Penguin Highway (Blu-ray + DVD) R

A penguin has appeared in my town.
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Format:  Blu-ray  (2 Discs)
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  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: August 6, 2019
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Shout Factory

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User Ratings: 109
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Comes off as if a lascivious purveyor of adult-oriented anime got their hands on a Miyazaki project. Full Review
Spectrum Culture
Apr 29, 2019
This is a very promising, engaging film... Strange and charming. Full Review
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Sep 26, 2019
Rating: 3/4 -- The use of CG to augment the hand-drawn animation continues to push the boundaries of how to integrate the new technology into traditional Japanese animation. Full Review
We Bought a Blog
Aug 7, 2019
Rating: 8/10 -- Penguin Highway is a sweet and charming movie that revisits it's like to be young and curious again. Full Review
IGN Movies
Apr 17, 2019
A coming-of-age story outfitted with an engaging anthropomorphic overlay that can make you forget you're watching an intimately filmed documentary instead of an animated adventure. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Apr 11, 2019
An irresistibly out-there mystery that plays like a cross between "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Stranger Things," if either of those influences' sense of horror were replaced with wonder... Full Review
Variety
Apr 12, 2019
Making his feature debut, 30-year-old director Hiroyasu Ishida confidently adapts Tomihiko Morimi's bestselling coming-of-age novel, gracefully segueing... Full Review
Chicago Reader
May 29, 2019

Product Description:

This Japanese animated adventure directed by Hiroyasu Ishida follows science enthusiast Aoyama-kun (Kana Kita), a fourth-grader who begins to investigate something strange in his village. He has noticed that penguins have appeared, and somehow their appearance is linked to a lady from his local dentist's office, a link he must explore further to truly understand.

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  • Sales Rank: 106,989
  • UPC: 826663198911
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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