Mawaru Penguindrum

Penguindrum / 輪るピングドラム

Genres: Avant Garde, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense
Themes: Psychological
Studios: Brain's Base
Producers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Starchild Records
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 7.92 / 10
Rank: #809
Popularity: #861
Users Listed: 312,684
Users Scored: 111,257
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 03/06/2024
Aired: July 8, 2011 – December 23, 2011 (Summer)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 24
Broadcast: Friday at 02:10 (JST)

Synopsis:

The Takakura siblings navigate a world where predetermined destinies shape lives. Following the loss of their parents, Kanba and Shouma care for their frail sister, Himari. A celebratory outing to the aquarium takes a dramatic turn when Himari collapses, only to be mysteriously revived by a simple souvenir. This unforeseen event awakens a hidden presence within her, demanding the recovery of a legendary artifact known as the Penguin Drum.

Driven by this urgent quest, the brothers embark on a journey that unravels their own family history and intertwines with those of other individuals connected to the flow of fate. Their search leads them through a landscape where personal desires clash with the weight of predetermined outcomes, forcing them to confront difficult choices about who they want to become and the price of altering destiny itself. The series explores themes of familial bonds, acceptance, and the complexities of free will within a structured world.

Streaming Platforms:

HIDIVE

Episodes:

Episode 1: The Egg of Easter Rolls (Aired: 07/08/2011)
Episode 2: Risky Survival Strategy (Aired: 07/15/2011)
Episode 3: Then Devour Me Courageously (Aired: 07/22/2011)
Episode 4: Descension of a Princess (Aired: 07/29/2011)
Episode 5: That's Why I Do That (Aired: 08/05/2011)
... and 19 more episodes

Characters:

Oginome, Ringo (Main) - Voice Actors: Puccio, Veronica, Neves, Emily, Miyake, Marie, Olbert, Melanie
Takakura, Shouma (Main) - Voice Actors: Shepard, Blake, Kimura, Ryouhei, Meli, Manuel, Lechenmayr, Laurin
Takakura, Kanba (Main) - Voice Actors: Guardiola, Illich, Raffaeli, Daniele, Kimura, Subaru, Lechenmayr, Mio
Takakura, Himari (Main) - Voice Actors: Rial, Monica, Arakawa, Miho, Ionica, Emanuela, Gries, Jana Dunja
Aoi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Aya, Yeo, Min Jeong, Savo, Germana, Leopold, Lucy
Aoi's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Masami
Aquarium Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamura, Hibiku
Chizuru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akutsu, Kana, Lee, Ja Myeong, Paolelli, Rachele, Giraud, Johanna
Esmeralda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Yui, Reti, Eleonora, Dietz, Janina
Fujishiro, Mari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamura, Hibiku, Bebi, Ludovica, Schmidt, Lara
Goddess (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Calene-Black, Shelley, Shimamoto, Sumi
Ikebe, Uncle (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Hideyuki, Reti, Maurizio, Pfennig, Ole
Isora, Hibari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Yui, Marteddu, Agnese, Karbowski, Brittney, Leisner, Amira
Kaeru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizuno, Nami
Kashiwagi, Yukina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martinez, Cynthia, Padoan, Eva, Ikuta, Yoshiko, Dichmann, Francis
Kuhou, Asami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martinez, Cynthia, Hayami, Saori, Bomba, Federica
Man of Authority (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji, Tak, Won Je
Natsume, Mario (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Haag, Hilary, Aranami, Kazusa, Valli, Arturo
Natsume, Sahei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matranga, David, Ito, Hiroshi, Reggente, Diego
Natsume, Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matranga, David, Kawada, Shinji
Natsume, Masako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Yui, Flecknoe, Maggie, Reti, Eleonora, Dietz, Janina
Oginome, Satoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachiki, Fumihiko, Bitossi, Massimo, Gibbs, Adam, Scheffel, Oliver
Oginome, Momoka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Karbowski, Brittney, Toyosaki, Aki, Tarquini, Giulia
Oginome, Eriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukami, Rica, Costa, Emilia
Penguin 1 (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Subaru, Hong, Si Ho, Raffaeli, Daniele, Lechenmayr, Mio
Penguin 2 (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Ryouhei, Shin, Yong Wu, Meli, Manuel, Lechenmayr, Laurin
Penguin 3 (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arakawa, Miho, Jeong, Yu Mi, Ionica, Emanuela, Gries, Jana Dunja
Renjaku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakahara, Mai, Karbowski, Brittney, Cenciarelli, Maura
Reporter with Penguin Watch (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyashita, Eiji, Mungle, Rob
Shirase (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Haag, Hilary, Iwasaki, Megumi, Yun, Mi Na, Pallavicino, Valentina, Giraud, Johanna
Souya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Haag, Hilary, Takagi, Motoki, Eom, Sang Hyeon, Savo, Germana
Tabuki, Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hisakawa, Aya, Christian, Luci
Tabuki, Keiju (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishida, Akira, Love, Andrew, Bulckaen, Francesco, Jeong, Jae Heon, Yager, Mike, Marteddu, Tito, von Lerchenfeld, Hubertus
Takakura, Kenzan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Matranga, David, Gravina, Mauro, Thomsen, Uwe
Takakura, Chiemi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inoue, Kikuko, Karbowski, Brittney, Margiotti, Beatrice
Tokikago, Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Naoya, Indrio, Saverio, Mungle, Rob
Tokikago, Yuri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noto, Mamiko, Calene-Black, Shelley, Baldini, Antonella, Gwisdalla, Ilena
Utada, Hikari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martinez, Cynthia, Miyake, Marie, Volpe, Monica, Laus, Zina, Karbowski, Brittney
Washizuka, Dr. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Love, Andrew, Mungle, Rob, Yara, Yuusaku, Di Troia, Enrico, Meyer, Gerd
Watase, Sanetoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koizumi, Yutaka, Gibbs, Adam, Lodolo, Massimo, Matranga, David, Hickman, Jay
Yamashita, Yousuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matranga, David, Sakamaki, Ryosuke, Patriarca, Gabriele
Yui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuzaki, Rei, De Roberto, Roberta, Ewelina, Anna
Yuuki, Tsubasa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Park, Romi, Crispino, Gilberta, Emerick, Shannon, Markiefka, Angelina

