A Penguin's Memories

War Penguin is a 1987 American-British animated film from 1987. It is an english dub of the 1985 Japanese Anime film called Penguin Memory. It is directed by Martin Rosen and is produced by Akria Sugatani and Mel Brooks. It stars Kelsey Grammer as Mike, a penguin who served in the Delta War, who returns home after the war, but has PTSD after the war. It is produced by CM Land and Hakuhodo and is distributed by New Line Cinema. Suntory Beer also produced the film, as it's where the film inspiration came from, but they were uncredited in the US release due to product not getting a US release.

Plot
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Cast
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 * Kelsey Grammer as Mike

Production
After the release of the film in Japan, Robert Shaye, founder of New Line Cinema, saw the movie and consulted with Martin Rosen, the director of Watership Down, about making an English version. Rosen agreed with this and the dub went into production. It was originally slated for a January 1987 release, but was pushed to June of that year for unknown reasons.

While the dub is fairly faithful to the original movie, a few differences were inserted as well, these include
 * Al's line "If we could give him a cold beer, he'd get better in no time" was changed to "You better give him some medicine Mike, or he'll die"
 * When Al is describing his girlfriend, he instead describes her as "The most beautiful penguin you'll ever see"
 * Mike saying Jill after Jill reveals that she loves him is cut out as Shaye found the line uneccesary
 * Most of the soundtrack, with the exception of many sound effects and some music peices, were replaced by music composed by Clint Mansell, as well as added in certain scenes that lack music
 * The film's ending song is cut out, and an instrumental theme plays, and the credits instead play the song 25 or 6 to 4.

Release
War Penguin was released in American theaters on June 12th, 1987

Rating
War Penguin recieved a PG-13 rating for Violence and Strong Language, as well as Frightening Scenes and Wine References

Box Office
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Critical Reception
War Penguin initially received mixed reviews from critics, with some praising the story and voice acting, while others criticized the dark tone, and described the animation as "clunky". The New York Times stated "It has it's moments, it's very dark moments, but it never tries to be like The Shining or something".

However, in recent years, the movie has obtained a cult following, with TV airings on HBO, and reception has been warmer ever since it's release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 80% based on 97 reviews, the site's critical consensus reads "The animation is a bit clunky, but you just don't care. An anime film that definately deserves a watch". The film in 2018 also started to become a bit notorious for the fact the character designs from Club Penguin strongly resemble the character designs from this movie.

Awards
The film was entered in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival