3-2-1 Future Penguins!

3-2-1 Future Penguins (3-2-1未来のペンギン!, 3 - 2 - 1 Mirai no pengin!) is a Japanese series. Its distributed in Japan by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, NBCUniversal in the US and Canada and NBCUniversal International Networks for the rest of the world. Its also produced by ION Television for its own network. Its aired on Peacock, Oxygen and NBC stations n the US, TV Tokyo in Japan, Dreamworks Channel in Southeast Asia and South Korea,, Telemundo in Latin America, Pop (tv channel) in the UK, Rai in Italy, Cartoon Network in France and E! in select parts of Europe. It still airs reruns at these channels.

Plot
Junko and Yuki, two twin sisters from Tokyo, spend time with their grandma in Okutama, Japan because their parents are going on a business trip. It follows the plot of the original.

Characters
Junko Chika (千佳淳子, Chika Junko) is the older sister of Yuki, at 14 years old. She is kindhearted and always helps the penguins. She was inspired by Birch from  'My Life Me'.

Yuki Chika (結城ちか, Yūki Chika) is the younger sister of Junko, at 13 years old. She was born one year after Junko. She more cold hearted but she doesn't take it out on others. Her design was inspired by Adora from  'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'

Zidgel (named Zuru in the Japanese dub, ズル, zuru), he is the Rockhopper's captain and kinda nicer to Midgel in this version. He is also a king also. He is a mix of James T. Kirk and Ted Baxter. He now as green tipped on top of his hair. Starting on Episode 5, he now has a scar on his right eye for unknown reasons, just like Fidgel's another personality, its hidden in promo art to prevent spoilers. His weapon is a axe.

Midgel (named Michi in the Japanese dub, ミチ, Michi), he is the Rockhopper's pilot. He always pulls out a Bonsai tree. He has slight crush on Zidgel (Zuru), He now has three strands of hair now and he has dyed blue hair. He is a support character. He is always seen dressed in a emo style from the late 2000s to the early 2010s. He is also emotionless. His weapon is a hammer, similar to the ones from other animes.

Fidgel (named Fukashi in the Japanese Dub, 深石, Fukaishi), he is the Rockhopper's doctor/scientist. He is a another personality, which is hidden in the promo art to prevent spoilers. He always lies a lot. He is a anti-villain. His weapon is throwing knifes, which ends up in bloodshed.

Grandmother (祖母, Sobo) is Junko and Yuki's grandmother.

Adora (アドラ, adora) is Grandmum's daughter. She is in her second year in high school. She was inspired by Archibald Asparagus from VeggieTales. She has blue hair, tied into pigtails.

The Lizard King (real name, Aito Kamakura, ザードキング, Rizādokingu, オートカラクマ,Ōtokarakuma) is a minor character, but he appears for the most part. He appears often when giving advice to the penguins. He appears in all episodes

Kaede Yamamoto (山本楓, Yamamoto Kaede) is the antagonist of the series and the sucessor to Baron von Cavitus after he dies. She wants revenge on them, but fails. She is also a musician part-time.

Emiko Hanamura (花村恵美子, Hanamura Emiko) is a minor antagonist of the series, she is the daughter of a famous gambler, she hates Midgel and wants to kill him, but never succeeds.

Tomomi Maizono (舞園朋美, Mai-en Tomomi) is a minor character. She is a idol for a really popular group, which Yuki likes. Her group name is SEB21. Her group performs at The Comet Lounge.

The Bandicoot King (real name Byakuya Kadokawa, 角川白也, Kadokawa Hakuya, バンディクートキング, Bandikūtokingua) is also a minor character. He is the best friend to The Lizard King. They seem really close.

Archibald Asparagus (also known as Archie, アーチボルドアスパラガス, Āchiborudoasuparagasu, アーチー, Āchī) is a supporting character later plot twist villain. He was inspried by Regina George from Mean Girls. Starting in Season 2, hes a major villain.

Voice actors/actresses (English and Japanese)
Saki Fujita/Lauren Dawn Bailey as Junko Chika

Kana Asumi/Caitlin Glass as Yuki Chika

Yuka Iguchi/Birgundi Baker as Zidgel (Zuru)

Kana Hanazawa/Sarah Wiedenheft as Midgel (Michi)

Maaya Uchida/Caitlin Glass as Fidgel (Fukashi)

Yui Aragaki/Marisha Ray as Grandmum

Saki Fujita/Brianna Knickerbocker as Adora

Hiroshi Kamiya/Keith Silverstein as The Lizard King

Junko Takeuchi/Katie Crown as Michelle Conrad

Hiroshi Kamiya/Justin Briner as Jason Conrad

Kana Yasuda/Jane Levy as Kaede Yamamoto

Rie Kugimiya/Jessica Gee-George as Emiko Hanamura

Ayaka Sasaki/Jonnie Allen as Tomomi Maizono

Miyu Irino/Xander Mobus as The Bandicoot King

Sayaka Kanda/Taylor Louderman as Archibald Asparagus

Episodes
The series has 4 seasons, which all them tell a story. Season 1 was released on Peacock and aired on TV Tokyo in Japan at the same time, every Friday. Season 2 was released in January 8, 2021. The third season was released on February 5, 2021. The fourth and final season was released on April 9, 2021 and the final episode was released on June 3. This series has 40 episodes in total.

Trivia

 * This is the first Peacock animated show to be rated TV-14
 * This is way darker then the original
 * This was animated by Lerche and Dreamworks Television Animation
 * Many villains were based off Danganronpa characters
 * This is canon within the main series
 * This is part of 3-2-1 Penguins! 20th Anniversary celebrations
 * Jason and Michelle, now 17 years old appears in one episode named What is your name? What are you? (あなたの名前、あなたは何ですか？, Anata no namae wa nandesuka, anata wa nanidesu ka?)
 * The Pop version cuts many of the blood out, edited or removed
 * Its currently the only animated show on NBC's lineup since NBC Kids
 * Fidgel is openly bisexual
 * Zidgel is openly bisexual
 * Midgel is openly a gay character
 * Zidgel, Midgel and Fidgel's name were changed in the Japanese version because of poor translation of their names
 * Dreamworks Television Animation did the backgrounds while Lerche did the characters and animation
 * It was met with positive reviews from critics and fans of the series saying "Seeing more about the universe of "3-2-1 Penguins! is really interesting, with new characters, and new stories"
 * Ironically, Qubo aired this show even though NBCUniversal shows stopped airing in 2014. The show got a TV-PG rating and edited.
 * The series takes place in 2010, 10 years after the original
 * Its the first Peacock original that isnt live action and for kids
 * This is the first anime on Peacock
 * SEB21 is based off AKB48, who is a popular idol group in Japan.
 * Jonnie Allen, one of the members from the duo Jonnie and Brookie, voices Tomomi and her singing voice in the English dub.
 * This is the first Big Idea inspired show to not be worked on by Big Idea
 * Starting on Season 2, the plot will be much darker, with bloodshed and characters dying. There will be a trigger warning for people who are uncomfortable with these subjects
 * It spawned a spinoff called "Larryboy: The Anime Adventures" which has the same tone.

Gallery
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