Re:cycle of Penguindrum anime review After Anime Boston announced the premiere of the RE:cycle of the Penguindrum movies, I decided to finally watch the original Penguindrum anime, which is known for being complex and strange. I wanted to understand the story and assess if any confusion in the recap movies was due to editing or the material itself. As a fan of the original series, I watched the RE:Cycle films as an excuse to rewatch Penguindrum. The movies condense the series down to just over four hours, with a small amount of new footage. The new material includes a framing story centering on Shoma and Kanba as children visiting the Hole in the Sky library and live-action shots of various locations and animals. These new scenes integrate naturally with the existing content and enhance the story's theme of fate vs. free will. While the RE:cycle edit works well for Part 1 of the series, it negatively affects the pacing of Part 2. The second half of the Penguindrum anime is so pac...
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