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Panda! Go Panda!

1972 · 35 min

A gentle, playful cartoon that breezes by with warm slapstick charm and a childlike sense of wonder.

Overview
Cheerful Mimiko’s small family grows when she adopts a talking baby panda and his full-grown papa. Despite Mimiko's best efforts, the appearance of Panny and Papa Bear disrupts the quiet pace of life in town, prompting zookeepers to reclaim the escaped bear pair.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • found family
    • family
    • friendship
    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
    Action4
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism3
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, family, comedy
    Directed by
    Isao Takahata
    Written by
    Hayao Miyazaki
    Starring
    Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Yoshiko Ohta, Yasuo Yamada, Reiko Seno, Eken Mine
    Music
    Masahiko Sato
    Runtime
    35 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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