DLE’s gag anime starring YouTube comedians Naoki Fujiwara x Naoki Fujiwara premieres on February 22.
Yasumi Yoshizawa’s comedy manga Dokonjo Gaeru will have an anime skit spinoff titled Dokonjo Gaeru Yanen starting on February 22. The project has launched an official X (formerly Twitter), TikTok account and YouTube channel got an official promotional video on Friday.
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YouTube animator Sorotani serves as the show’s director, character designer, technical director, and editor at DLE. This is the second anime made by au’s Sukima no Anime Project after Sakigake!! Reiwa no Otoko Juku.
YouTube comedians Naoki Fujiwara x Naoki Fujiwara voice all roles in the anime. The comedian is the star of the YouTube comedy series Gal to Hakase no Energy Kenkyūjō (tGal and the Doctor’s Energy Research Institute).
Episodes will air every weekday (except holidays) at 7:00 a.m. JST on YouTube, X, and TikTok.
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The original manga is about a boy named Hiroshi who accidentally squeezes a frog to death. However, “Flat Surface Frog” Pyonkichi imprinted on Hiroshi’s shirt and the two became constant companions.
The Dokonjo Gaeru manga series debuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1970. The gag manga tells the antics of Hiroshi, Pyonkichi, the female lead Kyōko, a member of the thug gang “Gorillaimo”, and a sushi shop employee. ”Ume-san”and others. It was inspired by two television anime in 1972 and 1981. Adult Hiroshi and Pyonkichi appeared in television commercials for Taiho Pharmaceutical’s digestive drug Solmac. The series also inspired a live-action television series starring former AKB48 idol group member Atsuko Maeda in 2015.
The television anime ranked #100 in TV Asahi’s 2009 nationwide poll of the top 100 anime. It was also ranked #56 in TV Asahi’s 2006 top 100 Japanese celebrities poll. Director Masaaki Yuasa (Kaiba, Mind Game, Ping Pong) personally recommended two episodes of the anime to be shown during the screening of his short film Kick-Heart. The story inspired a 2013 American hybrid live-action/animated pilot under the English title Gutsy Frog with Frankie Jonas (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) and Mischa Barton (The OC).
Source: Comic Natalie, Dokonjo Gaeruyanen’s YouTube channel