Anime fans, we have an incredibly special treat for you today. Anime Limited are inviting you to flashback to an acclaimed story from one of anime’s most influential auteurs with a double-bill event release for Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum, a two-part re-imagining that brings all of the series’ trademark avant garde visuals, gripping terrorist plots, and of course penguins to the big screen. The two-part event will be shown exclusively at Odeon Cinemas for one-day only on 20th May 2023. Attendees will be welcomed with a pre-recorded special introduction by the director and cast, and will also each receive an exclusive A6 exclusive postcard featuring artwork from the film.
Created by the legendary director Kunihiko Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena) as a reimagining of his 2011 television series Mawaru Penguindrum, this feature film duology tells the story of Syoma and Kamba, two brothers who must challenge the very concept of destiny when their terminally ill sister Himari dies, only to be revived by a penguin hat that demands they find the mysterious “Penguindrum”. However, their search throws Syoma and Kamba into a weird web of obsessed stalkers, a terrorist plot inspired by the horrors of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, and the cursed fate that ties them all together.
So, what are you waiting for? Book your tickets now with your local Odeon!
This is a story about certain siblings, suddenly-appeared penguins, and the past and the future of this world… The Takakura brothers search for PENGUINDRUM by order of a mysterious penguin-shaped hat to save their ill sister Himari. Ringo Oginome keeps realizing that her destiny has been written in a diary. Masako Natsume tries to get her hands on Ringo’s diary to find her new destiny. Keijyu Tabuki and Yuri Tokikago attempt to get back their precious person of fate. All seek the PENGUINDRUM for their own sake and that of someone dear to them.
Ten years later…
Kamba and Syoma, who rode the train to change fate, momentarily come back from the place their fate took them…
Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum – Part 1 Your Train Is the Survival Tactic and Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum – Part 2 I Love You are released exclusively in Odeon Cinemas as a double-bill showing for one-day only on 20th May 2023. The films will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles, with a 10 minute intermission in-between.
Check out the trailer below:
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