mikogalatea: Nanami from Revolutionary Girl Utena, clearing her throat in irritation. ([Utena] Nanami; annoyed)
Before I get into this repost, I should start by saying that I do not hate Penguindrum by any means. In fact, I think it's a good show, even if it's nowhere near as good as Utena in my eyes.

I just have a huge problem with the way it handles certain elements, especially in a certain situation that occurs in episodes 14 and 15. I've even touched on it a little here on DW before, though I never went into it in as much detail as I do in this rant.

To sum up the rant -- which was originally from around 4 years ago -- I feel that after Utena did a good, respectful job at handling the topic of rape for the most part, Penguindrum took a very big step backwards in that regard.

Long, spoilery, is about sexual assault (especially involving a teenage character) throughout much of the series, discusses and criticises canonical attempted rape in detail, also mentions the rape scene from episode 33 of Utena )
mikogalatea: Masako from Mawaru Penguindrum, sipping a cup of tea while looking out of a window. ([Penguindrum] Masako)
Another one I'm rescuing from a draft -- the only other one, actually. This is a theory I ended up having about the "secret of Yuri's body" while I was rewatching Penguindrum around 4 or 5 years ago.

Spoilers for episode 15, has mentions of child abuse and bodily mutilation )

Might as well give a fair warning in advance at this point: The other Penguindrum-related post I intend to bring over is a lot longer and a hell of a lot crankier.
mikogalatea: Kako from The Hundred Line, looking grimly determined as she uses her ultimate attack. ([Utena] Utena; whoa)
From AnimeNewsNetwork.

This has come out of absolutely nowhere for me! I'm totally gobsmacked just as much as I'm excited about it - not least because I don't think it's even been licensed in the US yet! It's so unusual for the UK to get any anime before America... though the US licence may get announced soon and the UK release might wait for a dub or something, for all I know.

Still. Squee!!

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