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Panda! Go, Panda! (movie)

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Alternative title:
As Aventuras de Panda! e seus Amigos (Portuguese)
Die Abenteuer des kleinen Panda (German)
Las Aventuras de Panda y sus amigos (Spanish)
Panda Kopanda (Japanese)
Panda Kopanda: La Aventura de Panda y sus Amigos (Spanish)
Panda Pandino (Italian)
Panda petit panda (French)
Panda y sus amigos (Spanish)
Большая панда и маленькая панда (Russian)
パンダ・コパンダ (Japanese)
熊貓家族 (Chinese (Taiwan))
팬더와 아기팬더 (Korean)
Genres: adventure, comedy
Themes: family, pandas
Objectionable content: None
Copyright notice: © TMS
Plot Summary: Mimiko lives with her grandmother beside a bamboo grove. One day Mimiko's grandmother goes away for a while, leaving Mimiko to herself. A baby panda appears in the garden along with it's father, Papa Panda. Mimiko asks if Mr. Panda could be her father too, and he agrees.
User Ratings: 216 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Very good: 32 votes (sub:19, dub:10, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 73 votes (sub:54, dub:16, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 38 votes (sub:23, dub:12, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese (Mandarin) dubbed
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:18, dub:7, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 365 users, rank: #2661 (of 9713)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.514 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7078, rank: #5713 (of 9830)
Weighted mean: 6.508 (Good−), rank: #5663 (of 9830) (seen all: 6.55 / seen some: 5.56 / won't finish: 4.54)
Bayesian estimate: 6.564 (Good−), rank: #5101 (of 7445)
Running time: 35 minutes
Vintage:
1972-12-17
2004-05-09 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
2008-07-16 (Brazil DVD)
Premiere date:
1972-12-17 (Japan)
2008-09-18 (Russia)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Mimi-chan to Panda Kopanda" (ミミちゃんとパンダ・コパンダ) by Ado Mizumori
Insert song:
"Nen-nen Panda" (ねんねんパンダ) by Ado Mizumori
Links: We have 3
Comment:
Miyazaki's first work
Review:
Panda! Go Panda! (Feb 4, 2002)
News: Show:
Dublin Screening of Panda! Go Panda! Films on Saturday August 28 (Aug 22, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 19-25 (Jun 21, 2022)
GKIDS Screens Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata's Panda! Go, Panda! Anime Film in May (Apr 18, 2022)
GKIDS Acquires Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata's Panda! Go, Panda! Anime Film (Mar 23, 2022)
Producer: Ghibli's Isao Takahata Would Have Made Modest Heroes Anime Short (Aug 19, 2018)
NY Int'l Children's Film Fest to Show N. American Premiere of Hirune Hime/Ancien and the Magic Tablet Anime Film (Jan 19, 2017)
Wolf Children, SAO, Kuroko's Basketball Win Tokyo Anime Awards (Mar 24, 2013)
Wolf Children, Late Director Noboru Ishiguro Win Tokyo Anime Awards (Feb 21, 2013)
FMA Brotherhood OVAs Delay and Other Manga Entertainment Updates (Oct 9, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 15-21 (Apr 17, 2012)
Discotek to Offer 'Old CPM Title,' Schedules Other Works (Jan 19, 2012)
TMS to Stream Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo, Cobra Films (Dec 30, 2011)
Discotek to Release 2nd Panda! Go, Panda! Film Also (Nov 23, 2011)
Discotek Adds Isao Takahata's Panda! Go Panda! Anime (Nov 22, 2011)
Voice Actor Ayao Wada Passes Away (Sep 7, 2010)
Japan's NHK to Air Kids' Special with Ghibli Music (May 2, 2008)
Anime Illustrator Passes Away (Nov 16, 2006)
TMS Offers Anime Online (Oct 31, 2005)
Ghibli Releases (May 8, 2005)
Pioneer/Geneon DVD prices to drop in January (Oct 7, 2003)
Ghibli Museum Movies to show in NYC (Jan 25, 2002)
Press Releases:
GKIDS To Release Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's 'Panda! Go, Panda!' In Select Theaters (Apr 18, 2022)
GKIDS Acquires North American Rights to 'Panda! Go Panda!' (Mar 24, 2022)
Other articles: Show:
Isao Takahata: Endless Memories Part I: Prehistory (Aug 2, 2018)
Isao Takahata's Gauche the Cellist Listed on Blu-ray/DVD in Japan With English Subtitles (Apr 22, 2015)
Panda! Go, Panda! Blu-ray/DVD Listed in Japan With English Dub, Subtitles (Apr 22, 2015)
Brain Diving - I Like The Cut Of Your Ghibli (Apr 5, 2011)
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Ms. Answerman: Phoenix Down (Feb 28, 2003)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Panda! Go, Panda! / Rainy-Day Circus (Blu-ray) 2017-06-27
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Panda! Go, Panda! / Rainy-Day Circus (BD+DVD) 2022-06-21 (from $16.06)
DVD (Region 1)
    Panda! Go, Panda! / Rainy-Day Circus (DVD) 2000-07-25 (from $15.00)
    Panda! Go, Panda! / Rainy-Day Circus - Geneon Signature Series (DVD) 2004-01-06 (from $8.96)
    Panda! Go, Panda! / Rainy-Day Circus (DVD) 2012-04-17 (from $12.06)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Isao Takahata
Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki
Music: Masahiko Satoh
Character Design: Yasuo Ōtsuka
Art Director:
Hisao Fukuda
Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Yasuo Ōtsuka
Yōichi Kotabe
Art design: Hayao Miyazaki
Director of Photography: Tatsumasa Shimizu
Executive producer: Nobuo Inada
Producer: Shunzō Katō (OP)

