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''The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin'' a film from 1986–1987 (it was originally released as a three-part serial) ''The Adventures of Small Penguin Lolo'' (original title, literal translation). The film was co-production between Japan and Soviet Union. It is an animated feature film about the early life of an Adélie Penguin. The film is targeted at a very young audience, although the movie is narrated like a documentary about the life of the penguins during the spring and summer seasons in the Antarctic. == Plot == The story begins with the end of winter, and the southern ocean showing the aurora australis. A flock of penguins, coming from the north, returns home. The females separate from their mates to go hunt as males build their nests from piles of pebbles. The females return to lay their eggs, only to eventually separate from the males again, whilst the males take care of the eggs. It would take forty days before the females returned. A flock of aggressive seagulls constantly threatens to steal the penguin eggs and raids the nesting grounds while the females are away. Unfortunately, the hunger and all the good food that was waiting made some of the male penguins abandon their nest. A father (black and white penguin) of a couple saves the egg of another family, meanwhile one of their two eggs is stolen from their nest. When the mother (a dark blue and white penguin) returns, the father says that one of the eggs does not belong to them. They return another penguin's egg and have one egg for themselves. When the eggs finally hatch, the egg that is kept hatches into a blue and white male penguin named Lolo. He meets a pink and white female penguin. One day, he runs away from his nest. He climbs a hill and reaches the top. A pair of seagulls attack Lolo, but a helicopter blows them away, seriously injuring the seagulls themselves. Soon enough, the penguins attend school. The students are educated by a wise, old grandfather-figure penguin named Mr. Pigo that is black and white. They have a physical fitness coach named Nini who is also blue and white. The teacher and the coach bear a resemblance to Lolo's parents. The teacher educates them about an elephant seal. While the seal yawns, the teacher observes and describes its mouth. Once the seal finishes yawning, it chomps on the teacher's head, but he is released unharmed. The physical fitness coach teaches the young penguins how to slide. Much later, she will teach them how to swim. She must stay alert because the penguins cannot swim yet, as the water is too cold. Lolo, like any other young penguin, is over-inquisitive and very curious. This irritates the adults because they realize they do not have any answers. Furthermore, he wanders off very often, and somehow gets into trouble with his father. In one of his adventures, he meets a dog, a husky named Don and his human guardian, who are on a scientific expedition. Momentarily he decides to with his best friend Pépé, escape again. Lolo introduces Pepe to Don, but Lolo is attacked again by a seagull, which Cowboy (Don) grabbed and assaulted. The scientist heals Lolo's wounds. Later, the two penguins crash towards the water, but land on an enormous block of ice. They are stranded on the ice because they still cannot swim. Once they mature, they would grow more feathers to insulate from the water, but they are still too young. They are unable to call for help, and they cannot find any food to eat. They find a group of xenophobic Emperor Penguins, which ignore their cries for help. They are attacked by a leopard seal, who is attacked itself by an orca. The orca ignores the penguins, who are now on a much smaller block of ice. The two penguins are rescued by the crew of a ship. The penguins think that the crew is of gentle scientists, but are mistaken. The men are evil poachers who threaten to throw the penguins into a cage. They have a neighbor, a male, black-feathered macaroni penguin. They also attempt to befriend another dog, a Saint Bernard. Once they escape, they eat a disc-shaped food, only to be chased by the poachers. The Saint Bernard howls, and the crew of the ship take cover because they think there is a storm approaching. The Saint Bernard gives them a life saver which they float onto another block of ice. They have grown now, and can swim and eat. Once the penguins return home, the coach Nini alerts the rest of the community when she realizes that the students have been captured in a net and taken to the city zoo, so Lolo's father leads a rescue. The poachers end up caught in an enormous tidal wave caused by their gunshots echoing. The story ends as the dark winter comes, and the penguins go northward again, now led by Lolo. Mak, the macaroni penguin later decides to find his own community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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