Penguin Musume
Penguin Musume is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Takahashi. The manga was serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion between May 2006 and November 2007. The manga was followed by Penguin Musume Max, serialized in Champion Red from December 2007 to January 2010.
An original net animation adaptation titled Penguin Musume Heart was streamed on Nico Nico Douga between April and November 2008.
Plot
The story follows Sakura 'Penguin' Nankyoku and her friends Kujira Etorofu and Nene Kurio through their daily lives. They are often corrupted by either Penguin herself, her economic rival Mary Whitebear, or other people who have interest in the Nankyoku family. Sakura Nankyoku is a total otaku. Due to a fluke, she gets elected as her class' student council president. Everything takes off from there into a series of crazy misadventures revolving around Sakura, her family, and her classmates.Characters
Main characters
;Sakura 'Penguin' Nankyoku;Kujira Etorofu
;Nene Kurio
;Cha Chi
;Kaede Nankyoku
;Marie Chupacabra W. Whitebear
The White Knights
;Maguro Hōjiro;Mary Chupacabra W. Whitebear
;Kiyomi Kodami
;Karei Ijuin
Kurobara Communications
;Mariana;Aqua
;Reef
Others
;Sebastian;Saki Hojiro
;Shira K Sosu
Media
Manga
Penguin Musume is written and illustrated by Tetsuya Takahashi. It was first published in one-shot chapters in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from April 20 to May 18, 2006. The manga started its regular serialization on May 25, 2006, and finished on November 22, 2007. Its chapters were compiled into three tankōbon volumes, released from February 8, 2007, to February 8, 2008.It was followed by Penguin Musume Max, which was serialized in Champion Red from December 19, 2007, to January 19, 2010. Its chapters were compiled into four tankōbon volumes, released from August 20, 2008, to March 19, 2010.