#it's not even purely a Prefer The Japanese Dub situation

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ill always be the first one to defend Y7′s english dub but nothing’s going to be funnier than someone providing a sample of english daigo and saying ‘this was a perfect choice’ and then immediately playing daigo’s original voice who sounds so much lighter and has a somewhat higher voice and spoke more hushed

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What is this Keroro thing you're drawing? :0

Anonymous said: Ooh! What’s Keroro Gunsou??

OKAY OKAY SO

This got really long sorry but

It’s from this series called Sgt Frog/Keroro Gunsou (I refer to it as the latter, since I prefer the sub to the dub)! It’s a series that’s been with me for a very very long time, probably one of the first anime shows I watched back in middle school…it’s like, super important to me and I love it a lot :’)

It’s about these alien frog invaders called the Keroro Platoon! They’re trying to invade Earth (they call it Pekopon) but they absolutely SUCK at it lmfao

So, for our main cast of characters we have:

Keroro: The leader of the platoon! He’s the green one. He’s absolutely useless and prefers to laze around reading manga and spending his army savings on Gundam models rather than fulfilling his mission to invade the planet. He’s sort of a prisoner to the Hinata family, and their youngest child, Fuyuki, is his best friend. Keroro’s come close to succeeding in invasion multiple times, but what usually stops him is either Fuyuki’s terrifying older sister Natsumi, who beats the shit out of him lol, or Fuyuki pulling the friendship card. Keroro literally cannot resist the puppy dog eyes and the guilt trip when Fuyuki pulls it RIPKeroro will literally stop at nothing to protect Fuyuki if he’s in danger, even if it means going against his superiors. That’s how strong their friendship is! While Keroro is terrible and useless most of the time when he gets serious about things he gets shit done. Like. Do not underestimate him, holy shit, because he is WAY more capable than you think. When he gets serious…DAYUM

Fuyuki Hinata: Keroro’s best friend! He’s a human and he’s fascinated with the occult! While he sucks at sports and isn’t physically strong he’s really smart and that’s helped him get out of a lot of sticky situations. He cares about Keroro A LOT and will do anything to make him stay on Earth since Keroro’s his only friend, really ;w; Together the two of them are literally unstoppable, the best team!! Fuyuki’s really kind and soft-hearted, able to melt the hearts of just about anyone. He’s a GOOD BOY AND I LOVE HIM

Natsumi Hinata: Fuyuki’s older sister! She’s pretty, good at sports, and she can cook! Everybody loves her. She does not put up with ANY of Keroro’s shit and doesn’t hesitate to beat him to a pulp if he tries to invade the planet. She is literally the only thing standing in his way to world domination, and she plans to keep it that way. Also, she is probably one of, if not the most kickass character on the show. Do not mess with her, she can beat you down.

Giroro: The red frog! He’s tough, mean and gruff, and he’s the weapons specialist. He is always polishing his guns and knives. He has the BIGGEST crush on Natsumi and calls her a warrior princess lol. He lives in a tent under Natsumi’s window in the Hinata’s backyard, in case he needs to protect her from any sudden enemy attacks. Giroro can’t stand Keroro half the time even though they’re childhood friends. He also can’t do anything except blush and stammer around Natsumi…it’s such an adorable case of puppy love I s2g

Tamama: Tamama’s the dark blue frog! He may look adorable but secretly has a dark side and you do NOT want to piss him off. He has a huge crush on Keroro (yes, this is canon, made clear from the start haha) and gets jealous whenever anybody else fawns over him. Tamama has a huge sweet tooth and is always seen gorging on food.

Kururu: The most intelligent (and creepy) member of the platoon! Kururu’s yellow and he has swirly glasses. Nobody’s ever seen him with them off, I think. Kururu is just…weird. He does strange, strange things and messes with the platoon and the other humans just to get a laugh. However when he’s needed he does pull through amazingly!! Kururu doesn’t really get along with anyone except for his human companion, Saburo (who Natsumi has a crush on).

