The Sgt. Frog anime finally returns with an all-new series celebrating its 20th anniversary, KERORO☆! Final Weapon has everything you need to know about KERORO☆, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about the new anime.
The story of KERORO☆ follows a similar premise to the original story, Sergeant Keroro’s mission to conquer earth! However, he’s captured by middle schooler Fuyuki and his older sister Natsumi. The Hinata household is quite lively with Keroro, and he turns his attention to a new goal: living a hilarious new life on Earth.
KERORO☆ Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule of Episodes
New episodes of KERORO☆ will release on Fridays at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs. KERORO☆ will feature 24 episodes across two cours in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for KERORO☆ (subject to change):
- First Cour
- Episode 1 – October 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – October 9 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – October 16 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – October 23
- Episode 5 – October 30
- Episode 6 – November 6
- Episode 7 – November 13
- Episode 8 – November 20
- Episode 9 – November 27
- Episode 10 – December 4
- Episode 11 – December 11
- Episode 12 – December 18
- Second Cour
- Episode 13 – TBA
New episodes of KERORO☆ will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 6:00 p.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 8:00 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 9:00 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 4:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
ano performs the opening theme song “Kirai nochi Suki! (From Hate to Love!),” and PURPLE BUBBLE performs the ending theme song “Himitsu no Panorama (Secret Panorama).”
The main cast of the anime 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
The staff includes:
- Chief Director: Nobuhiro Kondō
- Additional Director: Akihiko Sano
- Studio: BN Pictures
- Production Cooperation: Bridge and AISLE
- Script Overseer: Toshimitsu Takeuchi
- Character Designer: Hatsue Nakayama
- Composer: Kan Sawada
- Color Design: Keiichi Funada
- Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri, Shintarō Inoue
- Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
- Editing: Daisuke Imai
- Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Where Can I Watch KERORO☆?
Crunchyroll is streaming KERORO☆ in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. In Japan, the anime is airing on the AT-X and TV-U Fukushima channels and streaming on Hulu, U-NEXT, Anime Hodai, and other services.
What is KERORO☆ About?
KERORO☆ is based on the iconic Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunsō) manga series by Mine Yoshizaki, which received an anime series that ran from 2004 to 2011. The series spawned five feature films and “two seasons,” with the latter being released on DVD via Funimation. Discotek licensed the series and started re-releasing it on Blu-ray in 2021.
Crunchyroll describes the original anime series as follows:
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.
