Coming from the studio who also made A Whisker Away and produced by Wit studio who made animes like Attack on Titan, Penguin Highway is an anime I haven’t heard much about and I don’t why. Following a wonderful story with very interesting characters, Penguin Highway is a film I thoroughly enjoyed for a multitude of reasons, so I hope this encourages some of you to watch it.

Penguin Highway follows the story of Aoyama (titty connoisseur) on his quest to research the odd phenomenon that is happening in his suburban town. The appearance of penguins in the center field. As he dives deeper into this mystery many more surface causing him and the viewers to question what is really going on.

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First of all, I love the animation. Like I said before coming from Wit studio this film was bound to have high quality animation, which it does. The fluidity of all the movements in the film really help to capture the mysterious atmosphere of the film. The scenes when they enter the ocean and their surroundings are warped was one of my favorites. The movement of the ocean and the penguins mesh so well with the interactions of the characters and the environment around them.

Speaking of characters, they were also spectacular. With the mysteriousness of Onee-san to the stoic speech of Aoyama each character with their quirks really help build the story. No two characters are the same in this film, they all have their own method of approaching things as seen throughout the film allowing them all to bring something to the table. The way they interact with each other really helped express their emotions and thoughts about certain subjects in a way which was much more enjoyable than being told.

The story is also just fantastic. With the help from the characters to give it more livelihood it makes the film a wonderful experience. I love how the film always presents you with mysteries in the eyes of Aoyama but never really gives you all the answers until the end. As you follow the characters through this wondrous journey you never know what lies ahead, with continual new discoveries the story is piled on top of itself even further in a positive way.

Lastly, the music throughout the film was also extremely good. In every suspenseful, eye opening, or influential moment there was a soundtrack building on it. As someone who needs music behind a film to really enjoy it this film was just great at doing so.

Love the film and I can’t consciously think of any negatives, but I can’t whole heartedly give this an 100 unfortunately, though that doesn’t mean I didn't enjoy it though. Really spectacular film overall in my eyes, it's a 92 in my books.