Penguin Highway

For a child, Aoyama has knowledge comparable to an adult. As such, he is often teased by his classmates. He also has a crush on the friendly woman he recently met at a dental office. One morning, penguins start mysteriously appearing around his neighborhood. Nobody knows where they came from and how they managed to get there. Aoyama is determined to find out more, and he joins his new crush in researching the penguins.

As time passes, they discover a levitating sphere which they nickname "The Sea." Whatever goes into The Sea does not come back out, and the only things that can destroy it are the penguins. However, something horrifying is created when the penguins do...

Penguin Highway follows Aoyama and the woman's research on the mysterious penguins' origin, as well as the many difficulties Aoyama faces throughout his investigation.

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Lady Main

Aoi, Yuu Japanese

Aoyama Main

Kita, Kana Japanese

Hamamoto Supporting

Han, Megumi Japanese

Uchida Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Aoyama, Sister Supporting

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Aoyama, Father Supporting

Nishijima, Hidetoshi Japanese

Suzuki Supporting

Fukui, Miki Japanese

Aoyama, Mother Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Hamamoto, Father Supporting

Takenaka, Naoto Japanese

Takei, Katsuhiro Producer

Ozaki, Noriko Producer

Kannae, Masahiro Producer

Nakatake, Tetsuya Assistant Producer

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Sep 5, 2024

No_H0RNY

Recommended

I recommend this show because it doesnt get a lot of attention. it does the job as slice of life mixed with supernatural movie. it is one of my best anime films.

A story with a child perspective and the curiosity as the plot goes is well put together. the premise is very much a mystery until the ending. while theres some unnecessary scene or maybe plot , it doesnt bother too much. Dont worry about the visuals, It does very well captivating your eyes, but not may be par with makoto works with comix wave films. The Design of characters maybe looking bit more of ... ghibli style but this is just my preferences and i love it. With interesting story to cover and Very amazing sound design as well, it is a well done movie. I hope after you read this u give this show movie a try and maybe put your thoughts in a review or maybe share mouth to mouth.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 12, 2023

AeroGunz

Mixed Feelings

“Penguin Highway” is what happens when You want to write a mystery but You lack the skills to pull it off organically.

We follow Aoyama - a fourth grader with knowledge compared to that of an adult… or at least he thinks so. He likes to indulge himself in pseudo scientific experiments that probably fuel his ego. One of his journals is entirely dedicated to “Geometric study of boobs”, now that’s a branch of science I can get behind. He has an ego, he treats others with reservation and sees himself as more than a child. To be honest… he’s annoying. Watching him is like watching ... a dollar store ripoff of Sheldon Cooper from “The big bang theory” (and writing a worse character than him is a real achievement as his really badly written). His boring and a lot of his “deductions” are just an ass pull powered by deus ex machina. Shame because there is a solid foundation to make him organically come to the conclusions. But that would require some work.

Aoyama has a pretty big crush on a buxom, pretty, mysterious young woman that works at the local dentist who he call’s Onee-San (Lady in English subs). She has a mysterious and fascinating power which gives Aoyama an excuse to get closer to her. She’s the most cliché character of the show. She only has one side and that is a laid back, kind side. Lady treats our little MC like a child seemingly not knowing, or more likely not giving a damn, about his infatuation towards her. If I have to point out the most wasted character of the story it would be her and that’s a problem because of her importance to the story.

It might seem like the movie doesn’t have any good points but that is not true. The supporting cast is pretty cool. Aoyamas friend Hamamoto is probably the most 3D character of the show. Yes… it’s a bit cliché that she has a crush on Aoyama but due to the fact that she shows a few sides of her personality I can forgive it this time.

The plot itself also has potential. Up to a point it’s pretty logical and organically grows the mystery. That said all that goes out the window somewhere around the 3/4 mark. After that the show relies too much on deus ex machina for my taste. I think the script writers wrote themselves into a corner. They wanted to explore a lot of themes and make us care about the main duo but had a time limit to the move. The movie could use another 30 minutes (at least) to nicely and organically round up the plot. The way it is… it’s just rushed and it shows.

Despite all that, it's not a bad movie, it has a nice calm vibe in the beginning and the visuals are very well done. Aoyama is annoying but after about 30 minutes You won’t really notice it that much… I hope so at least, for Your sake.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 23, 2022

shoui2

Not Recommended

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The epitome of bad writing and cliche. this movie is everything i hate about anime. The characters are unlikeable, filled to the brim with (bad) cliches. I like cliches, when theyre done right but not when they arent interesting, arent funny, and are not ENTERTAINING.... (anime writer: woah! entertainment? but thats the last thing that i, an anime writer thinks about when i write a screenplay.... )
Ive never before rolled my eyes or facepalmed watching something so much until i watched this anime. It also has a hint of pseudointelligence that i despise so much in japanese media. I know Japanese and i watch ... everything with jp audio and no subs, and i can say with utmost confidence that the dialog and voice acting is appalling and painful to listen to.
If you are braindead, and are obsessed with anything japanese, then i recommend this, i also recommend everything else on this website if you liked this movie.
if you watch things for entertainment, then i recommend you stay away from this movie at all costs, as if you watched crappy anime #238943 and #1261 or anything similar before then you have already seen this movie.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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