Assistant Director: Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo
Background Art:
Akio Fujitsuka
Eiji Hirakawa
Etsuo Sato
Hiroko Igarashi
Hirotsugu Tani
Ichiro Nakano
Junko Kubota
Kazuo Oga
Kazutoshi Shimizu
Kenji Kumugai
Kimiko Kitagawa
Kumiko Yoshizawa
Masato Itō
Noboru Tatsuike
Toshiharu Mizutani
Toshiro Nozaki
Yasuyuki Chiba
Yumiko Honma
Concept: Hayao Miyazaki
Editing: Kazuo Inoue
In-Between Animation:
Fumio Shinagawa
Hiroko Kikuchi
Hiroko Kodama
Hiroshi Fukutomi
Kanji Hara
Kazue Morimoto
Kazuko Tsurutani
Kazunori Tanahashi
Kazuyoshi Minato
Kazuyoshi Shimada
Kenji Haruki
Kensetsu Fukuhara
Kiyoshi Naramura
Mariko Murata
Masako Chiba
Masashi Kubota
Megumi Ueno
Michiko Takahashi
Michiyo Yamada
Minoru Maeda
Roku Shinohara
Satoshi Oshima
Seiji Arihara
Shinichi Otake
Takao Horie
Takeshi Motoori
Tamayo Hirata
Tomoko Tanaka
Yoshitaka Gojo
Yukio Suzuki
Yuko Sakashita
Ink & Paint:
Asae Kazama
Fumiko Fujii
Fumiko Okada
Hideko Kudo
Hideko Sumori
Hisae Kobayashi
Hisako Kameyama
Hisashi Katano
Jinko Sasaka
Keiko Hoshino
Keiko Muranaka
Kimie Yamana
Kyoko Hamaguchi
Kyoko Nakagawa
Mariko Kunugida
Masako Tamura
Michiko Satou
Michiyo Yasuda
Mitsuko Yamaki
Sachiko Ishida
Sachiko Nonaka
Sadako Kohashi
Sadako Murai
Toshiko Mori
Toshiko Uematsu
Yoko Hosouchi
Yoshie Endo
Yoshiko Haruki
Yoshiko Koguma
Yoshimi Hayashi
Yuki Ikeda
Key Animation:
Eiichi Nakamura
Hayao Miyazaki
Hideo Kawauchi
Hiroshi Kanazawa
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Kenji Kitahara
Kenzō Koizumi
Kōichi Murata
Motoji Suzuki
Norio Yazawa
Shingo Arakai
Syunji Saita
Takao Kōzai
Tomekichi Takeuchi
Toshiyuki Honda
Tsutomu Tanaka
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
Yasuo Ōtsuka
Yōichi Kotabe
Yoshifumi Kondō
Yūzō Aoki
Paint Director: Hiroko Yamaura
Photography:
Akio Wakana
Katsuji Misawa
Mikio Wakana
Tōru Ōwada
Production Coordination:
Tetsuo Kumazaki
Yoshifusa Sanada
Sound Recording: Atsumi Tashiro
Theme Song Lyrics: Chinatsu Nakayama
Vocals: Ado Mizumori
Kazuko Sugiyama as Mimiko
Kazuo Kumakura as Papa Panda
Yoshiko Ohta as Baby Panda

Ayao Wada as Zookeeper
Eken Mine as Teacher
Hiroko Maruyama as Nana
Osamu Ichikawa as Bully
Reiko Senō as Grandmother
Terue Nunami as Grocer
Tetsuya Kaji as Shopkeeper
Yasuo Yamada as Policeman
Yoko Yamaoka as Dai
Yoneko Matsukane as Kayo
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Kobayashi Production
Modern Creative Group
Broadcaster: TV Japan (North America)
Distributor:
Ghibli Museum Library (2008)
TOHO
Negative Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Photography: Tokyo Animation Film
Production:
TMS Entertainment
Tokyo Movie
Recording Engineers:
Shinsaka Studio
Tokyo Studio Center
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Jenny Haniver
Translation: Kathleen Westlake
ADR Script: Jenny Haniver
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku
Hiroe Tsukamoto
Yutaka Maseba

