Pengsoo Mania

Pengsoo is a new charter on EBS

According to the educational TV channel, Pengsoo is a 10-year-old penguin from the South Pole.

It swam to Korea to become a huge celebrity like Pororo and BTS.

The penguin doesn't appear on the EBS TV channel yet.

That is because it is still a trainee.

Instead, Pengsoo appears on a YouTube channel, named "Giant Peng TV."

There, the young penguin shows off its many talents.

However, Pengsoo is very different from other EBS characters.

Actually, it is a human actor inside a costume.

Although Pengsoo is big and a little bit unusual, it is also very cute.

In addition, the penguin has a strange sense of humor.

For example, it likes to mention the name of the EBS president a lot.

It also demands people to subscribe to its YouTube channel.

Surprisingly, Pengsoo has become a big hit.

Teens and adults in their 20s and 30s especially love the character's offbeat humor.

They subscribe to its YouTube channel and take part in fan meetings with the unusual penguin.

 

• offbeat |ɔːf│biːt 비격식 색다른 (=unconventional)