004 – April 4, 2011 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 358

Keroro Gunsou