Panda! Go, Panda!

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Panda! Go Panda!
Cover of Japanese DVD
パンダ・コパンダ (Panda Kopanda)
Genre	Comedy
Animated film
Director	Isao Takahata
Producer	Shunzo Kato
Writer	Hayao Miyazaki
Composer	Masahiko Satou
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensor	Geneon Madman Entertainment
Released	December 17, 1972
Runtime	30 minutes[1]
Animated film: The Rainy-Day Circus
Director	Isao Takahata
Producer	Shunzo Kato
Writer	Hayao Miyazaki
Composer	Masahiko Satou
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensor	Geneon Madman Entertainment
Released	March 17, 1973
Runtime	38 minutes[2]

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, when China began lending its treasured pandas to Japan and the United States.

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 precursors of the Totoros,^[3][4] while the spunky red-headed heroine, Mimiko, is seen as a prototype Mei, the younger sister in Totoro.

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• 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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