Mawaru Penguindrum

Creation

An original series from Kunihiko Ikuhara, Creator and Director of Revolutionary Girl Utena, and director (among other things) of the Sailor Moon series, with original charater design by prolific shoujo and yaoi artist Lily Oshino and animation character design by Terumi Nishii. Produced by Brain's Base.

Overview

Penguins!

Mawaru Penguindrum (or "Rolling Penguin Drum") is a weird, experimental, magical girl-type show by Ikuhara. The Takakura trio--consisting of brothers Kanba and Shoma, and their sister Himari--live in crippling poverty and have the threat hanging over their heads that Himari doesn't have much longer to live. One day, after a trip to the aquarium, Himari finally collapses dead on the floor. Just as the brothers grieve over their loss, Himari suddenly comes back to life.

Now the Takakuras have their sister again, alive and well. However, the same entity that gave Himari her life tells them her price: she wants the family to get her the "Penguin Drum." What is this object? What is the story behind the strange penguins that only their family can see? And what does the highly-animated transformation sequence have to do with anything?

Music

Opening Theme

#	Song Title	Credit/Performer	Episodes
Opening 1	"Nornir"	Etsuko Yakushimaru and the Metropolitan Orchestra	1-14
Opening 2	"Shounen yo Ware ni Kaere (Boy, Return to Me) "	Etsuko Yakushimaru and the Metropolitan Orchestra	14-23

Ending Theme

#	Song Title	Credit/Performer	Episodes
Ending 1	"DEAR FUTURE"	coaltar of the deepers	1-9, 11-12
Ending 2	"DEAR FUTURE"	coaltar of the deepers feat. Yui Horie	10
Ending 3	"Ash-Gray Wednesday"	Triple H	13 15 18
Ending 4	"Bad News Kuroi Yokan"	Triple H	14 17
Ending 5	"Ikare chimattaze!!"	Triple H	16
Ending 6	"HIDE and SEEK"	Triple H	19
Ending 7	"Private Girl"	Triple H	20
Ending 8	"Tamashii Kogashite (Burn the Soul)"	Triple H	21
Ending 9	"Ashita no Kageri no Naka de"	Triple H	22
Ending 10	"HEROES ~Eiyuu Tachi"	Triple H	23

Cast and Voice actors

Characters	Voice actors
Takakura, Shouma	Kimura, Ryohei Jeon, Gwang ju
Takakura, Kanba	Kimura, Subaru Choi, Won Hyeong
Takakura, Himari	Arakawa, Miho Lee, Ji Yeong
Oginome, Ringo	Miyake, Marie Lee, Hyeon Jin

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Season/Ep#	Name		Airdate
1 - 24	I love You	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/22/2011
1 - 23	The destination of fate	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/15/2011
1 - 22	Beautiful Coffin	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/08/2011
1 - 21	The Door of Fate We Choose	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/01/2011
1 - 20	Thank you for choosing me	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/24/2011
1 - 19	My Soulmate	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/17/2011
1 - 18	So Just Be There For Me	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/10/2011
1 - 17	The Unforgiven	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/03/2011
1 - 16	Uncrashable Man	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/27/2011
1 - 15	World Savior	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/20/2011
1 - 14	Lying Princess	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/13/2011
1 - 13	Crime and Punishment for You and Me	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/06/2011
1 - 12	The Wheel That Turns Us	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/29/2011
1 - 11	So You Finally Opened Your Eyes	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/22/2011
1 - 10	Because I Love Him	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/16/2011
1 - 9	World of Ice	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/08/2011
1 - 8	Even If Your Love Is a Lie, I Still...	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/01/2011
1 - 7	The Eggchanting Girl	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	08/25/2011
1 - 6	You and Me Are Connected by M	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	08/19/2011
1 - 5	This is What Drives Me	Currently 5.0/5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	08/05/2011

	Person Name	Episode Count
	Kunihiko Ikuhara	24
	Lily Hoshino	18
	Masahiro Aizawa	1
	Shinya Hasegawa	1
	Shouko Nakamura	2
	Yukari Hashimoto	6
	Takashi Kojima	14
	Takahiro Kagami	3
	Yoshihiko Umakoshi	1
	Naoto Hosoda	1
	Akira Takeuchi	1
	Hiroyuki Kasugai	1
	Terumi Nishii	10
	Shingo Kaneko	2
	Koichiro Sohtome	1
	Nobuyuki Takeuchi	1
	Miyuki Nakamura	2
	Jun Matsumoto	1
	Tetsuo Ichimura	1
	Toshinori Fukushima	1
	Keiji Goto	1
	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	1
	Akemi Hayashi	3
	Tatsuya Yoshihara	1

Name	Mawaru Penguindrum
Name:	輪るピングドラム
Romaji:
Publisher	Sentai Filmworks
Start Year	2011
Genres	Add a new genre Comedy Drama Fantasy Magical Girl Slice of Life
Themes	Add a new theme Magic
Aliases

Kanba Takakura first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	24
Himari Takakura first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	23
Shouma Takakura first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	23
Ringo Oginome first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	23
Penguin #3 first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	22
Penguin #1 first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	21
Penguin #2 first in The Bell of Fate Tolls	21
Masako Natsume first in Descending Princess	17
Keishu Tabuki first in Dangerous Survival Strategy	16
Yuri Tokikago first in Then Devour Me Currageously	15