List of Penguindrum episodes explained

is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Brain's Base. The series is directed and co-written by Kunihiko Ikuhara and aired in Japan from July 8 to December 23, 2011.^[1] The series revolves around the Takakura twins Kanba and Shoma whose dead younger sister Himari was brought back to life by a strange spirit who resides in a penguin-shaped hat. However, in exchange for extending her life, the spirit tasks them to seek out an item known as the Penguin Drum with assistance from a trio of strange penguins.

Penguindrums two opening themes are performed by Etsuko Yakushimaru., is used for episodes 1–14, and from episode 15 onwards. Eight pieces of music are used for ending themes. "Dear Future" by Coaltar of the Deepers is used for episodes 1–12, with a special performance by Yui Horie for episode 10. Episodes 13 onwards use several covers of ARB performed by Marie Miyake, Yui Watanabe and Miho Arakawa as the fictional band "Triple H": is used for episodes 13, 15 and 18; for episodes 14 and 17; and for episode 16, "Hide and Seek" for episode 19, "Private Girl" for episode 20, for episode 21 and for episode 23.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Episode list

All episodes were co-written by Kunihiko Ikuhara and Takayo Ikami. Episode 16 was also co-written with Shingo Kaneko and Tomohiro Furukawa. In intertitles, the episodes are referred to as ordered "stations" (from "1st Station" up to "24th Station").

Home video releases

Japanese release

Toho

Vol.		Episodes	Bonus disc	Release date	Ref.
	1	1, 2, 3	Waru ping Vol.1 disk	October 26, 2011	^[6]
	2	4, 5, 6	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	November 23, 2011
	3	7, 8, 9	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	December 21, 2011
	4	10, 11, 12	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	January 25, 2012
	5	13, 14, 15	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	February 22, 2012
	6	16, 17, 18	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	March 28, 2012
	7	19, 20, 21	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	April 25, 2012
	8	22, 23, 24	Bonus CD + Privilege CD	May 23, 2012

Italian release

Dynit

Vol.		Episodes	Bonus disc	Release date	Ref.
	Blu-ray 1	1-6		January 30, 2013	^[7]
	Blu-ray 2	7-12		February 27, 2013	^[8]
	Blu-ray 3	13-18		April 4, 2013	^[9]
	Blu-ray 4	19-24		May 15, 2013	^[10]
	DVD Box	1-24		April 24, 2013	^[11]

External links

• • • Tenth anniversary website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loo. Egan. Mawaru PenguinDrum by Utena's Ikuhara to Air in July. Anime News Network. May 18, 2011. July 8, 2011.
2. Web site: 輪るピングドラム Goods CD . January 8, 2023 . penguindrum.jp.
3. Web site: June 23, 2021 . 今再注目を浴びる人気アニメ「輪るピングドラム」（2011年放送）とは!？あらすじや登場人物、作者について紹介!キーワードは生存戦略⁉ . January 8, 2023 . Culcolle . ja.
4. Web site: トリプルHの歌詞一覧リスト - 歌ネット . January 8, 2023 . Uta-net.
5. Web site: http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/14820 . ja:輪るピングドラム . Japanese . Media Arts Database . . October 11, 2015.
6. Web site: Blu-ray. Penguindrum. Japanese. May 8, 2014.
7. Web site: Mawaru Penguindrum Bluray. Penguindrum. Italian. May 8, 2014.
8. Web site: Mawaru Penguindrum Bluray. Penguindrum. Italian. May 8, 2014.
9. Web site: Mawaru Penguindrum Bluray. Penguindrum. Italian. May 8, 2014.
10. Web site: Mawaru Penguindrum Bluray. Penguindrum. Italian. May 8, 2014.
11. Web site: Mawaru Penguindrum DVF The Complete Series. Penguindrum. Italian. May 8, 2014.