Panda! Go Panda!

1972 [JAPANESE]

Action / Animation / Comedy / Family

6
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 2138 2.1K

anthropomorphism anime cartoon panda

Director

Isao Takahata Photo
Isao Takahata

Top cast

Peter Spellos Photo
Peter Spellos as Ringmaster
Steve Kramer Photo
Steve Kramer as Walla
Sherry Lynn Photo
Sherry Lynn as Friend
Yasuo Yamada Photo
Yasuo Yamada as Cop
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307.55 MB
956*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
12 hr 33 min
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571.19 MB
1434*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 33 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nmx 8 / 10

delightful and charming

This endearing tale is a fine example of Hayao Miyazaki's lighter writing. Papa (papanda) really elevates the amusement....and the theme song is perfectly suited.
Reviewed by freakus 8 / 10

Great for kids...interesting for Miyazaki and Takahata fans

This is a very cute little film. The animation is limited but elegant, the characters are very appealing (The Papa in particular is an interesting Proto-Totoro figure) and the story is very easy for young ones to follow. Adults will not really find much of interest unless the are real Miyazaki complete-ists like myself. And the song will stick in your brain.
Reviewed by Tweekums 8 / 10

Panda! Go Panda!

This short film from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, who would go on to create Studio Ghibli, is centred on seven year old Mimiko. When the grandmother she lives with goes away she must live alone for a while. She isn't frightened though. When she returns home to her house in a bamboo grove she is surprised to find a panda cub, which she names Pan-chan (Panny in the subtitles), outside. She quickly befriends him. Shortly afterwards the cub's father, dubbed Papa, turns up and they form a somewhat unlikely family. We then get fun antics as Panny follows Mimiko to school and the authorities turn up looking for Papa and Panny.I suspected this would be even more aimed at children than 'My Neighbour Totoro' and 'Ponyo'; perhaps it is but it is so charming that is can be enjoyed by all ages, much like those two films I mentioned. The film might not have the detail of Ghibli's films but it is clear that the style is developing already; most obviously how Totoro looks quite similar to Papa Panda. There are only three main characters, of which only Mimiko and Papa speak, they are a lot of fun to watch as they interact with each other and get up to mild antics... I was particularly amused by Panny's troubles at school. Overall I thought this was utterly charming; a great way to introduce very young children to the delights of anime as well as being a lot of fun for any fan of Miyazaki and Takahata.These comments are based on watching the film in Japanese with English subtitles.
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