Penguindrum (2011)

A terminally ill girl named Himari Takakura is miraculously saved from death by a strange spirit who resides in a penguin-shaped hat. However, in exchange for extending her life, the spirit tasks Himari's brothers, Kanba and Shōma, to seek out an elusive item known as the Penguin Drum with assistance from a trio of strange penguins.

Release date: 2011-07-03

User rating:

8 / 10

87 votes

Orginal language: 日本語

Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara

Screenwriters: Kunihiko Ikuhara, Takayo Ikami

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

24 episodes

Main cast

Subaru Kimura

as Kanba Takakura (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

as Shoma Takakura (voice)

Miho Arakawa

as Himari Takakura (voice)

Marie Miyake

as Ringo Oginome (voice)

Akira Ishida

as Keiju Tabuki (voice)

Mamiko Noto

as Yuri Tokikago (voice)

Yui Horie

as Masako Natsume (voice)

Crew - click here to expand

Shin'ichi Ikeda - Producer, Hiroo Maruyama - Producer, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Series Director, Mitsue Yamasaki - Assistant Director, Yukari Hashimoto - Original Music Composer, Kentaro Akiyama - Art Direction, Terumi Nishii - Character Designer, Chieko Nakamura - Art Direction, Etsuko Yakushimaru - Theme Song Performance, Lily Hoshino - Character Designer, Shoko Nakamura - Conceptual Design, Junnosuke Miyamoto - Music Producer, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Sound Director, Takayo Ikami - Series Composition, Tomokazu Mii - Sound Effects, Haru Yamada - Sound Director, Kunio Tsujita - Color Designer, Shigeru Nishiyama - Editor, Katsunori Shibata - Conceptual Design, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Series Composition, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Original Series Creator, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Original Story, Kunihiko Ikuhara - Screenplay, Takayo Ikami - Screenplay