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Originally Posted by Malkuth
Just a couple of things to note, is it me or at the end of the first episode Himari ripped out Kan's heart? And I keep hearing PINK drum instead of PENGUIN drum!?
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Originally Posted by Kazu-kun
Because it's really not penguindrum, but pengudrum, as that's the way it's written in Japanese.
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It's actually written in Japanese as "Pingdrum (Pingudrum)", but the official English title says "Penguindrum".
We went with "Penguin Drum" because the editor said screw them Engrish made up words.
BTW, "Mawaru (spin)" part is also written illegally as 「輪る」, which is wheel/cycle. In fact, the title was frequently written as 「廻るピングドラム」 online before it started to show in TV guides. I would say the best translation for the line is "Revolving Penguin Drum" rather than "Spinning" for "Mawaru" because of kanji.
Some 2ch speculators say the title is actually "Warping Drum", since that kanji also reads as "Wa", but we'll have to see what happens in following eps to determine if that's the case.