Mawaru Penguindrum

Anime·輪るピングドラム·Penguindrum
Mawaru Penguindrum
2011/07/08
Speech time
5h 21min
Word count40,820
Unique words
4,642
Unique kanji
1,247
Speech speed
312
Difficulty Average
Episodes24
Rating
79 %

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)

Genres
Drama
Mystery
Psychological
Supernatural
Tags
Philosophy
Family
Coming of Age
Metafiction
Female Protagonist
Male Protagonist
Denpa
Politics
Parody
Trains
Absurdist Comedy
Henshin
Animals
Magic
Satire
Teen Cast
Fairy Tale
Cult
Non-Chronological
Age Gap

Japanese study overview

Mawaru Penguindrum is a Japanese anime of 101,255 characters, with 4,642 unique words and 1,247 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,642 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
13min
Word count1,851
Unique words
639
Unique kanji
323
Speech speed
318
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
14min
Word count1,852
Unique words
640
Unique kanji
320
Speech speed
307
Difficulty Easy

Episode 3

Speech time
14min
Word count1,867
Unique words
627
Unique kanji
300
Speech speed
325
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
14min
Word count1,756
Unique words
711
Unique kanji
366
Speech speed
309
Difficulty Easy

Episode 5

Speech time
13min
Word count1,617
Unique words
611
Unique kanji
327
Speech speed
309
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
13min
Word count1,656
Unique words
593
Unique kanji
317
Speech speed
302
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
13min
Word count1,616
Unique words
643
Unique kanji
345
Speech speed
300
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
14min
Word count1,934
Unique words
655
Unique kanji
315
Speech speed
332
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
12min
Word count1,784
Unique words
599
Unique kanji
314
Speech speed
341
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
12min
Word count1,460
Unique words
522
Unique kanji
270
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
14min
Word count1,842
Unique words
616
Unique kanji
325
Speech speed
332
Difficulty Average

Episode 12

Speech time
11min
Word count1,428
Unique words
587
Unique kanji
346
Speech speed
313
Difficulty Average

Episode 13

Speech time
14min
Word count2,018
Unique words
682
Unique kanji
392
Speech speed
336
Difficulty Average

Episode 14

Speech time
13min
Word count1,650
Unique words
573
Unique kanji
306
Speech speed
302
Difficulty Average

Episode 15

Speech time
15min
Word count2,146
Unique words
680
Unique kanji
357
Speech speed
340
Difficulty Average

Episode 16

Speech time
13min
Word count1,812
Unique words
617
Unique kanji
342
Speech speed
317
Difficulty Average

Episode 17

Speech time
13min
Word count1,754
Unique words
589
Unique kanji
317
Speech speed
319
Difficulty Average

Episode 18

Speech time
12min
Word count1,558
Unique words
479
Unique kanji
279
Speech speed
302
Difficulty Average

Episode 19

Speech time
13min
Word count1,715
Unique words
568
Unique kanji
289
Speech speed
306
Difficulty Average

Episode 20

Speech time
11min
Word count1,544
Unique words
489
Unique kanji
250
Speech speed
309
Difficulty Average

Episode 21

Speech time
11min
Word count1,427
Unique words
504
Unique kanji
279
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Average

Episode 22

Speech time
11min
Word count1,356
Unique words
457
Unique kanji
272
Speech speed
281
Difficulty Average

Episode 23

Speech time
12min
Word count1,608
Unique words
491
Unique kanji
281
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Average

Episode 24

Speech time
12min
Word count1,569
Unique words
505
Unique kanji
276
Speech speed
288
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.

See the full vocabulary list (4,642 words)