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Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus

1973 · 38 min

A gentle, playful cartoon that bustles along with cheerful animal mischief and a cozy sense of family, easy for small children to enjoy.

Overview
Mimiko, Papa Panda, and Panny make friends with a baby tiger from the circus — just in time for a flash flood to throw the whole town into chaos.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • family
  • friendship
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism3
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, family
Directed by
Isao Takahata
Written by
Hayao Miyazaki
Starring
Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Yuko Maruyama, Yoshiko Ohta, Yasuo Yamada, Yoshito Yasuhara, Yoneko Matsukane, Kazuko Yanaga
Music
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Cinematography
Tatsumasa Shimizu
Runtime
38 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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