Le Mystère des pingouins

I am no critic. I submit scores in IMDb for one reason mostly. I give high scores to recommend a movie I like or vice versa. I really enjoyed this anime. I just lose myself when watching good animes. And that's enough for me to believe something is good or not.

This is easily one of the most unusual movies you will ever see. I wasn't sure at first what to make of it because it takes its time to get there. Stick with it because your patience will be rewarded. It will seem totally dis-jointed at first but give it time. All I could say is, at the end, what a great piece of story telling. I'm a huge fan of Studio Ghibli and this rivals any of the best from them. If you appreciate great animation and great story this is a must see.

Aoyama is a studious young kid, he loves to research things, weird things and with the help of a couple of school friends and his dentist, he finds something very weird. Penguin energy. Onê-san, the dentist can conjure penguins from thin air. She's no idea why, but together they all try to solve the puzzle. On the way they find an idyllic meadow with a large floating orb of water that seems connected and soon realise that everything is linked by some cosmic phenomenon. It looks gorgeous, the water and lighting in the animation are wonderful. The plot although typical Japanese fantasy holds together really well with a good dose of mystery and some cool ET vibes. Plus it's full of penguins! Culminating in a psychedelic stampede finale as the young heroes vow to save the town from the giant orb and jabberwocky's!

Your life is just once, so enjoy it like riding with penguins, till you'll meet yourself again, yourself who is still young and with endless wonders for this world.

P.S. kids also loved it, and mysteriously, they also got the same message: Let's ride with penguins!

I have no idea what this movie is about... except that it's a fun fantastical romp with PENGUINS! I've a feeling the writer / director thought the general viewing audience would be better mind readers than we actually are. Sorry, haven't mastered video telepathy quite yet. One can guess at the meaning and likely even come up with a logical hypothesis as to what the plot is about. But I think any conjecture will be somewhat subjective.

If you go in for the purpose of seeing a film very reminiscent of Studio Gibli style and subtle nonsensicalness... and if you're in the mood for penguins... this will likely fill the bill. Some parts have excellent animation. Mainly it's just plain fun.