Monday, 8 January 2024

How Ikuhara Predicted Future in Mawaru Penguindrum

 

Mawaru Penguindrum has many scenes that give metaphorical glance at reality we live in. In fact, the show itself is like an allegory to the reality we live in and it's a very nasty reality. That makes it the hardest show for me to grade. I am not sure if I should give it 9 for getting the reality so well, or 3 for depicting something so disgusting in the first place.

In one of such side-scenes Himari went to library to find a book she used to like. Pink Haired Doc wandered through countless sections and gave her two wrong books before he found the correct one.

That is just like what anime has become nowadays. Every relatively successful title gets plenty of sequels, spinoffs, offshots, OVAs, specials and remakes. Some of them have different creative cast and are rather far from the original theme and feel wise.

That also complicates finding what you look for as there are plenty of shows with similar titles. It's easy to confuse your show. In discussions people too sometimes talk about different versions of the same show as about the same one, that makes discussing anything difficult.



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