DokonjÅ Gaeru (ã©æ ¹æ€§ã‚¬ã‚¨ãƒ«, lit. Gutsy Frog) is a manga and anime series created by Yasumi Yoshizawa.
Summary
While frog Pyonkichi is hopping in an empty lot in Nerima, Tokyo's Shakujii Park, middle schooler Hiroshi trips over a rock and squashes him. However, Pyonkichi is reborn as an imprint on the front of Hiroshi's shirt and now gives him advice and commentary on his life.
Characters
- Pyonkichi (ãƒ"ョンå‰): Voiced by: Sachiko Chijimatsu. A frog who is crushed by Hiroshi, but his spirit lives on as a talking frog on his shirt, becoming a Flat Surface Frog (å¹³é¢ã‚¬ã‚¨ãƒ«, Heimen Gaeru). Because said shirt is Hiroshi's only good shirt, he is always forced to travel around and interact with Hiroshi. They are equally obstinate and gluttonous and are always arguing like siblings. He is capable of jumping around and forcing Hiroshi to come along with him. l>
- Hiroshi (ã²ã‚ã—): Voiced by: Masako Nozawa. The middle schooler who fell on Pyonkichi. He is quite gutsy and won't back down against Goriraimo, but is deathly afraid of Kaa-chan. His trademark is the sunglasses he wears on his head. Though his school has a uniform policy, he is for some reason allowed to wear his regular shirt.
- Kyoko Yoshizawa (å‰æ²¢ 京å, Yoshizawa Kyouko): Voiced by: YÅko Kuri, New: Atsushi Tomiiâ†'Kaoru Kurosu, CM: Chinami Nishimura. Hiroshi's girlfriend. She is the daughter of a rather wealthy family, yet is a strong minded girl who will stand up for herself and participate in pranks. She initially pretends to dislike Hiroshi but becomes friends with him after he meets Pyonkichi, whom she believes is a cute shirt design.
- Gorou (äº"郎): Voiced by: Kazue Takahashi, New: Junko Hori
- Imotaro Gorira (äº"利良 イモ太郎, Gorira Imotarou): Voiced by: Kazuya Tatekabe, New: KyÅ«ji Aozora
- Yujiro Nomura (野æ' 裕次郎, Nomura Yuujirou): Voiced by: Tetsuo Mizutoriâ†'Isao Sakuma, New: KÅji Aozora
- Umesaburo Sagawa (ä½å· 梅三郎, Sagawa Umesaburou): Voiced by: Kazuo Harada, New: Keiichi Nanba
- Shinpachi Goto (後藤 新八, Gotou Shinpachi): Voiced by: Keiko Yamamoto
- Sakura (桜): Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki
- Yoshiko Yamanaka (å±±ä¸ ãƒ¨ã‚·å, Yamanaka Yoshiko): Voiced by: Reiko MutÅ, New: Keiko Toda
- Kuniko Obayashi (大林 ãã«å, Oobayashi Kuniko): Voiced by: Eiko Masuyama
- Machida (ç"ºç"°): Voiced by: IchirÅ Nagai
- Yoshio Minami (å— ã‚ˆã—雄, Minami Yoshio): Voiced by: ShÅ«sei Nakamura, New: Hideyuki Tanaka
- Misako Watanabe (渡辺 ã¿ã•å, Watanabe Misako): Voiced by: Kazuko Sawada
- Kaa-chan (æ¯ã¡ã‚ƒã‚"): Voiced by: Noriko Ohara, New: ShÅ SaitÅ
- Pyonko (ãƒ"ョンå): Voiced by: Eiko Masuyama
- Sushi Restaurant Owner: Voiced by: Masashi Amenomoriâ†'Osamu Kobayashi, New: Kenichi Ogata
- Sankakubei (三è§'兵衛): Voiced by: Kei Tomiyama
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- Dokonjo Gaeru (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Dokonjo Gaeru (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Shin Dokonjo Gaeru (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Shin Dokonjo Gaeru: Dokonjo Yumemakura (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Reception
In 2005, Japanese television network TV Asahi conducted a "Top 100" nationwide survey; DokonjÅ Gaeru placed 100th. In 2006, TV Asahi conducted an online poll for the top one hundred anime, and DokonjÅ Gaeru placed 56th in the "Celebrity List". In 2013, animator Masaaki Yuasa recommended among other anime, DokonjÅ Gaeru, highlighting episodes 145 and 146.
The series also became popular in Latin American countries, dubbed in Spanish under the title La rana valiente, with most character names unchanged from the Japanese except Pyonkichi's to Raponchi.
In 2013, an American TV-movie remake of The Gutsy Frog was reported to be in development, presumably as a pilot for a new TV series. The pilot film was to contain both live action and CGI animation and to feature a cast including Frankie Jonas as "Frankie" (Hiroshi) as well as Maxwell Perry Cotton, Mischa Barton, and others, and features both American and Japanese names among the production staff although TMS is not reported to be involved in the remake.
As of October 2014, the original anime is airing in Los Angeles, California, on a Japanese-language digital HD-2 side channel of KSCI-TV.
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