COMEDY ANIME OF THE YEAR
''KERORO GUNSO''
Keroro Gunso is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized
into an anime TV series directed by Junichi Sato.
Both the anime and manga
are comedies that follow the attempts of a
platoon of frog-like alien
invaders to conquer Earth. Sergeant Keroro,
the titular character,
is the leader of the platoon, but is at the mercy
of a human family
of three after he is captured while trying to hide in one of the family
member's bedrooms. In both the manga and anime,
Keroro
is forced to do meaningless chores and errands for the family
after his army
abandons his platoon on Earth. The platoon has many
failed attempts
at taking over Earth.
The series takes its comedy from a combination of wordplay
(particularly puns and homophones), physical humor, situational irony,
breaking of the fourth wall, and numerous pop culture references
(especially to Gundam, Kamen Rider, pace Battleship Yamato, Dragon Ball,
Neon Genesis Evangelion
and many others, although when broadcast
and published in the United
States, they make references that American audiences
games, manga, and other aspects of pop culture are
parodied/referenced
throughout the series as a bonus to older viewers.
Both the manga and
the anime are laden with pop-culture references, and
even in the same story
the references often vary wildly. The anime does
not explicitly refer to
Evangelion or other animations to which
Bandai does not hold the
copyrights, but only recreates the "feel" of
famous scenes from these anime.
The anime is much more detailed and
direct in its Gundam references,
however, since it's animation
studio, Sunrise, is a subsidiary of Bandai
who does hold the rights to
the Gundam franchise.
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