Mawaru Penguindrum
Oct. 8th, 2011 03:58 am
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.
....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.