#mawarupenguindrum — Public Fediverse posts

The bad Utena video got me to take another shot at watching #MawaruPenguindrum, Ikuhara's first series after a long post-SKU hiatus. Chasing each episode with the watchalong from the #ImagineMeAndUtena podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/imaginemeandutena

The hosts are watching mostly-unspoiled, so there's a lot of "wow, we have no idea where this is going either," but they'll dissect moments that I didn't think that hard about, or go over cultural background I didn't know. Which is cool and helpful.

At one point I figured I'd start watching the show once all the IMAU episodes were out? But they stopped cold after episode 17 (of 24), and that was 9 months ago. No idea if that was just Life Happening, or if the show did something so dramatic and off-putting they couldn't keep watching.

Guess I'll find out!

So I started watching #MawaruPenguindrum and I'm not sure what to think of it at the moment.

It's definitely a #IkuharaKunihiko work. The visuals are stunning and very inventive. I feel that like #Utena, we are invited to distianciate ourselves from the characters, Brecht style. But the line is blurrier in this case.

Ringo plays the role of Nanami in this story

I just finished up watching MagiRevo. It was a nice change of pace after my two consecutive viewings of Mawaru Penguindrum. Needed something nice and cute after that and it filled that role very well.
#MagiRevo #mawarupenguindrum #Anime

Next Friday photo for #AnimeLA18 is Himari from #MawaruPenguinDrum in her “Princess of the Crystal” form (specifically the most-dressed version of the form with the long, flowing gown). She’s holding out an apple - I believe that’s supposed to be part of the constellation of Kenji Miyazawa references in Penguindrum, but I haven’t watched the series since right around when it came out about a decade ago

I asked for characters on Twitter and got a beautiful Ikuhara bingo row

I ended up mostly picking characters I hadn't drawn before!

#fanart #mastoart #sixfanarts #amireallygoingtotageverycharacter #mawarupenguindrum #utena #sarazanmai #twinpeaks #herculepoirot #fireemblemawakening