Panda! Go Panda! (1972)
Panda kopanda (original title)Reference View | Change View
- TV-Y7-FV
- 34min
- Animation, Short
- 17 Dec 1972 (Japan)
- Short
A Papa Panda and his son escape from the zoo in search of a home and find one with a little orphan girl. The pandas decide to stay with her and become her new family. They, then, find a lost circus tiger and help him find his way back.
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Cast
| Kazuko Sugiyama | ... |
Mimiko (voice)
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Kazuo Kumakura | ... |
Papa (voice)
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Yoshiko Ôta | ... |
Panny (voice)
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| Yasuo Yamada | ... |
Cop (voice)
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Ayao Wada | ... |
Walla (voice)
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| Julie Maddalena | ... |
Mimiko (voice)
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Melanie MacQueen | ... |
Grandma (voice)
(as Aline Leslie)
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Kevin Seymour | ... |
Papa (voice)
(as Dougary Grant)
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| Melissa Fahn | ... |
Panny (voice)
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| Kirk Thornton | ... |
Teacher (voice)
(as Sparly Thornton)
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Peter Spellos | ... |
Ringmaster (voice)
(as G. Gordon Baer)
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| Simon Prescott | ... |
Zookeeper (voice)
(as Simon Isaacson)
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| Doug Stone | ... |
Cop (voice)
(as Gully Jimson)
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Doug Lee | ... |
Clerk (voice)
(as Leigh Everest)
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| Dan Lorge | ... |
Lackey (voice)
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Dana Craig | ... |
Walla (voice)
(as W.T. Hatch)
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Dari Lallou | ... |
Walla (voice)
(as Alexis A. Edward)
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| Steve Kramer | ... |
Walla (voice)
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Claude Wayne | ... |
Walla (voice)
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Heidi Wilbur | ... |
Walla (voice)
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| Brianne Brozey | ... |
Student (voice)
(as Ian Hawk)
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| Barbara Goodson | ... |
Friend (voice)
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| Sherry Lynn | ... |
Friend (voice)
(as Katie Evans)
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Cody MacKenzie | ... |
Boy (voice)
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| Mona Marshall | ... |
Boy (voice)
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Directed by
| Isao Takahata | ||
Written by
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (original concept) |
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Shunzô Katô | ... | producer (as Shunzo Kato) |
| Hiroe Tsukamoto | ... | producer |
Music by
| Masahiko Satô | ||
Cinematography by
| Tatsumasa Shimizu | ||
Editing by
| Kazuo Inoue | ||
Art Direction by
| Hisao Fukuda | ||
| Shichirô Kobayashi | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Tetsuo Kumazaki | ... | assistant director |
| Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | art designer |
Sound Department
| Atsumi Tashiro | ... | sound recording |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Kei Kuroki | ... | camera operator |
| Katsuji Misawa | ... | camera operator |
| Ayao Wakana | ... | camera operator (as Akio Wakana) |
| Mikio Wakana | ... | camera operator |
| Tôru Ôwada | ... | camera operator (as Toru Owada) |
Animation Department
| Yûzô Aoki | ... | key animator (as Yuzo Aoki) |
| Shingo Araki | ... | key animator |
| Seiji Arihara | ... | animator |
| Masako Chiba | ... | animator |
| Yasuyuki Chiba | ... | background artist |
| Akio Fujitsuka | ... | background artist |
| Kensetsu Fukuhara | ... | animator |
| Hiroshi Fukutomi | ... | animator |
| Kanchi Hara | ... | animator |
| Kenji Haruki | ... | animator |
| Eiji Hirakawa | ... | background artist |
| Tamayo Hirata | ... | animator |
| Toshiyuki Honda | ... | key animator |
| Takeo Horie | ... | animator |
| Hiroko Igarashi | ... | background artist |
| Masato Itô | ... | background artist |
| Hideo Kawauchi | ... | key animator |
| Hiroko Kikuchi | ... | animator |
