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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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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 21
ajthefourth: This episode was a visual feast, especially for anyone who pays any sort of attention to color, color saturation, and basic blocking and storyboarding. As a general rule, we tend to adjust the light/darkness levels on images before putting … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 15
ajthefourth: In what appears to be a pivotal episode in the series, I’m going to start us off with something simple, but nuanced: characterization. Once again, we’re presented with Shouma’s inability to do anything, even when he tries to act. … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 11
ajthefourth: Okay, now we’re going to need everyone to take a deep breath, scream, do whatever you need to in order to get over that “HOLY SHIT IKUHARA ACTUALLY WENT THERE ASDGHJKL#*#$^@!!” feeling. We’ll wait, we had to get over … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 9
“Like I said, the apple is the universe itself. A universe in the palm of your hand. It’s what connects this world and the other world.” “The other world?” “The world Campanella and the other passengers are heading to!” “What … 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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