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Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:25 pm
by Kuukai
Best Show.



Questions/concerns?

Re: Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:17 pm
by Helbaworshipper
Is it really that good of a show? I mean, I kind of lost interest during the first episode. It's a little hard to pay that much attention to without noting the obvious transformation which happens every episode.

Re: Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:02 am
by Kuukai
Are you talking about the sequence above or something else? It's actually kind of interesting how they use stock animation like that but still change the lines and clothing and sometimes throw a total curveball into the sequence. The first part doesn't change, but it's random enough anyway (death star thing->spaceship->train->dock with another train->robot bear->girl->brief conversation) to hold my interest.

I really like,I find the themes very interesting.It's like Utena without swords. My interest level increased as it went on...

Re: Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:47 pm
by Helbaworshipper
I know it's made by the creator or someone related to Utena. However, I'm not a huge fan of the show itself. It feels a bit too random for me.

Re: Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:32 am
by Erranty
Penguin theme Mahou Shoujo... Its bad enough I'm REALLY not into Magical Girl crap to begin with, but now Penguins? Lately everything I look at online, and even things I saw today at the festival were penguin themed... I think this one's a skip, just from watching that video.

I dunno, I guess I'm just a quality nutter. GitS, Darker than Black, Cowboy Bebop, a lot of animation types along those lines. But it goes without saying there are exceptions, the most recent of which for me was Arakawa: Under the Bridge. You want random, that has it in spades.

Re: Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:24 am
by Kuukai
I wouldn't call it mahou shoujo... That transformation is the only thing in there that's mahou shoujo-ish and:
-It happens at random times and only lasts for one conversation
-She has absolutely no powers when it's done
-Content-wise it's 90$ giant robot transformation, if anything. The robot also does nothing

Already seen Arakawa, since it has Maaya Sakamoto. But it's not a replacement for this...

Re: Mawaru Penguindrum

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:08 pm
by Erranty
Well, apparently its Mahou Shoujo enough to warrant an ero-manga... It didn't take long after seeing this for someone to show THAT to me.