Mawaru Penguindrum 06

Date: 2011
Duration: 36 sec.
Medium: Video
Directed by: Kunihiko Ikuhara
Produced by: Hiro Haruyama 
                          Shinichi Ikeda
Genre: Comedy
Description:The cat itself, as Tabuki concisely says to Ringo, is both alive and dead to which Ringo’s response of, “Poor cat.” rings poignant.  Regardless of whether we’re sure if Ringo herself is alive, or if the Takakura brothers are alive (there was a hint at this when Ringo’s mother paused at Shouma mentioning his last name to her) the state in which Himari has been presented within the story is a bit similar to the cat’s; torn between being kept alive by the hat and being physically dead.  Her superposition is fed by the refusal of both Shouma and Kanba to acknowledge her death.  Like the person peering in the box to see whether the cat is dead or alive, they must externally observe and accept it for it to be true.