![]() She eventually moves on to Shoma, but Shoma is too guilty about how his parents killed her older sister Momoka to let himself love her back. Ringo starts out loving Tabuki, who is an engaged adult and her Big Brother Mentor and naturally doesn't reciprocate. All Love Is Unrequited: Masako loves Kanba, who loves Himari who cares for Kanba but doesn't show any sign of reciprocating (although the Princess of the Crystal does).It ties into a major theme of an indifferent society that ignores danger and abandons its most vulnerable people. Adults Are Useless: When it's up to 4 teenagers to stop a terrorist plot you're fully in this trope.(And considering her design, it's a sort-of informed flaw). A-Cup Angst: Ringo, though it only comes up as a minor note in her introduction. ![]() Achievements in Ignorance: As children, Shouma and Kanba both unknowingly using the same fate transfer spell in Momoka's diary to save Himari and Shouma.Abusive Parents: A major theme in the show the majority of the older characters have a screwed up childhood because of them, whether from outright abuse or neglect.While Re:Cycle is mostly a retelling, there are new scenes as well due to the Framing Device for the movie. After the campaign was more than successful, two movies were made the first covering episodes 1 to 12 while the second covers 13 to 24. To commemorate the ten year anniversary of the anime, a crowfunding campaign was announced to fund a compilation film project called Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum. The only clue given to them by the Penguin Hat is to follow a certain Ringo Oginome, a girl the same age as the boys who also has a huge obsession with their teacher and tries daily to win his love by reenacting out the next entry of her (oddly accurate) diary. Poor Himari dies during a trip to the aquarium in Ikebukuro while Kanba and Shouma grieve over her death, she is suddenly brought back to life by a mysterious entity (one who apparently resides in a souvenir hat purchased at the same aquarium) who offers them a chance to extend Himari's life for a price: to bring her the "Penguindrum".Īt the same time, they receive three mysterious penguins who understand the orders of the Takakura siblings. Their parents are gone, and they live in a small bungalow alone. The story follows the three siblings of the Takakura family: twin brothers Kanba and Shouma, and an ill girl Himari. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime (under the name Penguin Drum) for release starting at the end of 2012. It has character designs by the manga author Lily Hoshino, and the original series has also spawned a series of novels (written by Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi) that are being released alongside the anime. Penguindrum, known in Japan as Mawaru-Penguindrum ( Spinning-Penguindrum) is a 2011 Original Anime directed and co-written by Kunihiko Ikuhara and animated by Studio Brains Base. The opening narration of the first episode
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