![]() ![]() Mimiko is overjoyed, thinking that they are burglars, but they are quickly scared off by the family, and run away in fear. In this episode, Mimiko and the pandas meet a ringmaster and one of his cronies, who were searching for something in their home. The adventures are continued in another short movie from the same staff, Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy-Day Circus ( パンダ・コパンダ 雨降りサーカスの巻, Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Sākasu no Maki ). ![]() PapaPanda, alongside Panny, return to work at the zoo, under the condition that they can leave after the visitors have left to spend time with Mimiko. Mimiko, alongside Panny, PapaPanda, the zookeeper and the local police, cheer their success. Mimiko comes very close to falling into dangerous waters after she jumps down to save Panny from death, but PapaPanda saves both of them by closing the floodgate. The handle, however, has rusted, leaving Panny in a dangerous situation. They find Panny floating on a piece of wood, heading towards an open floodgate and hurry to save him. Mimiko and PapaPanda go searching for him, eventually gaining help from local police and the zookeeper in the search. Meanwhile, Mimiko and her family go out on a walk and, after scaring off some local bullies, they inadvertently lose Panny after he rolls down a hill. The zookeeper demands the safe return of his pandas, so he joins the police and zoo staff in the search. He goes to notify the local zoo staff, who invites the zookeeper (who lost PapaPanda and Panny after they broke out of the zoo). Expectedly, he freaks out after seeing PapaPanda. The next day, Mimiko gets an unexpected visit from a local policeman, who came to check on her. In a close call, Panny ends up getting all of Mimiko's school (save for Mimiko) chasing after him. ![]() The next day, Mimiko goes to school, reluctantly allowing Panny to tag along (even though she told him to stay home). The three adjust to life together during their first night together, while Mimiko writes the first of many letters to her grandma (who she promised to write to every day). ![]() His father, PapaPanda, soon comes to visit, and they decide to become a family after PapaPanda offers to be Mimiko's father (Mimiko never had any parents). She quickly makes friends with the little panda, and invites him in for a drink. Making a few stops at some local stores, Mimiko comes home to her house in a bamboo grove and finds a baby panda named Panny (Pan-Chan) sleeping on the back doorstep. The plot follows Mimiko (ミミ子), a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip to her grandfather's memorial service in Nagasaki. Panda Kopanda is known in North America by the title, Panda! Go, Panda! The two short films are available on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan, and on DVD in North America. In 1985, Takahata and Miyazaki would found Studio Ghibli. In 1974, Takahata, Miyazaki and Kotabe would create the landmark anime series Heidi, Girl of the Alps. Ī success in Japanese theaters, its creators followed up with Panda Kopanda and the Rainy-Day Circus in 1973, which was also a success. This short movie was released in Japan at the height of the panda craze, initiated in September 1972, when the government announced the loan of a pair of giant pandas from China to the Ueno Zoo as part of panda diplomacy. It was created by the team of Isao Takahata (director), Hayao Miyazaki (writer, layout, scene design), Yoichi Kotabe (animation director) and Yasuo Otsuka (animation director, character design). Panda Kopanda ( パンダ・コパンダ, translated "Panda, Baby Panda" ) is a children's Japanese animated film, first released in 1972. ![]()
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