Dokonjō Gaeru

Dokonjō Gaeru
Cover art from the Dokonjō Gaeru special DVD box release
ど根性ガエル
Genre	Comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Yasumi Yoshizawa
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run	July 27, 1970 – June 14, 1976
Volumes	27
Anime television series
Directed by	Tadao Nagahama
Produced by	Yutaka Fujioka
Music by	Kenjiro Hirose
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Original network	TBS
Original run	October 7, 1972 – September 28, 1974
Episodes	103 (206 sequences)
Anime television series
New Dokonjō Gaeru
Directed by	Tadao Nagahama
Music by	Reijiro Koroku
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Original network	Nippon Television
Original run	September 7, 1981 – March 29, 1982
Episodes	30
Television drama
Directed by	Shintaro Sugawara Shunsuke Kariyama
Written by	Yoshikazu Okada
Original network	NTV
Original run	July 11, 2015 – September 19, 2015
Episodes	10

Dokonjō Gaeru (ど根性ガエル^?, lit. Gutsy Frog) is a Comedy manga series created and illustrated by Yasumi Yoshizawa. It was officially serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from July 27, 1970 to June 14, 1976, collected into 27 tankōbon volumes. Two anime adaptations of the manga were produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, the first aired from October 7, 1972 to September 28, 1974 and the second aired from September 7, 1981 to March 29, 1982. A movie was directed by Tsutomu Shibayama and was aired on NTV on March 20, 1982. A live-action sequel was also aired on NTV from July 11, 2015 until September 19, 2015.

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.

In 2005, Japanese television network TV Asahi conducted a "Top 100" nationwide survey; Dokonjō Gaeru placed 100th. In 2006, TV Asahi conducted an online poll for the top one hundred anime, and Dokonjō Gaeru placed 56th in the "Celebrity List". In 2013, animator Masaaki Yuasa recommended among other anime, Dokonjō 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.