Suvudu Universe

Sgt. Frog, a humor manga about a frog-looking alien residing with a “typical” Japanese family by Mine Yoshizaki, was originally published in the US by Tokyopop, which put out 21 volumes beginning in 2004.

The alien was supposed to invade, but he’s incompetent, and soon, there’s a group of his friends, all hanging out in the sitcom-like episodic structure. For readers, the chapters make fun of media and culture through their wacky situations.

I enjoyed the series at first, although it paled on me after a while. Now, if you’d like to try it, Viz has begun making the series available digitally.

On December 30, Sgt. Frog Volume 1 will be available for $4.99. Here’s the Viz description:

Sgt. Keroro, commanding officer of Planet Keron’s invasion force, has a problem. After blowing his cover and losing his top-secret weapon, the frog-like alien has been cut off from the home world. To make matters worse, he’s lost communications with the rest of his platoon. Now he has taken cover in the Hinata family household, where in exchange for doing his share of the chores, he gets his own room from which to secretly devise new plans of world domination!