Panda Kopanda

A pre-Ghibli movie. Follows Mimiko and her encounters with the panda PapaPanda and his son Panny. As Mimiko is left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip, she meets a little panda and his father. And they soon decide to become a heartwarming family. A cute and warming story, and have similar art and scenes. Easy to see this is where totoro came from.  

This is the story about life and adventures of boy Remy which doesn't know who is his parents too. 

A fun, comedic story involving humans interacting with talking pandas like it's perfectly normal, and there being a zoo or circus holding some importance. Now granted, Polar Bear Cafe is focused on the interactions of talking animals period, not just pandas (although one of the main characters is Panda, a young panda who works part-time at a local zoo), and relies a lot on puns and running gags and dialogue to carry the story. Opposed to that, Panda Kopanda is about a young girl who "adopts" a father and son panda duo as her family, and her adventures with them. That said, the similarities in subject matter and the lighthearted tone should be enough to make a fan of one want to watch the other. read more