is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Brain's Base. The series is directed and co-written by Kunihiko Ikuhara and aired in Japan from July 8 to December 23, 2011. The series revolves around the Takakura twins Kanba and Shoma whose dead younger sister Himari was brought back to life by a strange spirit who resides in a penguin-shaped hat. However, in exchange for extending her life, the spirit tasks them to seek out an item known as the Penguin Drum with assistance from a trio of strange penguins.

Penguindrums two opening themes are performed by Etsuko Yakushimaru. , is used for episodes 1–14, and from episode 15 onwards. Eight pieces of music are used for ending themes. "Dear Future" by Coaltar of the Deepers is used for episodes 1–12, with a special performance by Yui Horie for episode 10. Episodes 13 onwards use several covers of ARB performed by Marie Miyake, Yui Watanabe and Miho Arakawa as the fictional band "Triple H": is used for episodes 13, 15 and 18; for episodes 14 and 17; and for episode 16, "Hide and Seek" for episode 19, "Private Girl" for episode 20, for episode 21 and for episode 23.

Episodes All episodes were co-written by Kunihiko Ikuhara and Takayo Ikami. Episode 16 was also co-written with Shingo Kaneko and Tomohiro Furukawa. In intertitles, the episodes are referred to as ordered "stations" (from "1st Station" up to "24th Station").

Home video releases Japanese release + Toho Vol. Episodes Bonus disc Release date Ref. 1 1, 2, 3 Waru ping Vol.1 disk October 26, 2011 2 4, 5, 6 Bonus CD + Privilege CD November 23, 2011 3 7, 8, 9 Bonus CD + Privilege CD December 21, 2011 4 10, 11, 12 Bonus CD + Privilege CD January 25, 2012 5 13, 14, 15 Bonus CD + Privilege CD February 22, 2012 6 16, 17, 18 Bonus CD + Privilege CD March 28, 2012 7 19, 20, 21 Bonus CD + Privilege CD April 25, 2012 8 22, 23, 24 Bonus CD + Privilege CD May 23, 2012

Italian release +Dynit Vol. Episodes Bonus disc Release date Ref. Blu-ray 1 1–6 January 30, 2013 Blu-ray 2 7–12 February 27, 2013 Blu-ray 3 13–18 April 4, 2013 Blu-ray 4 19–24 May 15, 2013 DVD Box 1-24 April 24, 2013

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External links

Tenth anniversary website