Panda! Go, Panda!
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| Panda! Go, Panda! | |
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 Cover of Japanese DVD |
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| パンダ・ゴパンダ (Panda Kopanda) |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Anime film | |
| Director | Isao Takahata |
| Producer | Shunzo Kato |
| Writer | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Composer | Masahiko Satō |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Licensor |  Columbia Pictures and Walt Disney Productions (Only Eng Subs) Geneon  Madman Entertainment Manga Entertainment |
| Released |  December 17, 1972 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes[1] |
| Anime film | |
| The Rainy-Day Circus | |
| Director | Isao Takahata |
| Producer | Shunzo Kato |
| Writer | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Composer | Masahiko Satō |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Licensor | Columbia Pictures and Walt Disney Productions (Eng Subs Only) Geneon Madman Entertainment Manga Entertainment |
| Released | March 17, 1973 |
| Runtime | 38 minutes[2] |
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Panda! Go, Panda! (パンダ・コパンダ Panda Kopanda, literally "Panda, Baby Panda") is a Japanese animated film, first released in 1972. It was written and created by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by Isao Takahata, predating Studio Ghibli. This short movie hit Japan at the height of panda madness[citation needed] , when China began lending its treasured giant pandas to Japan and the United States[citation needed] .
The plot follows Mimiko, a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip. She comes home to her house in a bamboo grove to find a baby panda. His father soon comes to visit and they decide to become a family. The three have adventures which 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 Circus no Maki).
The pandas of Panda! Go, Panda! are considered by some to be precursors of the Totoros,[3][4], while the spunky red-headed heroine, Mimiko, is sometimes seen as a prototype Mei, the younger sister in Totoro. Mimiko also shares several traits with Pippi Longstocking, whose creator, Astrid Lindgren, had been asked by Miyazaki one year prior for permission(which was not granted) to turn into animation.
[edit] References
- ^ Panda! Go, Panda! (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia, retrieved on 2007-10-18
- ^ Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia, retrieved on 2007-10-18
- ^ "Story: Panda Kopanda". Nausicaa.net. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/panda/story.html. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ "Panda! Go Panda". DVD Times. 2001-07-31. http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=4046+title. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
[edit] External links
- Panda! Go, Panda! (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Panda! Go, Panda! at the Internet Movie Database
- Panda! Go, Panda! at Nausicaa.net
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