Additional Information about the Feature Film Shunmao (Xiong Mao) Monogatari Taotao

This was the first cartoon co-produced in China and Japan.

This was originally released as a theatrical feature, shown on a double bill with the live-action film "Tora-san's Promise."

This film was followed by a television series (with the same name) of 50 25-minute episodes on TV Osaka. Directors were Shuichi Nakahara, Kazuhiko Ikegami and Taku Sugiyama; writers were Keiji Kubota, Takeshi Shudo, Nobuko Morita and Osamu Kagami; Masao Kumagawa was the animator; Yasuo Tsuchida was the composer.

Many crew members were later involved in the 1983 Japanese-German co-production "Taotao Ehonkan Sekai Dobutsu Banashi" ("Taotao's Library- World Animal Stories"). This also starred a panda named Taotao.

English Titles: "Taotao The Panda" and "Panda Story Taotao."

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