Yona Yona Penguin (よなよなペンギン) is a 2009 animated fantasy adventure film produced by the Japanese anime studio Madhouse and sister company Dynamo Pictures. An international co-production of Japan and France, it was Madhouse's first fully 3D CGI film. Rintaro, known for Galaxy Express 999 and Metropolis, directed the project, while French production company Denis Friedman Productions collaborated and helped fund the film.
Plot
An animated adventure about a young girl named Coco who is fascinated with penguins, and wears a penguin costume often. One fateful day, after being taunted by bullies saying penguins couldn't fly, she attempts to fly anyway, as she claims her now deceased father has flown with other penguins in the past, and ends up falling. She then comes across a golden feathered wing, and a penguin shaped capsule, containing parts for a toy robot cat, who comes to life and lures Coco to a hidden store full of penguin merchandise. The robotic cat transforms into his real form, a goblin named Chaley. He believes her to be the chosen "flightless bird" who would save his world from peril, and so they travel to a fantasy land where other goblins live. Coco's grandfather follows her in silence to see what was going on. The villagers tell Coco about an evil entity named Buccaboo, and his devil henchmen, and about how he has gotten more powerful than ever, slowly destroying the goblins' village. Buccaboo's lead henchman, Zammie, comes to the village to taunt the goblins even more. Coco, who calls him a bully, thinks this was all a mistake, since she is a human and not a bird. They offer to take her back home, but she gets suspicious about Zammie's true identity, Coco and Chaley set out to investigate about Buccaboo's true motives. They find out Zammie is actually a fallen, one winged angel, who fell from heaven, and Buccaboo has been using him and his heavenly powers to become more powerful, making him act evil in the process.