Panda-Z

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Panda-Z: The Robonimation
パンダーゼット THE ROBONIMATION (Panda-Z: The Robonimation)
Genre	Comedy
TV anime
Directed by	Mamoru Kanbe
Studio	Bandai Visual
Network	Kids Station (Japan)
Original run	12 April 2004 – 1 November 2004
No. of episodes	30

Panda-Z: The Robonimation (パンダーゼット THE ROBONIMATION, Panda-Z: The Robonimation ^?) is a Japanese anime television series. The series consists of short comedy sketches, involving the adventures of Pan-Taron, a chibi robotic panda, pilot of the Panda-Z mecha, and his equally small cute robotic friends, as they fight the evil Skull Panda, leader of the Warunimal forces.

Never taking itself seriously, the story is often just an excuse to put the characters in common everyday situations, but with a robotic twist, which allows for comical results.

In several episodes the characters can be seen playing the card game Old Maid against one another. The deck they play with has characters from the show on them. In one episode they play Janken which translates to Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Being robots, they can often be seen ingesting batteries for their food.

Some other times, the struggle between the two groups is present, but either one of them, or sometimes even both, don't take the fighting seriously. The series is often a parody of super robot shows such as Mazinger Z, popular in the 1970s.

None of the characters are voiced, and the show's infrequent dialogue is instead presented through intertitles. Some episodes have no dialogue at all, relying on mime movement, sound effects, and the show's electric guitar-based blues/rock/fusion soundtrack for expression. Each episode is five minutes long, including both the opening and ending credits.

[edit] List of Pan-Taron's Robonimal friends

• Denwan - is a walking telephone
• Rabina - nurse rabbit
• Eitekki - seems to wear glasses
• Dr. Panji - Pan-Taron's grandfather

[edit] List of Warunimal enemies

• Moogyuu - cow-like appearance