Your sister dies, a penguin hat revives her, now fetch the destiny fruit — no questions asked.
What would you do to save someone you love? All brothers Shoma and Kanba know is that, after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying, their terminally ill sister Himari was somehow revived by a Penguin hat that she had wished for. Now they're on an impossible mission, because the price of keeping Himari alive is to find a mysterious object called the Penguindrum, and they'll do anything to save their sister. Anything. As they travel separate paths in their search, they'll have to unravel complex riddles, make alliances with strangers they know they shouldn't trust, and question the very fabrics of time and destiny.
Direction
Ikuhara's maximalist vision: every frame is a thesis statement.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like prophecy from a broken vending machine.
Production
Seamless blend of 2D, CG, and live-action textures.
Director
Kunihiko Ikuhara
Subaru Kimura
Kanba Takakura (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
Shoma Takakura (voice)
Miho Arakawa
Himari Takakura (voice)
Marie Miyake
Ringo Oginome (voice)
Akira Ishida
Keiju Tabuki (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Yuri Tokikago (voice)
Yui Horie
Masako Natsume (voice)
Yutaka Koizumi
Sanetoshi Watase (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Momoka Oginome (voice)
Sumire Uesaka
Purin-Chu-Penguin (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack haunts the subtext — 'Survival Strategy' directly references Aum Shinrikyo ideology, with Ikuhara interrogating how cults weaponize found family against the world.
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So glad HiDive picked this up! Hope you guys re-release the original series at some point.
@1dbad 9
WERE FINALLY GETTIMG THE MOVIE ON HIDIVEEEEEEE
@khakisohn9710 4
the whole dub cast was changed from the original anime series in these. If no one was aware.
@Keithis2nd
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