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Sarazanmai

2019, TV, 11 eps, 73%, MAPPA

Recommended by 205 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Satire, Meta, Henshin.

The stage is Asakusa. One day, three 2nd-year middle school students — Kazuki Yasaka, Tooi Kuji, and Enta Jinnai — meet a mysterious kappa-like creature named Keppi, who forcibly takes their shirikodama (a mythical organ kappa steal through a person's anus) and transforms the…

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    2021, TV, 12 eps, 78%

    Recommended by 19 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Denpa, Philosophy, Coming of Age.

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    1997, TV, 39 eps, 83%

    Recommended by 372 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Psychosexual, Fairy Tale, Meta.

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    2010, TV, 11 eps, 85%

    Both have Cult, Satire, Meta.

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    FLCL

    2000, OVA, 6 eps, 79%

    Both have Denpa, Meta, Surreal Comedy.

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    2008, TV, 12 eps, 79%

    Recommended by 9 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Psychosexual, Philosophy.

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    Mekakucity Actors

    2014, TV, 12 eps, 67%

    Recommended by 5 Penguindrum fans on AniList.

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    1995, TV, 26 eps, 83%

    Recommended by 29 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Psychosexual, Denpa, Politics.

  8. Cover of Haibane Renmei
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    2002, TV, 13 eps, 80%

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    Yurikuma Arashi

    2015, TV, 12 eps, 68%

    Recommended by 136 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Satire, Fairy Tale, Meta.

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    Serial Experiments Lain

    1998, TV, 13 eps, 80%

    Both have Denpa, Meta, Philosophy.

  11. Cover of Tsuritama
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    2012, TV, 12 eps, 73%

    Recommended by 29 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Family Life, Coming of Age.

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    WONDER EGG PRIORITY

    2021, TV, 12 eps, 74%

    Recommended by 92 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy, Coming of Age.

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    Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!

    1989, OVA, 6 eps, 74%

    Recommended by 5 Penguindrum fans on AniList. The same kind of story: found-family dramas of grief and healing.

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    Land of the Lustrous

    2017, TV, 12 eps, 83%

    Both have Philosophy, Coming of Age.

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    Puella Magi Madoka Magica

    2011, TV, 12 eps, 83%

    Recommended by 45 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Henshin, Philosophy, Coming of Age.

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    FLIP FLAPPERS

    2016, TV, 13 eps, 75%

    Recommended by 51 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Psychosexual, Meta, Henshin.

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    Takopi's Original Sin

    2025, ONA, 6 eps, 86%

    Both have Denpa, Philosophy.

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    From the New World

    2012, TV, 25 eps, 80%

    Recommended by 31 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Cult, Philosophy, Animals.

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    Revue Starlight

    2018, TV, 12 eps, 77%

    Recommended by 183 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Henshin, Philosophy, Coming of Age.

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    Star Driver

    2010, TV, 25 eps, 69%

    Recommended by 6 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Henshin.

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    Welcome to Irabu's Office

    2009, TV, 11 eps, 76%

    Recommended by 6 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Satire, Denpa, Meta.

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    Night on the Galactic Railroad

    1985, Movie, 1 ep, 73%

    Recommended by 104 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Trains, Philosophy, Animals.

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    Humanity Has Declined

    2012, TV, 12 eps, 75%

    Recommended by 35 Penguindrum fans on AniList. Both have Satire, Surreal Comedy.

Manga for fans of Penguindrum

Revolutionary Girl Utena1996, Manga, 24 ch, 71% Nisekoi: False Love2011, Manga, 240 ch, 75% Blast of Tempest2009, Manga, 50 ch, 77% Kigurumi Guardians2013, Manga, ongoing, 71% Goodnight Punpun2007, Manga, 147 ch, 88% Pandora Hearts2006, Manga, 107 ch, 85% Mob Psycho 1002012, Manga, 201 ch, 85% Fruits Basket1998, Manga, 137 ch, 85%

About Penguindrum

2011, TV, 24 eps, 79%, Brain's Base

Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome of thousands of warring strands of fate? All twins Kanba and Shoma know is that when their terminally ill sister Himari collapses at the aquarium, her death is somehow temporarily reversed by the penguin hat that she had asked for. It's a provisional resurrection, however, and it comes at a price: to keep Himari alive they need to find the mysterious Penguin Drum. In order to do that, they must first find the links to a complex interlocking chain of riddles that has wrapped around their entire existence, and unravel the knots that tie them to mystifying diary and a baffling string of strangers and semi-acquaintances who all have their own secrets, agendas and "survival strategies." And in order for Himari to live, someone else's chosen destiny will have to change. It's a story of love, fate, life, death... and Penguins!

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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