Panda! Papa Panda! Baby Panda!
THE ADVENTURES OF PANDA AND FRIENDS
Mama, Mama
My tiny, tiny Mama
Papa, Papa
My great big, great big Papa
Let's stand on our heads Let's smile and laugh
Because the three of us are together and it's fun!
Panda! Papa Panda! Baby Panda!
Screenplay, Background Art Setting and Layout Design by Hayao Miyazaki
Mama, Mama
My Mama with her flowers
Papa, Papa
My Papa with his pipe
Let's have a chat with the tiny giggling ants
Because we get along and have fun laughing together!
Directed by Isao Takahata
Hurry Grandma!
The train's coming!
Coming.
Here, this is your ticket to Nagasaki.
And this is your lunch.
Don't get mixed up, now.
I sure hope you'll be okay on your own, Mimiko.
Who, me?
I'll be fine.
Anyway, I've got school so there's no choice.
No.
I just can't go.
Grandpa's memorial service is important.
But I just can't leave you alone.
Oh, Grandma! You're such a worry wart!
You have to get on!
Don't worry, I'll write a letter every day.
Okay?
There.
See you later!
Mimiko!
Make sure you write me every day!
Don't worry, I'll be fine!
See?
Hello, Mimiko.
Where's your Grandma?
She just left.
Um, I'd like some apples, onions and potatoes, please.
Sure.
That means you'll be all alone from tonight.
No problem!
I can do the cooking, cleaning and the wash!
What a good little girl.
Mimiko doesn't have a father or mother.
But she doesn't seem lonely.
Aren't you gonna get scared and cry, being alone at night?
I'll be just fine!
If I see a ghost, then...
Hi-yaah!
I'll beat him up and make him my servant!
You sure are full of energy, Mimiko.
Here, this one's on the house.
Thank you!
What a good little girl.
Actually, it's she who takes care of Grandma.
Mimiko, I hear you're on your own for a while.
That's no good.
What if a burglar gets in your house?
Oh, that'd be great!
I've never seen a burglar before!
You got me there!
Hey... that's weird.
It wasn't like this when I left.
I wonder if it's a burglar?!
Oh, boy.
Somebody was definitely here while I was out.
I'm sure this bucket was put away properly before.
Oh, boy!!!
Wow, a cute stuffed panda!
Wow!
I'm sure you and I are going to be friends!
Wow!
My very first visitor is a panda!
Come on in.
Wait here, and I'll get us some drinks.
Ups-a-daisy!
There you are.
What a cute way to drink!
Papa!
I don't see anybody.
Oh, someone's here.
Hang on a second.
Come in!
Thank you, I will.
What a nice house.
The weather's nice too.
And the bamboo grove is especially nice.
I've come to see if my son Pan is here.
I thought so!
So you're the panda's father!
Come in.
I've just made drinks.
Please don't trouble yourself.
I guess this seat really didn't like being sat upon.
I'm sure this seat will want you to sit on it!
Now this is a nice seat.
The kitchen is nice, too.
And the bamboo grove is especially nice!
Which reminds me...
I should greet your parents.
No need to do that.
Because I don't have a mom or dad!
What?!
You don't have a dad?!
That won't do.
But I'm just fine.
I can get along on my own.
No siree.
In order to raise children, there have to be parents.
Like you need a bamboo grove to grow bamboo shoots.
It'd probably be better to have them.
What a nice bamboo grove!
I know!
Why don't I become your father?
Pardon?!
It's hard for a father to become a mother.
But it's easy to become a father!
Nothing to it.
I'm already a papa.
So it'd be nothing for me to become a father!
I'd like even just one father!
Mr. Panda! Be my father!
And in turn, I'll be Pan's mama!
Okay?
Then the three of us will live here in this house!
Oh, boy! Oh, boy!
Mama! Mama!
Oh, boy! Oh, boy!
Mama! Mama!
Mama!
That's nice of you.
Pan's always wanted a mama.
Papa!
Yes?
A dad wears a hat, you know!
And a dad reads a newspaper at home.
And he smokes a pipe.
Thank you...
You're very welcome!
And daddies...
Um, a dad...
A dad gives hugs, too!
Okay!
Papa!
Yes, little girl.
That's weird, calling me “little girl”.
Call me “Mimiko”.
Huh?
Mimiko.
Papa.
Mama.
What is it, Pan?
Mama's right here.
Isn't this nice.
It truly is.
And the bamboo grove is especially nice!
The bamboo grove...?
Oh, I know!
What a nice bamboo grove.
Yes, I'm coming.
Got one!
Mine, too!
Very nice!
Is it good?
This is great!
It's the happiest day of my life!
Standing on your head when you're happy.
That's truly a fun thing to do.
“Dear Grandma, How are you?”
“I'm doing great.”
“Because something really terrific happened.”
“I got myself a daddy!”
“And I also got a baby.”
“Right now Papa's reading a picture book upside-down...”
“...while he eats some bamboo.”
“Pan's sleepy.”
“I'll have to get his bed ready.”
“Well, I'd better get going.”
“Being a mother is wonderful, and it keeps you busy.”
“Take care.”
“Bye, Grandma.”
“Love from your granddaughter, Mimiko.”
Pan!
Breakfast is almost ready, so don't go too far!
Get up, Papa.
Hurry or you'll be late for work!
Work...?
Huh?
Eat up!
All right, then.
Ouch!
Here's your lunch, Papa.
And this is your lunch.
My lunch! My lunch!
Oh! Your hat, Papa!
Here!
Huh?
Language, math...
When you say “Papa has to go to work”...
...are you talking about me?
Sure!
