Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Penguindrum anime is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and the first project to come out of the milestone is an anime film. Ikuhara has been announced as the director of RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM, which will add a completely new part to the compilation …Read more »
There’s a new Kunihiko Ikuhara project on the way. That’s the word from director Ikuhara himself, who participated in a New York Comic Con Metaverse chat this weekend. Ikuhara said that he’s “working on my next work right now” during the panel, a retrospective looking …Read more »
One-of-a-kind director Kunihiko Ikuhara is back in the spotlight again thanks to the recent debut of his latest TV anime, Sarazanmai. The stars of that show are now playing nice with Ikuhara’s other works in a new key visual for an upcoming exhibition of the director’s …Read more »
Sarazanmai, the latest series from Kunihiko Ikuhara (Utena, Penguindrum) is set to hit the Noitamina programming block April 2019. Now we’ve got some more details on the series, including character designs and a synopsis. The series, an original work by Ikuhara, centers around a group …Read more »
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Mawaru Penguindrum) recently revealed plans for a new original anime called Sarazanmai. The mysterious new project is currently slated for 2019, and in the meantime a second “That’s unpleasant” version teaser has arrived. Heres the latest teaser, which reads …Read more »
The Takakura siblings—triple protagonists of Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Mawaru Penguindrum—have inherited a broken world. As heirs to the leaders of the Kige terrorist group that bombed Japan’s subway lines some 16 years ago, they have been left little by their vanished parents’ beyond their onerous reputations …Read more »
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara—who previously lit up our world with series like Revolutionary Girl Utena , Mawaru Penguindrum , Yurikuma Arashi , and episodes of Sailor Moon —has something new in the oven. While there aren't currently any details on the project itself, anime studio Mappa …Read more »
FUNimation is preparing to roll out the second phase of its Broadcast Dubs program for the current season, so that means it's time for more English dub cast announcements. One of the latest to get the treatment is Kunihiko Ikuhara's Yurikuma Arashi , the dub …Read more »
Let no one accuse Kunihiko Ikuhara of being boring. The director, who masterminded Revolutionary Girl Utena and Penguindrum , directed a decent chunk of Sailor Moon and has a pretty wicked sense of fashion, never fails to crank the weirdness up to 11. So we’re …Read more »
Out of all the recent license announcements, one question remained on the minds of many: Where the hell is Mawaru Penguindrum ? Well, Sentai Filmworks answered that question this weekend with the announcement of the Brain's Base animated series, with plans for a release on …Read more »
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