Oct. 8th, 2011

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I decided to check out Mawaru Penguindrum, finally.

....that is an exceedingly Utena-influenced opening sequence.  The hands, the gate... I mean, that's not a surprise, given it's an Ikuhara series.  It's just very striking all the same.  Except there are apples instead of roses.  Also, rotating SD penguins.  At first I was thinking some of the resemblances might be either accidental or a matter of viewer overreaching, but when (in the third episode, I think?) a character donned a cow suit and started chugging bottles of milk, I decided it was all deliberate.  

So far, I'm five episodes in.  I'm not going to mark this as spoiler-filled, because it's an Ikuhara series, so I have no idea what the hell is happening or why.  However, if you want to go into it knowing nothing at all, best not to read beyond the cut. 

Cut for length and strangeness. )

ETA (because I couldn't stop watching): ....and in episode 9, Himari goes looking for "Super Frog Saves Tokyo."  What was I JUST SAYING about Murakami? 

Also, have to say I'm glad I revisited Rose of Versailles before watching this, because it made several of Yuri's scenes exponentially more hilarious. 

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