Penguindrum
Penguindrum
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Penguindrum

Let's initiate the survival strategy.

8.1 / 10
2011
1 season
24 episodes
AnimationDramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

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Seasons

  • Ringing the Bell of Destiny

    1.Ringing the Bell of Destiny

    03-07-201124m

    Three siblings, Shōma, Kanba and Himari Takakura are living together, despite the fact Himari was given only a few months to live by the doctor. The three visit an aquarium to see...

  • Risky Survival Strategy

    2.Risky Survival Strategy

    15-07-201124m

    The Penguin Spirit appears again and tells Shōma and Kamba to board a train and find a girl named Ringo Oginome who may possess the Penguindrum. With Ringo attending a girl's schoo...

  • Then Devour Me Currageously

    3.Then Devour Me Currageously

    22-07-201124m

    As Ringo contemplates making a special curry for Tabuki, Shōma and Kamba, having been reminded about Himari's fate if they don't cooperate, break into Ringo's house to search for t...

  • Descension of a Princess

    4.Descension of a Princess

    29-07-201124m

    As Ringo gets help from Himari preparing lunch for a 'date' with Tabuki at the park, Kamba tasks Shōma to go with her and look through her bag for her diary, believing it may be re...

  • This is What Drives Me

    5.This is What Drives Me

    05-08-201124m

    Asami Kuho, the girl who was pushed down the escalator, is questioned by a woman named Natsume, who then fires a red ball at her head, causing her to remember nothing about the inc...

  • You and I are Bound by M

    6.You and I are Bound by M

    19-08-201124m

    Kamba goes to see Asami only to find she has forgotten all about him. He tries getting some information out of two other girls, but they are attacked by Natsume's red balls, causin...

  • The Eggchanting Girl

    7.The Eggchanting Girl

    26-08-201124m

    Tabuki invites Ringo to see one of Yuri's plays with him, followed by dinner, where Yuri invites her and Shoma to a party. At the party, Yuri announces that she and Tabuki are enga...

  • Even if Your Love is a Lie, I...

    8.Even if Your Love is a Lie, I...

    02-09-201124m

    Ringo attempts to make a move on Tabuki only to find he is not there as his roof had a leak. The next day, Tabuki tells Shoma that he is moving in with Yuri, which does not settle...

  • Frozen World

    9.Frozen World

    09-09-201124m

    Himari has a strange dream in which she meets a man named Sanetoshi, who shows her various books containing her memories. In elementary school, she formed a group called Triple-H w...

  • Because I Love Him

    10.Because I Love Him

    16-09-201124m

    Shoma wakes up in hospital with supposedly minor injuries, keeping quiet about what happened between him and Ringo from his siblings. As Ringo explains what happened to her diary t...

  • You Have Finally Realized It

    11.You Have Finally Realized It

    23-09-201124m

    Kanba goes to confront Natsume about the memory-erasing balls and why she desires the diary, unaware that she only has half of it. Meanwhile, Ringo is still determined to complete...

  • The Wheel That Spins Us Round

    12.The Wheel That Spins Us Round

    30-09-201124m

    Kanba goes home and is called by Sanetoshi claiming that Himari will die once more. Shoma goes into detail of what happened 16 years ago, as Shoma and Kanba's parents were high ran...

  • Our Crime & Punishment

    13.Our Crime & Punishment

    07-10-201124m

    Sanetoshi offers Kanba a special medicine to revive Himari, though mentions there will be a steep price in return. Kanba recalls three years ago when he and Shoma learned about the...

  • Princess of Lies

    14.Princess of Lies

    14-10-201124m

    Yuri, after breaking off an affair with one of her co-stars, feels a longing for a certain someone. Meanwhile, Shoma is ignoring Ringo, feeling she will never be able to forgive hi...

  • Saving the World

    15.Saving the World

    21-10-201124m

    Yuri holds Ringo into her room that coincidentally is next to a room Shoma is staying with a classmate on a field trip. Shoma rushes to rescue her after figuring this but he trips...

  • Uncrushable Man

    16.Uncrushable Man

    28-10-201124m

    After realizing that she was tricked by Yuri, Masako reminisces about her grandfather, a powerful business tycoon who expelled her father claiming that he was not strong enough to...

  • The Unforgiven

    17.The Unforgiven

    04-11-201124m

    The Takakura siblings are enjoying Takoyaki together and happy with the news that Himari will soon be released from hospital when the magic hat posesses Himari again for another Su...

  • So Please be There for Me

    18.So Please be There for Me

    11-11-201124m

    Tabuki reminisces about how he injured his own hands in despair of being relenquished by her mother as she only cared about his younger brother who was a much better pianist than h...

  • My Soulmate

    19.My Soulmate

    18-11-201124m

    After the incident at the construction site, Tabuki quit his job and leaves Yuri, while Kanba is praised by his parents for protecting Himari, claiming that once their true objecti...

  • Thank You for Choosing Me

    20.Thank You for Choosing Me

    25-11-201124m

    Masako decides to leave the Takakuras alone, still not accepting the 'family' they have. As Himari has another conversation with Sanetoshi, Shouma confesses to Ringo that Himari is...

  • The Door of Fate We Choose

    21.The Door of Fate We Choose

    02-12-201124m

    Ringo is approached by a journalist asking about the Takakura siblings, but she avoids him and warns Himari about him. Later that night, Himari, who was told by the same journalist...

  • Beautiful Casket

    22.Beautiful Casket

    09-12-201124m

    Ringo stumbles on two girls dressed suspiciously standing before the Takakuras' house and finds that they are actually Himari's childhood friends Hibari and Hikari from the Double-...

  • The Destination of Fate

    23.The Destination of Fate

    16-12-201124m

    On the day of the terrorist attack, 16 years before, Sanetoshi is contronted by Momoka who was determined to stop him and while her spirit ends up split in two with each half becom...

  • I Love You

    24.I Love You

    23-12-201124m

    Shouma tries to dissuade Kanba with no success while Ringo also boards the train, claiming she had learned from the present she got from Himari's friends the secret spell contained...

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