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Kunihiko Ikuhara's Penguindrum TV Anime Gets Compilation Film Project

The 10th anniversary website for director Re:cycle of Penguindrum compilation film project has been green-lit. The film project will re-edit all 24 episodes of the television anime, but also add new sequences.

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 film project is the first project marking the anime's 10th anniversary. The second project is a crowdfunding campaign for ers, which will start on April 8 at 7:00 p.m. on the Ubugoe website. The campaign seeks to raise 10 million yen ($90,000), and it is offering partners (backers) such gifts as phone wallpaper, badges, stickers, the online stage greeting at a screening (to watch or attend in person), an online community, an "official" dōjinshi booklet, 10th anniversary t-shirt, a name credit in the film's ending ("in small print" or "as big as the staff's") and theatrical pamphlet, and autographed goods presented at the private premiere screening. The campaign specifically states that it is "limited to backers with residence in Japan."

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