Panda Kopanda
Also known as: パンダ・コパンダ
English titles: Panda! Go Panda!, Panda, Little Panda, Panda Cub, Panda and Child
- Studio
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Topcraft, Tokuma Shoten, A-Pro
Synopsis
Mimiko is a free-spirited seven-year-old girl with an appetite for adventure. One day, her grandmother goes on a trip and while she is gone, the girl is protected by a large panda bear and his only cub.
Characters
Mimiko, Father Panda, Cub, Policeman
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Assistant Directors
- Tetsuo Kumazaki, Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo
Producing
- Producer
- Shunzo Kato
Writing
- Writer
- Hayao Miyazaki
Voices
- Voice
- Kazuko Sugiyama (Mimiko), Kazuo Kumakura (Papa Panda), Yoshiko Ohta (Baby Panda, Baby Tiger), Yasuo Yamada (Omawari-san), Ayao Wada, Eken Mine, Kazuko Yanaga, Osamu Ichikawa, Reiko Seno, Terue Nunami, Tetsuya Kaji, Yoko Yamaoka, Yoneko Matsukane, Yoshihito Yasuhara, Yuuko Maruyama
Music
- Music
- Masahiko Satoh
Animation
- Animation Director
- Yasuo Otsuka, Yôichi Kotabe
- Animator
- Yasuo Otsuka, Yoichi Otabe, Yoshufumi Kondo, Seiji Kitara, Takao Kasai, Minoru Maeda
- Key Animation
- Eiichi Nakamura, Hayao Miyazaki, Hideo Kawachi, Hiroshi Agatsuma, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kenji Kitahara, Kenzo Koizumi, Koichi Murata, Motoji Suzuki, Norio Yazawa, Shingo Arakai, Syunji Saita, Takao Kozai, Tomekichi Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Honda, Tsutomu Tanaka, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Yasuo Otsuka, Yôichi Kotabe, Yoshifumi Kondô, Yuzo Aoki
- In-Between Animation
- Fumio Shinagawa, Hiroko Kikuchi, Hiroko Kodama, Hiroshi Fukutomi, Kanji Hara, Kazue Morimoto, Kazuko Tsurutani, Kazunori Tanahashi, Kazuo 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, Sachio Suzuki, Satoshi Oshima, Seiji Arihara, Shinichi Otake, Takao Horie, Takeshi Motoori, Tamayo Hirata, Tomoko Tanaka, Yoshitaka Gojo, Yuko Sakashita
Art Department
- Art Directors
- Hisao Fukuda, Shichiro Kobayashi
- Concept
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Art Design
- Hayao Miyazaki
- 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 Itou, Noboru Tatsuike, Toshiharu Mizutani, Toshiro Nozaki, Yasuyuki Chiba, Yumiko Honma
- 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 Sato, 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
- Paint Director
- Hiroko Yamaura
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Tatsumasa Shimizu
- Photography
- Akio Wakana, Katsuji Misawa, Kei Kuroki, Mikio Wakana, Toru Owada
Editing
- Editor
- Kazuo Inoue
Sound
- Sound Recording
- Atsumi Tashiro
Production Management
- Production Coordination
- Hiroshi Murakami, Yoshifusa Sanada
Crew
- Theme Song Lyrics
- Iwao Sanada
Production notes
Hayao Miyazaki's first original work as a screenwriter.
A sequel, "Panda Go Panda: Rainy Day Circus," also directed by Isao Takahata, was released in 1973.
A sequel, "Panda Go Panda: Rainy Day Circus," also directed by Isao Takahata, was released in 1973.