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Penguindrum Compilation Films' Trailer Unveils New Footage, New Character, Etsuko Yakushimaru's Theme Song

The staff for director Etsuko Yakushimaru's Yakushimaru Etsuko Metro Orchestra, and also introduces a new character and their cast member.

Sumire Uesaka plays the new character Purin-Chu-Penguin (upper right in the image below):

more staff , the returning cast, title and April 29 opening of the first film.

Scriptwriter Tomomi Kawatsuma also designed the characters.) The other staff include:

• Assistant Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
• Color Key Artist: Kunio Tsujita
• CG Director: Yuushi Koshida
• VFX Director: Tao Tajima
• Compositing Director of Photography: Graphinica)
• Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa
• Music Production: King Records
• Presented by Pinglobe Union
• Distributor: MOVIC

The returning main cast are:

• Subaru Kimura as Kanba Takakura
• Ryōhei Kimura as Shōma Takakura
• Miho Arakawa as Himari Takakura
• Marie Miyake as Ringo Oginome
• Akira Ishida as Keiju Tabuki
• Mamiko Noto as Yuri Tokikago
• Yui Horie as Masako Natsume
• Yutaka Koizumi as Sanetoshi Watase

The film project will re-edit all 24 episodes of the television anime, but also add new sequences and new characters.

Ikuhara is directing the project, and Lapin Track is producing the film version.

Ikuhara remarked that the staff still hears from many fans of Penguindrum, and that he is happy that the characters still live in their hearts. Referencing the story, he adds, "Shall we use survival strategies together again on this 10th anniversary?"

The first film, Kimi no Ressha wa Seizon Senryaku (Your Train Is the Survival Strategy), will open on April 29, and the second will open later this year.

The Otome Yōkai Zakuro manga creator Lily Hoshino handled the original character designs for the 24-episode television series.

The psychological drama story begins when a girl named Himari Takakura es away after going out on a trip with her brothers Kanba and Shōma. A spirit in a penguin hat appears and miraculously saves her. However, in exchange for saving Himari's life, the brothers must search for the Penguindrum for the spirit. A trio of strange penguins accompany the siblings on their quest.

publishing the novel and manga versions in English.

Sources: 10th anniversary website, Comic Natalie