A dad goes to work every morning!
Papa!
I wanna go to work, too!
Work! Work!
Papa's going to work...?
Work...?
That's right!
How could I have forgotten?!
Today's a day off!
I'm sure of it!
Yes, that's right.
It's always a day off.
So I don't have to go to work.
A day off!
Let's go! Let's go!
Let's go for a walk!
We can't.
I've gotta go to school.
No!
I wanna go to school, too!
Don't be like that, or I'll spank your bottom.
I don't wanna be spanked.
Be a good boy.
See you later!
Bye! Have a good day!
Oh!
Pan, did you follow me?
You can't come.
Go home.
You've gotta be bigger to go to school.
You can't come!
Uh-oh!
School's about to start!
Oh, brother.
In that case...
Listen, Pan.
Act like a stuffed animal.
I'll take you if you promise not to be naughty.
Okay. I'm a stuffed animal.
“And after a little while, another tiger appeared.”
“The tiger said, I'll eat you up!”
Mimiko, your stuffed panda sure is cute!
Yeah.
Let me hold it for a while.
No.
Selfish!
Just for a minute!
“I walk on four feet.”
Please!
Mimiko!
Let me see!
No!
What did you bring a stuffed animal for?
I'm telling the teacher!
Ouch!
Mimiko!
Yes?
Stand up!
Mimiko, what are you hiding behind that book?
A stuffed panda! Isn't he cute?
What a well-made panda.
You shouldn't be bringing stuffed animals to class!
Now, get rid of it!
But...
Put it in the shoe locker until school's out.
Understand?
Yes.
Okay, Pan. Stay here and be quiet.
I'll come to get you as soon as school's out.
Okay, I'll be right here.
Don't be naughty!
I won't be naughty.
Oh, dear!
You didn't put it away properly!
Now all this bread has gone to waste!
Oh! What's a rice cake doing here?
What?!!
A bear!
That's all for today.
Huh?
Oh, no! That's Pan!
A bear! Catch it!
Mama!
Mimiko! Did a bear come this way?
Look, teacher!
I washed my panda off. It's nice and clean.
No, not a panda! A bear! A yellow bear!
Oh, it went that way.
“And of course, Grandma...”
“...when we got home, I scrubbed him clean.”
“Because he smelled like curry.”
“He was a curry panda.”
“Of course, I had to scold him.”
“It sure is hard, having a small child.”
“Take care now.”
Where are you off to, Mr. Officer?
Hello.
I thought I'd go check in on Mimiko.
Grandma isn't back yet, is she.
No, and I'm worried about Mimiko being on her own.
See you later.
Hello, Mimiko.
Hello!
It's open!
Hello!
We have a guest, so stay over there.
What was that?!
Papa and Pan.
“Papa”...?!
A pa...pa...pa...pa!
Yes?
Did you call for Papa?
Boy, what a rude policeman.
He was surprised that I have a dad!
Hurry and let's go for a walk!
All right, let's go!
Ouch!
That's strange.
I'm sure there was a great big panda and a little one.
A panda and its child were here, right?!
Hello, Mr. Zookeeper.
It was definitely Papa Panda and his famliy!
Hurry and catch them!
I've been worried about them for days...
...ever since they escaped from our zoo!
Yes, I read about it in the paper and on TV.
But who would've thought they'd be in Mimiko's house...!
I'm counting on you!
Wow! It's beautiful!
This air is delicious!
This pipe is delicious!
Papa!
Come and skip!
Oh, a jump rope!
Jump in!
Oh, pandas!
Must be the ones that escaped from the zoo!
I won't let you say bad things about my dad!
Your dad? That's stupid.
That's the famous panda that escaped from the zoo!
Don't you have a TV at home?
Whoever catches them will get a reward!
Papa...
Hey, hurry and go tell the cops.
I'll watch them!
Papa!
But I wanted to keep jumping.
No, stop!
Look out, Pan!
Pan!
Ow...
Neat-o!
I'm giving him back.
You're strong, Pan!
Papa...?
A z00...?
We were there a long, long time ago.
But they didn't have a nice bamboo grove.
And you weren't there.
But when they come to take you back...
...they'll take Pan, too.
Oh, where did Pan go?
Pan!
Where are you?
Pan!
Pan...
Hello, Papa Panda.
Lovely day.
And I'm delighted to see you looking so well.
And I'm delighted to see you so well too, Mr. Zookeeper.
I'd like your cooperation in accompanying us back to the zoo.
We have the car ready.
Oh, my.
How kind of you.
Then you'll come back?
No, Papa!
We've gotta look for Pan!
That's true.
You'll have to excuse me.
“Pan”...? The baby panda!
Oh, no!
Everyone look for the baby panda!
Pan!
We've been looking and looking.
Where could he be?
Hey! He's over there!
Oh, no!
There's a floodgate ahead!
A what?! We've gotta move!
Pan!
Papa! Mama!
Pan!
Mama!
Hang on tight!
It's no use!
It's rusted and won't budge!
Pan!
Mama!
No, don't!
Let me go!
You'll die, too!
Mimiko! Hang on!
Papa!
Coming!
Hurry, Papa!
I can't hold on!
It's all over!
Mimiko...!
Hooray!
Oh! Isn't that nice!
“Dear Grandma, How are you?”
“Papa and Pan have gone back to the zoo.”
PANDA GARDEN ENTRANCE
Good night.
See you tomorrow.
“Papa's very happy going to work.”
“After all, dads are supposed to go to work.”
“Papa buys me presents with the money he makes.”
‘Anyway, I'm very happy, so don't worry.”
Papa!
Welcome back!
The End