Assistant producer: Taku Otsuka
Digital ADR Engineer:
"Big Phil" Brewster
Michael McCarty
DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu
DVD Menu Design:
Felix Mack
Grant Hollis
Final Mix: Les Claypool III
Online Editor: CP Booth
Pioneer Info Menus: Colin Petrie
Production Coordination: Sawako Furuya
Script Layout: Heidi Wilbur
Script Timing: Heidi Wilbur
English companies
Associate Producer:
Animaze
ZRO Limit Productions
Broadcaster: Family Channel (Canada)
Distributor:
GKIDS (USA)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Shout! Factory (North America; 2022)
DVD Authoring: Deluxe
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
Internet Streaming: Hulu
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2011; Expired)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
GKIDS (2022)
Online Editing Facility: VDI Multimedia West
Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Jean-Marc Pannetier

Adaptation: Jean-Marc Pannetier
Camille Donda as Mimiko
Dorothée Pousseo as Pandy
Philippe Catoire as Papa Panda

Arthur Pestel as Grand frère
Boris Rehlinger as Instituteur
Brigitte Virtudes as Mamie
Cédric Dumond as Policier
Gérard Surugue as Directeur du zoo
Jérôme Pauwels as Employé du cirque
Karine Texier as Cuisinière
Pauline Brunner as Tigry
Philippe Bozo as Epicier

Hermine Regnaut
Jessica Barrier
Thomas Sagols
French companies
Dubbing: Piste Rouge
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Jessica Toledo (AEDEA studio)
Translation: Brenda Nava (AEDEA studio)
Executive producer:
Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Mauricio Villarroel (AEDEA studio)

Opening Theme Song: Ariela Yuri ("Mimichan to Panda Kopanda")
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez as Papá Panda (Spain dub)
Nuria Marín Picó as Mimiko (Spain dub)
Rosa Romay as Niño Panda (Spain dub)

José María Regalado as Policeman (Spain dub)

Alazne Erdozia as Nana (Spain dub)
Alberto Escobal García as Teacher (Spain dub)
Ana Begoña Eguileor as Fruit Seller (Spain dub)
Carlos Carvajal as
Chofer (Chilean dub)
Empleado de tienda (Chilean dub)
Carolina Araya as
Amigo 1 (Chilean dub)
Cocinera 1 (Chilean dub)
Mujer 1 (Chilean dub)
Señora (Chilean dub)
Carolina Villanueva as Nana (Chilean dub)
Consuelo Pizarro as Tigrito (Chilean dub)
Eba Ojanguren as Kayo (Spain dub)
Estívaliz Lizárraga as Dai (Spain dub)
Jaime de Diego as Bully (Spain dub)
Mikel Gandía as Shopkeeper (Spain dub)
Oscar Olivares as Policia (Chilean dub)
Rodrigo De la Paz as
Ayudante (Chilean dub)
Profesor (Chilean dub)
Trabajador 1 (Chilean dub)
Rolando Silva as
Alcalde (Chilean dub)
Conductor (Chilean dub)
Director (Chilean dub)
Voice Over (Chilean dub)
Sergio Aliaga as Ayudante del circo (Chilean dub)
Sonia Torrecilla as Grandmother (Spain dub)
Víctor Prieto as Zoo Director (Spain dub)

Alazne Erdozia (Spain dub)
Ana Begoña Eguileor (Spain dub)
Andrés Sáez (Chilean dub)
Josu Cubero (Spain dub)
Rodrigo Saavedra (Chilean dub)
Sonia Torrecilla (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
HBO (Latin America)
HBO Latin America (Latin America)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Distributor:
Babilla Ciné (Colombia | Theatrical; Colombia DVD and Blu-ray)
Dubbing Studio:
AEDEA Studio (Latin America)
Domusic TV (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Internet Streaming:
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Tubi TV
Wuaki.tv (Spain)
Licensed by:
Aurum Producciones (Spain)
TMS Entertainment USA
Zima Entertainment (Mexico; expired)
Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Italian staff
Italian companies
Dubbing Director: Caterina Rochira
Broadcaster: Ka-Boom
Distributor:
Dynit
Terminal Video
Dubbing: Merak Film
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
Annalisa Longo as Pan
Caterina Rochira as Grandma
Marco Balbi as Papanda
Patrizia Scianca as Tigrotto
Sabrina Bonfitto as Mimiko
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Frank Schröder
Script: Frank Schröder
Josephine Schmidt as Pandi (Baby Panda)

Frank Schröder as Polizist (Omawari-san)

Derya Flechtner as Pummelchen
German companies
Distributor: Universum Anime
Dubbing: Scalamedia GmbH
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
HBO Latin America
TV Cultura
Distributor: Focus Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Centauro
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Brazil)
YouTube (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
Flora Paulita as Mimiko
Wendel Bezerra as PapaPanda
Yuri Chesman as Pan-chan
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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