Dororo: The blue frog and also the one everybody forgets. Dororo’s a ninja and due to his sort of timid personality he’s never really the focus of attention. Keroro forgets about him often which always makes him really upset and it flips his “trauma switch” which reduces him to a crying, sniveling mess as he relives past horrors, poor boy ;m; He was also childhood friends with Kero and Giro and Kero often used him as a scapegoat as well as a guinea pig;; (It’s not all bad, I promise, they really are good friends)

Other, more minor characters I should mention:

Angol Mois: Another alien, she takes on a human appearance as a girl with tan skin and blonde hair! She affectionately refers to Keroro as “Uncle” and sorta grew up with him (they’re not really related lol). She has this weird thing for Keroro, which makes Tamama insanely jealous. He absolutely despises her haha. Mois is cute, pure, and sweet–but she’s also the one destined to destroy the planet from the 1999 prophecy. She slept in and missed the date though, oops! She tries to crack the planet in two many times using her Lucifer spear, but Keroro usually manages to stop her before she destroys all of planet Earth whewww

Momoka Nishizawa: Tamama’s human companion, she also has a dark side she constantly fights with. She also has an extremely obsessive crush on Fuyuki, so much that she stalks him and spends billions of dollars on crazy plans to get closer to him (she’s rich. Filthy, filthy, filthy rich.)

Saburo Mutsumi: I mentioned him briefly, but he’s Kururu’s companion! AKA too cool for school, Saburo’s handsome, suave, and extremely intelligent. Giroro hates his guts lol. He’s also very kind and while he isn’t around often, he’s always there to lend a hand when it’s needed! And yeah Natusmi has the hots for him kehehe

Koyuki Azumaya: Natsumi’s best friend, she comes from a ninja village and is Dororo’s companion. She’s very athletic and peppy, and I’m preeeetty sure she’s gay for Natsumi, which is fantastic. She rescued Dororo when he first arrived on Earth and seems to be the only one who ever remembers his presence.

Aki Hinata: Fuyuki and Natsumi’s mom! She’s always busy working but whenever she is home she dotes on her kids a lot. And DAYUM she is badass, I love Aki. And Kururu has a strange fascination with her for some reason lol. She was the one who allowed Keroro to stay with the family, even going so far as to give him his own room in the basement!

And that other guy I drew earlier? That’s Dark Keroro, the main antagonist of the third Keroro Gunsou movie! His main goal is to invade and conquer Earth, which he does easily and much faster than Keroro can. However Fuyuki is unaffected by his brain-washing waves and refuses to bow down to him, so he takes a special interest in him, trying to get him to join his side for most of the movie. He can’t understand the friendship between Fuyuki and Keroro and struggles with it until the very end ;w; He’s my favorite KG character, I love him to death and he definitely got the ending he deserved!

The one ironic thing about the Keroro Platoon is while they may SUCK at invading Earth, they’re amazing at protecting it. Literally every time some other invader has tried to take over they’ve driven them out, successfully protecting the planet! Honestly they should focus more of their attention on gaining popularity from saving Earth rather than trying to destroy it lol

You can either watch the sub or the dub, both are good! The dub is funnier and has more pop culture references (mostly from the 90s), and the voice acting is great. However I grew up with the sub and while I ADORE the dub, I love the sub more! Also Keroro’s Japanese voice is literally irreplaceable and I can’t imagine him not ending his sentences with “De arimasu!” and doing his usual “Ge~ro gero gero!” cackle it’s just. What makes Keroro KERORO you know?

SO YEAH that’s the basics of Keroro Gunsou!! Please do watch it, it’s a fantastic series and one of my all time favorites. It’s very funny, mostly a comedy-centric thing, but there is plot later on, and all of the movies are great. There is not one bad KG movie, I love them all. I might stream the third movie tomorrow if ya’ll wanna come watch it with me, that’s my favorite one~