Staff:

Ikeda, Shinichi (Producer)
Maruyama, Hiroo (Producer)
Ikuhara, Kunihiko (Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Screenplay, Series Composition)
Nakamura, Shouko (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director, Setting)
Yamada, Haru (Sound Director)
Aizawa, Kagetsu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Fukushima, Toshinori (Episode Director)
Gotou, Keiji (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Ichimura, Tetsuo (Episode Director)
Kaneko, Shingo (Episode Director, Script, Storyboard)
Shibata, Katsunori (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Special Effects, Animation Director, Setting)
Soutome, Kouichirou (Episode Director, Key Animation)
Takeuchi, Nobuyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Setting, Production Assistant, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Yamauchi, Shigeyasu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yamazaki, Mitsue (Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
Furukawa, Tomohiro (Script, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Ikami, Takayo (Script, Series Composition)
Matsumoto, Jun (Storyboard)
Coaltar of the Deepers (Theme Song Performance)
Hashimoto, Yukari (Theme Song Arrangement, Music)
Horie, Yui (Theme Song Performance)
NARASAKI (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Triple H (Theme Song Performance, In-Between Animation)
Yakushimaru, Etsuko (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition)
Akai, Toshifumi (Key Animation)
Akimoto, Katsumi (Background Art)
Akiyama, Kentarou (Art Director)
Baba, Mitsuko (Animation Director, Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director)
Dvořák, Antonín (Music)
Endou, Tetsuya (Planning)
Foster, Steven (ADR Director)
Fujita, Satoshi (Associate Producer)
Fukuda, Noriyuki (Key Animation)
Hamaguchi, Shouhei (Key Animation)
Haneda, Kouji (Key Animation)
Hasegawa, Shinya (Key Animation)
Hashimoto, Takayoshi (Key Animation)
Hayama, Junichi (Key Animation)
Higuchi, Satomi (Key Animation)
Hirakawa, Tetsuo (Key Animation)
Honda, Takatoshi (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
Honda, Emi (Key Animation)
Hoshino, Lily (Principle Drawing, Original Character Design)
Hosoda, Naoto (Key Animation)
Ichii, Ippei (Key Animation)
Irie, Toshihiro (Key Animation)
Ishida, Akira (Inserted Song Performance)
Ishida, Keiichi (Key Animation)
Ishikawa, Tomomi (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Itou, Noriko (Key Animation)
... and 129 more staff

News:

'Mawaru Penguindrum' Receives Compilation Film (03/31/2021)
Anime 'Mawaru Penguindrum' to get Manga Adaptation (05/31/2013)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Mawaru Penguindrum, Tegami Bachi, and Ninja Scroll (09/01/2012)
Director Ikuhara Kunihiko's New Project 'Penguinbear' Announced (08/11/2012)
Director Ikuhara Kunihiko Announces Original Anime 'Mawaru Penguindrum' [Update Jun 9] (04/07/2011)

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