Panda! Go Panda! (1972)
Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble. Despite his efforts to behave, Panny causes trouble in school and now the school is after Panny! Then, Panny makes a new friend, Tiny, a baby tiger who's wandered off from the circus.
Director:
Isao Takahata
Writer:
Hayao Miyazaki
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Kazuko Sugiyama as Mimiko (voice) |
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Kazuo Kumakura as Papa Panda (voice) |
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Yoshiko Ohta as Panny / Tiny (voice) |
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Yuko Maruyama as Panny (voice) |
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Yasuo Yamada as Policeman (voice) |
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Osamu Ichikawa as Bully (voice) |
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Tetsuya Kaji as Store Clerk (voice) |
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Hiroko Maruyama as Nana (Friend A) (voice) |
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Yoneko Matsukane as Cayo (Friend B) (voice) |
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Eken Mine as Teacher (voice) |
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Reiko Seno as Grandmother (voice) |
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Ayao Wada as Zoo Director (voice) |
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Yoko Yamaoka as Mori (Male Student) (voice) |
| Art | Hisao Fukuda | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Yasuo Otsuka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Katsuji Misawa | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mikio Wakana | Compositing Artist |
| Sound | Masahiko Sato | Main Title Theme Composer |
| Visual Effects | Toru Owada | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yōichi Kotabe | Animation Director |
| Sound | Masahiko Sato | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Akio Wakana | Compositing Artist |
| Camera | Tatsumasa Shimizu | Director of Photography |
| Art | Masato Itou | Background Designer |
| Production | Shunzo Kato | Producer |
| Sound | Masahiko Sato | Sound |
| Editing | Kazuo Inoue | Editor |
| Art | Hayao Miyazaki | Concept Artist |
| Writing | Hayao Miyazaki | Screenplay |
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |