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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 22
ajthefourth: Towards the end of Revolutionary Girl Utena, director Kunihiko Ikuhara and his writer Yoji Enokido decide to re-introduce the audience to its Greek chorus element, The Shadow Girls, by showing them briefly out from behind their customary screens and … Continue reading
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Today’s Slogan: The Role of Double H in Mawaru Penguindrum, Episodes 13 through 18
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Today’s Slogan: The Role of Double H in Mawaru Penguindrum, Episodes Seven through 12
This next series of episodes, specifically Episode Nine, mark a tonal shift in Mawaru Penguindrum‘s presentation. Much of this is owed to the closing of Ringo’s story arc. As we discover just exactly what Ringo’s been up to, it leads … Continue reading
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Today’s Slogan: The Role of Double H in Mawaru Penguindrum, Episodes One through Six
“What’re you gonna do when you graduate? I’m going to high school, of course. No, I mean in your future. Haven’t decided yet. I wanna be an actress. Do you really believe you can pull that off?” -”The Shadow Girls,” … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 18
ajthefourth: Please disregard a few of the speculations I made on Tabuki’s character last week. Although I still see him as partially representing that equalizing sort of attitude that I described from a few interviews in Underground: The Tokyo Gas … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 17
vucubcaquix: I was honestly a bit at a loss for words for last week’s post. I didn’t dislike it and found it quite funny, but the animation was a bit weak in places and there wasn’t much to visually parse … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 16
ajthefourth: Listen up you lowlifes who will never amount to anything, let’s initiate the survival strategy.
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 13
“It really was a day like any other We had breakfast together in the morning. The three of us went to school. Our parents went to work. We smiled by the door and waved. But they never came back. That … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 12
ajthefourth: In all honesty, in spite of the fact that I mulled over the idea last week, I did not expect for this series to make the Takakura parents higher-ups responsible for the subway attacks in the Mawaru Penguindrum universe. … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 24 END
“As it turns out, living was a punishment. I’ve been punished in small doses living as a Takakura. …But, still, we were together. We took all the punishments, no matter how small and trivial. They’re all precious memories. Because the … Continue reading →
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