Panda kopanda (1972)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 38 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: TMS Entertainment / Tokyo Movie
English Language Version Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer: Shunzo Kato
English Language Version Producers: Haruyo Kanesaku, Hiroe Tsukamoto, Yutaka Maseba
English Language Version Associate Producer: Animaze Inc, ZRO Limit Productions
Production Coordinators: Hiroshi Murakami, Yoshifusa Sanada
English Language Version Production Coordinator: Sawako Furuya

SCRIPT
Script / Concept: Hayao Miyazaki
English Language Version Translation: Kathleen Westlake, ZRO Limit Productions
English Language Version ADR Script: Jenny Haniver

DIRECTION
Director: Isao Takahata
Assistant Directors: Tetsuo Kumazaki, Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo

ANIMATION
Animation Directors: Yasuo Otsuka, Youichi Otabe
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, Yoshifumi Kondô, Youichi Otabe, Yuzo Aoki
Backgrounds: 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, Kobayashi Production, Modern Creative Group
In-Between Animators: 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
Paint Director: Hiroko Yamaura
Ink and 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
English Language Version Script Layout / Script Timing: Heidi Wilbur

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tatsumasa Shimizu
Photography: Akio Wakana, Katsuji Misawa, Kei Kuroki, Mikio Wakana, Toru Owada, Tokyo Animation Film
Labs: Tokyo Laboratory

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kazuo Inoue
English Language Version Online Editor: CP Booth
English Language Version Online Editing Facility: VDI Multimedia West

MUSIC
Music: Masahiko Satou
Lyrics: Iwao Sanada
Vocals: Ado Mizumori

SOUND
Sound Recording: Atsumi Tashiro
Recording Engineers: Shinsaka Studio, Tokyo Studio Center
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound Group
English Language Version Final Mix: Les Claypool III
English Language Version ADR Director: Jenny Haniver
English Language Version Digital ADR Engineer: "Big Phil" Brewster, Michael McCarty
English Language Version Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post

DESIGN
Art Directors: Hisao Fukuda, Shichiro Kobayashi
Art Designer: Hayao Miyazaki

MISCELLANEOUS
English Language Version DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
English Language Version Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc

VOICES
Kazuo Kumakura (Papanda)
Yasuo Yamada (Omawari-san)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Julie Maddalena (Mimiko)
Alexis A. Edward
Aline Leslie
Barbara Goodson
Chet Huntley
Claude Wayne
Cody MacKenzie
Dan Martin
Dougary Grant
G. Gordon Baer
Gully Jimson
Harold Muckle
Heidi Wilbur
Ian Hawk
Katie Evans
Leigh Everest
Melissa Fahn
Mona Marshall
Simon Isaacson
Sparky Thornton
Steve Kramer
W.T. Hatch

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Toho
Video Distributors: Shougakukan; TMS / Pioneer Entertainment (71174)
Laserdisc Distributors: VAP (70060-78); Pony Canyon
DVD Distributors: TMS / Pioneer Entertainment; Shinseido (VWDZ-8034)

TIMELINE

1972
December
17: Japan - theatrical release

1988
August
Day Unknown: Japan - laserdisc release (VAP (70060-78))

1994
August
Day Unknown: Japan - laserdisc release (Pony Canyon)

2000
July
25: Japan - DVD release (TMS / Pioneer Entertainment); video release (TMS / Pioneer Entertainment (71174))

2001
December
19: Japan - DVD release (Shinseido (VWDZ-8034))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Panda! Go Panda! - US title

LINKS

SEQUEL
Panda kopanda amefuri saakasu no maki (1973)

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, sequels

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008