Sgt. Frog (Funimation)

History
Funimation Entertainment held the rights to Keroro Gunso in North America, Australia, and the UK, where they were releasing their English Adaptation under the name SGT. FROG (from the Tokyopop adaptation of the manga).

ADV Films had initially licensed the series for a North American release back in 2006, but the rights were pulled and handed to Funimation when ADV began to run into deep financial trouble.

Funimation initially released a eleven minute "Test" dub sample episode of Sgt. Frog to YouTube and received mixed reviews for the changing of characters' names, as well as some voice acting. The first 5 episodes of the official dub were screened at an anime convention, and were much more well received than the test episode for the restoring of all original character names, revised voice cast, and staying more true to the original script.

Cast

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Test/Pilot Dub
This was a test dub made by Funimation before their full English dub went into production. Notable differences are the fact that Keroro is now voiced by Chris Cason, Kululu is voiced by Todd Haberkorn, who would go on to voice Keroro in the final dub, The Armpit Platoon's names are shortened (Keroro = Kero, Kululu = Kulu, Tamama = Tama, Giroro = Giro), Natsumi is named Natalie, and "Planet Wuss" and "Wussians" are used instead of "Pekopon" and "Pekoponians". The test dub would later be redubbed with the final cast.

It was previously uploaded to Funimation's YouTube channel but was later deleted and presumed lost for years. However, Discotek Media's Blu-ray for the first season features the Pilot.


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