Mawaru-Penguindrum (TV Series 2011) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • There is occasional sexual references.
  • A penguin loves looking at porn magazines. This is shown quite often but it is not too graphic.
  • A teenage girl tries to have sex with a grown man.
  • An adult woman tries to rape a teenage girl. Nudity is seen, but the sensitive parts (Nipples, Vagina, etc) are censored and not shown.
  • A teenage girl has sexual fantasies about a grown man.

Violence & Gore

  • The violence and gore is not graphic most of the time. It is rather abstract and surreal.
  • A man is stabbed, blood is shown.
  • A boys hand bleeds a lot from being wrapped around a metal wire.
  • Many children are seen being killed, this is not graphic but rather abstract. No blood or peril shown.
  • Near the end of the show characters are seen being cut by glass shards, the blood is shown as a red penguin in the shape of a rose petal. Abstract, not graphic.
  • A woman shoots ping-pong like balls at people, the ball explodes on the persons head but it does not cause harm, it removes the targets memory. Not graphic at all.
  • References to the 1995 Tokyo Gas Attacks.
  • A teenager is kidnapped and tied up, being threatened with being burnt with a blowtorch.

Profanity

  • A possessed girl usually insults people and uses moderate bad language.
  • "Bitch - Shit - Ass - Slut" is used infrequently in the sub.
  • A woman is told that she belongs to cheap porno magazines.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some characters are seen drinking in rare circumstances.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The show starts of light hearted but slowly becomes darker.
  • The final half of the show is very depressing and sad.
  • Lots of kids are seen being killed.
  • References to the Tokyo Gas Attacks.
  • Lots of symbolism inside the show which have a darker and deeper meaning.
  • Most of the people inside this show have a dark and depressing past.
  • The ending is depressing and heart-breaking. Not recommended for sensitive people.

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Violence & Gore

  • A girl gets near an explosion and gets burning in flames shortly afterwards. No severe damage though.
  • A truck explodes in a terrorist attack, killing the driver. Only his arm covered in blood is shown.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • In a couple ocassions, food and drink have been altered with drugs to make people fall into an altered state of conscience.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A girl finds the rotting corpse of her father.
  • A couple kids find out that their parents were the perpetrators of a terrorist attack.

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