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Penguindrum

Japanese anime television series

Also known as Mawaru Pingudrum · Spinning Penguindrum · Mawaru Penguin Drum · Mawaru Penguindrum · Mawaru-Penguindrum · Penguin Drum

Started: July 8, 2011
Ended: December 23, 2011
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 24
Genre: magical girl anime and manga
, comedy anime and manga
, psychological anime and manga
Country of origin: Japan
Original language: Japanese

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Penguindrum, known in Japan as Mawaru Penguindrum , is a Japanese anime television series produced by Brain's Base. It was written by Kunihiko Ikuhara and Takayo Ikami, was co-directed by Ikuhara along with Shouko Nakamura, with character designs by Lily Hoshino, and was broadcast in Japan from July through December 2011. It follows the efforts of two brothers, Kanba and Shouma, as they attempt to save their sickly little sister Himari from death by cooperating with a magical penguin hat. In the process, they confront their family's dark past.

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Voice actor: Subaru Kimura
Ryōhei Kimura
Miho Arakawa
Marie Miyake
Akira Ishida
Mamiko Noto
Yui Horie
Kazusa Aranami
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Aki Toyosaki
Yutaka Koizumi
Megumi Iwasaki
Motoki Takagi
Yui Watanabe
Sumire Uesaka
Takehito Koyasu
Kikuko Inoue
Hideyuki Tanaka
Fumihiko Tachiki
Rika Fukami
Saori Hayami
Website: penguindrum.jp language: Japanese
List of episodes: list of Penguindrum episodes
Character designer: Lily Hoshino
Social media followers: 59,196(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 313904361
50,383(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 313904361
17,635(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 313904361
Production company: Brain's Base
Title: 輪るピングドラム

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