| Kimiko Kitagawa | ... | background artist |
| Kenji Kitahara | ... | key animator |
| Hiroko Kodama | ... | animator |
| Kenzô Koizumi | ... | key animator |
| Yoshifumi Kondô | ... | key animator |
| Yôichi Kotabe | ... | animation director |
| Junko Kubota | ... | background artist |
| Seishi Kubota | ... | animator |
| Kenji Kumugai | ... | background artist |
| Takao Kôzai | ... | key animator (as Takao Kohzai) |
| Minoru Maeda | ... | animator |
| Kazuyoshi Minato | ... | animator |
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | key animator / layout artist |
| Toshiharu Mizutani | ... | background artist |
| Tomoe Morimoto | ... | animator |
| Hisatoshi Motoki | ... | key animator |
| Bushi Motoori | ... | animator |
| Kôichi Murata | ... | key animator |
| Mariko Murata | ... | animator |
| Eiichi Nakamura | ... | key animator |
| Kiyoshi Nakamura | ... | animator |
| Ichirô Nakano | ... | background artist |
| Toshio Nozaki | ... | background artist (as Toshirô Nozaki) |
| Kazuo Oga | ... | background artist |
| Toshitsugu Saida | ... | key animator (as Shunji Saida) |
| Yuko Sakashita | ... | animator |
| Etsuo Sato | ... | background artist |
| Kazuyoshi Shimada | ... | animator |
| Kazutoshi Shimizu | ... | background artist |
| Joubu Shinagawa | ... | animator |
| Yumiko Suda | ... | animator |
| Motoshi Suzuki | ... | key animator |
| Yukio Suzuki | ... | animator |
| Michiko Takahashi | ... | animator |
| Tomoco Tanaka | ... | animator |
| Tsutomu Tanaka | ... | key animator |
| Hirotsugu Tani | ... | background artist |
| Noboru Tatsuike | ... | background artist |
| Megumi Ueno | ... | animator |
| Hiroshi Wagatsuma | ... | key animator |
| Michishiro Yamada | ... | animator |
| Yasuhiro Yamaguchi | ... | key animator |
| Kumiko Yoshizawa | ... | background artist |
| Shin'ichi Ôtake | ... | animator (as Shin'Ichi Ootake) |
| Yasuo Ôtsuka | ... | animation director / character designer |
Additional Crew
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | screen design |
| Hiroshi Murakami | ... | production coordinator |
| Yoshifusa Sanada | ... | production coordinator |
| Kevin Seymour | ... | adr director (as Jenny Haniver) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho (1972) (World-wide)
- KSM (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
- TMS Entertainment (1972) (World-wide)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Fizz Sound Creation Co. (foley design studio)
- Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd. (film processing)
- Tokyo TV Center (technical support)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
When her grandmother goes away on a trip, 7-year-old Mimiko stays at home by herself in her small, friendly village, unafraid of burglars. When she arrives back home from the train station where she saw her grandmother off, she discovers she has a visitor-a baby panda. She quickly makes friends with the young panda and names it Pannie. She later meets Pannie's father, a large panda she calls Papanda. She dubs Pannie her son and Papanda her father, and the three become a happy family with their own big adventures. Written by Morticon |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The little heroine Mimiko bears a superficial resemblance to Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, who was a model for the character. Back in 1971 (a year before this film's release), Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata planned on doing an animated film adaptation of Lindgren's character. Both Miyazaki and Takahata went to Sweden to not only do location scouting, but personally discuss the production with Lindgren. Unfortunately, after their meeting, the rights were refused and the proposed project was canceled. (Watercolored storyboards by Miyazaki are among what remain of the project.) See more » |
| Movie Connections | Followed by Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus (1973). See more » |
| Quotes |
Cop:
[knocking on the door]
Hello, Mimi! Mimiko: Hi! I'll be right there! [the cop enters. Mimiko and the pandas peer out the door] Mimiko: Welcome! [She addresses Papa and Panny] Mimiko: We have a guest here. [the cop freezes in shock] Cop: Is that...? Mimiko: It's just Papa and Panny. Cop: [blinking dumbfoundedly] "Papa"? [Panny peers out another door] Cop: It's a pa... a pa... pa-pa... [Papa opens the door again] Papa: I'm Papa. You called? [the cop warily looks at the large panda, then runs out of the house screaming] See more » |