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Mawaru Penguindrum

Synopsis: For the Takakura family, Destiny is a growing wheel, pointing out ionately toward it with the same tides of joy and sadness before scoring for the next desire manufacturer. With the missing parents, twin brothers Kanba and Shouma live alone with their beloved sister Himari, whose weak health can no longer decrease.

On the day Himari receives permission to temporarily leave the hospital, her brothers take her to the aquarium to celebrate, where the supposed destination of the family is brought with her sudden collapse. However, when Himari is inexplicably revived by a penguin hat from the aquarium's souvenir store, the hand of destination continues to work faithfully.

With its miraculous recovery, however, it has a cost: there is a new entity within its body, whose condition to keep their destination to send the boys in a wild persecution to the mysterious "drum of penguin." In their search, the boys will have to follow the wires of fate that lead from their own shocking past and to the lives of other desires creators who dispute the Penguin Drum, all expecting to land on the chosen destination.

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Anime Titles

Anime Title: Mawaru Penguindrum
Anime title in Japanese: 輪るピングドラム
Anime Name in English: Penguindrum
Other Names: Penguindrum

Production Information

Producers: Starchild Records, Mainichi Broadcasting System
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Brain's Base

Anime Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Date: 40732 - 23 de dezembro de 2011 - sextas-feiras em 0210 (JST)
Genres: Avant Garde, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Topics: Psychological
Target: Seinen

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Curiosities

The anime was created by the same director of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kunihiko Ikuhara.
The title "Mawaru Penguindrum" can be translated as "the revolving penguin".
The main characters, the Takakura brothers, were named in honor of a famous Japanese baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara, whose nickname was "Taka".
The anime makes several references to literature and mythology, including Edgar Allan Poe's work "The Corvo" and the legend of the emperor penguin.
The opening theme song, "Nornir", is played by the Japanese band Etsuko Yakushimaru.
The anime was produced by Brain's Base studio, responsible for other popular series such as "Durarara !!" and "Baccano!".

Main Characters

Kanba Takakura (Ryohei Kimura) - The older brother of the protagonists, who hides obscure secrets.
SHOMA TAKAKURA (Marie Miyake) - The younger brother of the protagonists, who seeks to unravel the mystery behind Penguindrum.
Himari Takakura (Miho Arakawa) - The sister of the protagonists, who is saved by a magical hat who gives her a second chance in life.
Ringo Ogonome (Yui Watanabe) - A girl obsessed with a man she believes to be her fate, and who ends up getting involved in the Penguindrum plot.
Masako Natsume (Mamiko Noto) - A mysterious woman seeking revenge against the Takakura family.
SANETOSHI WATASE (Hiroshi Kamiya) - An enigmatic man who seems to play an important role in the history of Penguindrum.

Summary and Events

Kanba and Shoma's younger sister, Himari, dies of a mysterious disease.
Himari is resurrected by a penguin -shaped magic hat called "Penguin Drum".
Kanba and Shoma are ed by an entity called "Destiny" that gives them the mission of finding "Penguin Drum" in exchange for Himari's life.
Kanba and Shoma begin to look for "Penguin Drum" while dealing with a secret organization called "survival of the fittest" that is also behind the object.
The story begins to delve into the past lives of the characters, including their relationship with a girl named Momoka, who had the power to change fate.
Himari is kidnapped by "survival of the fittest" and Kanba reveals that he has secretly worked for the organization in exchange for "Penguin Drum".
Shoma and his friends can rescue Himari and Kanba is arrested.
The true identity of "destiny" is revealed as Momoka, who is trapped in a parallel world.
Shoma and her friends come together to save Momoka and change the fate of everyone involved.
The story ends with a scene of all the characters together in a park, suggesting that they finally found happiness and peace.

What happens in the end?

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At the end of Mawaru Penguindrum, the Takakura brothers can recover their sister Himari's fate, but at the cost of sacrificing their own lives. They discover that Himari's fate was linked to a secret government project to create a new form of energy from human emotions. The true identity of "Penguindrum" is also revealed as love and the connection between the Takakura brothers. The ending is open to interpretation, with the possibility that the brothers have been able to transcend death and meet with Himari in another dimension.

Meaning of Mawaru Penguindrum

Let's see below the translation of each word and the explanation of the anime's name:

輪るピングドラム

輪る (mawaru) - spin, rotate
ピングドラム (pingudoramu) - tambor de pingos -> drum of raindrops

The name of the anime, "Mawaru Penguindrum", can be translated as "the drum drum of penguins". The story revolves around three brothers, Kanba, Shouma and Himari, who discover that his younger sister, Himari, is dying of a mysterious disease. They are then approached by a penguin that gives them a magical "drop of drops" that allows them to enter an alternative world to find cure for Himari's disease. From there, the plot unfolds in a complex and surreal story, involving themes such as destiny, family and love.

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