Sgt. Frog: Volumes 1-3 Collection

by Mine Yoshizaki

The first three volumes of the intergalactic bestseller, collected in one toad-ally awesome volume! Sgt. Keroro, commanding officer of Planet Keron's invasion force, has a wee little problem. After blowing his cover and losing his top-secret weapon, this frog-like alien has been cut off from his home world. To make matters worse, he's lost communications with the rest of his platoon. Now he has taken cover in the Hinata family household, where he secretly devises new plans for taking over Earth. The only thing standing in his way from complete global domination? He has keep up with his share of the household chores--there's laundry and vacuuming and dishes and taking out the trash, not to mention a house full of teens!

Genres: Manga

560 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2007

About the author

From Keroro Wiki:

Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音 Yoshizaki Mine), born December 2, 1971 in Isahaya, Nagasaki) is a male Japanese manga artist (mangaka) who first started his career by making dōjinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to mangaka Katsu Aki . His first publication was featured in a compilation book published by Shogakukan in 1989.
He is best known for his manga Keroro Gunso, published as Sgt. Frog in the United States, which was first published in the Japanese manga magazine Shonen Ace. He is also the creator of Arcade Gamer Fubuki and did character design on the series Seven of Seven. In 2005, Keroro Gunso received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.

Reviews

[KururuSouchou · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Sgt. Frog series is a hilarious manga following the misadventures of a bumbling froglike alien named Sergeant Keroro. When his attempt at invading the Earth fails, he ends up being abandoned by his comrades and ends up getting stuck with a quite ordinary Earthling family. Soon, he reunites with other members of his platoon, including the split-personality (half cute, half psychotic) Private Tamama, the irritable Corporal Giroro, and the mad scientist Sergeant Major Kululu. However, all of their world-domination schemes fail, mainly due to the Sergeant having completely adapted to Earth culture (he spends his days surfing the Web and building Gundam models). The series could easily be compared to Pinky and the Brain or Invader Zim due to its main theme of "failed world-domination attempts," plentiful pop-culture references, and sheer quirkiness. The biggest flaw in my opinion would be the extremely excessive amount of fanservice. The illustrator pretty much puts fanservice in every shot possible. If the fanservice bothers you, you could watch the anime (titled Keroro Gunso), which has all the comedy without the fanservice and is by far the definitive version of the series. However, Sgt. Frog is still an extremelt hilarious manga for a slightly older age group (despite the frogs' appearances, the excessive fanservice combined with the occasional language makes it not the best manga for younger readers).

[Jessica Severs · Rating 3 out of 5]

If one were to judge this manga by its cover, you’d think “Sgt. Frog” is some kiddie drivel with generic frog aliens. But it’s actually a really amusing story about the aliens who live among us, quietly plotting to invade or destroy Earth.
The main protagonist is Sergeant Keroro, one of five of his alien kind gathering intelligence before the big invasion. Luckily for humans, the Hinata family stumbles upon him first, thus screwing up the mission and causing a delay in the plans. He’s now stranded, so the Hinatas let him stay at their home, provided he does his cleaning chores.
Eventually, his subordinates find their way to him, and they continue to scheme while becoming ever infatuated with Earthling delights such as the beach or Gundam models.
The characters, human and alien, are drawn well and are instantly likeable and strange enough to keep you wondering what they’ll do next. It certainly was an unexpected find, and now I’m hooked.

[stephanie wrights · Rating 5 out of 5]

this novel is awesome!
i LOVE frogs + i LOVE manga.

[Karl Kindt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly, fun, and satirical.