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Polar Bear's Café (TV)

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Alternative title:
Shirokuma Café (Japanese) 
しろくまカフェ (Japanese) 
白熊咖啡廳 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: comedy , slice of life 
Themes: café , parody , talking animals 
Objectionable content: None 
Plot Summary: The "Polar Bear Cafe" is run by a polar bear, and serves both humans and animals daily. 
Watch Polar Bear Cafe on:CrunchyrollCrunchyrollCrunchyroll Amazon ChannelCrunchyroll Amazon Channel
User Ratings: 209 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 20 votes (sub:18, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 50 votes (sub:46, dub:3, others:1
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 65 votes (sub:61, raw:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:31, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:19, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, raw:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 502 users, rank: #2144 (of 10083)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.646 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7551, rank: #1429 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 7.617 (Very good−), rank: #1384 (of 10235) (seen all: 8.09 / seen some: 7.53 / won't finish: 4.64)
Bayesian estimate: 7.608 (Very good−), rank: #1098 (of 7688)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 50 
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 2012-04-05 
Opening Theme:
#1: "Boku ni Invitation" (ボクにインビテーション; My Invitation) by JP (eps 1-26) 
#2: "Rough & Laugh" by Clammbon (eps 27-38) 
#3: "You & Me" by Saki and Rie Fu (eps 39-50) 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Bamboo☆Scramble." by Jun Fukuyama 
#2: "Grizzly-san no G★ROCK" by Yūichi Nakamura 
#3: "Mizuiro (みずいろ;Aquamarine-Colored)" by Aya Endo (eps 10-13) 
#4: "ZOO tto, Ne♪ (ZOOっと、ね♪; Forever, Right♪)" by Katsuyuki Konishi (eps 14-17,44) 
#5: "Michinoku Shiiku Blues (みちのく飼育ブルース;Michinoku Zookeeper Blues)" by Wataru Hatano (eps 18-22) 
#6: "Zokkon! Penko-san (ぞっこん！ペン子さん; With All My Heart! Penko-san)" by Hiroshi Kamiya (eps 23-26) 
#7: "Kimama ni Panda Mama♥ (気ままに パンダママ♥; Selfish Panda Mama)" by Toshiyuki Morikawa (eps 27-30) 
#8: "Llama-san no Llama Mambo (ラマさんのラママンボ; Mr. Llama's Llama Mambo)" by Daisuke Ono (eps 31-35) 
#9: "Largo (ラルゴ; Rarugo)" by Kisho Taniyama (eps 36-38) 
#10: "Bamboo Rendezvous" (バンブー・ランデヴー♥) by Kana Hanazawa (eps 39-42) 
#11: "PANDAHOLIC!!" by Tokuyoshi Kawashima (eps 43, 45-46) 
#12: "My Dear" by Takahiro Sakurai (eps 47-50) 
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara 
Series Composition: Toru Hosokawa 
Script:
Hachi Yota  (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 27
) 
Michiko Yokote  (5 episodes
eps 5, 8, 14, 20, 23
) 
Miya Asakawa  (eps 4, 9, 16) 
Reiko Yoshida  (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
) 
Tatsuhiko Urahata  (eps 13, 25) 
Toru Hosokawa  (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 10, 15, 17-18, 22-28 even
) 
Storyboard:
Harume Kosaka (ep 7) 
Hikaru Sato (eps 15, 24a) 
Kiyoko Sayama (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 18, 27
) 
Masahiro Okamura (ep 9) 
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 6) 
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (OP 3; eps 1, 38b, 44) 
Momoko Abe (3 episodes
eps 14a, 16b, 28
) 
Nagisa Miyazaki (eps 2, 10, 19) 
Nanako Shimazaki (3 episodes
eps 4a, 11a, 25a
) 
Satoshi Nakagawa (ep 23) 
Seimei Kidokoro (ep 22)  (eps 41, 43, 50) 
Tadahito Matsubayashi (ep 17) 
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 20) 
Tetsuhito Saitō (ep 13) 
Tomoaki Koshida (3 episodes
eps 4b, 11b, 25b
) 
Tomoya Tanaka (eps 3, 12a, 21) 
Tsuneo Kobayashi (OP 1-2) 
Yoshihiro Takamoto (4 episodes
eps 14b, 16a, 24b, 26
) 
Episode Director:
Harume Kosaka (eps 7, 13) 
Hikaru Sato (eps 15, 24) 
Jiro Fujimoto (eps 18, 28) 
Masahiro Okamura (ep 9) 
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 6) 
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 1) 
Nagisa Miyazaki (eps 2, 10, 19) 
Nanako Shimazaki (3 episodes
eps 4a, 11a, 25a
) 
Satoshi Nakagawa (eps 8, 16, 23) 
Seimei Kidokoro (eps 5, 14, 22)  (eps 44, 50) 
Tadahito Matsubayashi (ep 17) 
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 20) 
Tomoaki Koshida (3 episodes
eps 4b, 11b, 25b
) 
Tomoya Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 27
) 
Yoshihiro Takamoto (ep 26) 
Unit Director:
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (OP 3) 
Nobutaka Yoda (ED 1, 4, 7, 9-10) 
Tsuneo Kobayashi (OP 1-2) 
Music: Kenji Kondou 
Original creator: Aloha Higa 
Character Design: Aya Takano 
Art Director:
Hideaki Kita (ep 4) 
Hideyuki Ueno  (eps 1-2) 
Yūji Ikeda (ep 3) 
Yuki Kasahara (ep 18) 
Art:
Ayumi Kawai (7 episodes
eps 6, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26
) 
Hideyuki Ueno (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 17, 20, 24
) 
Tomoyuki Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 8, 11, 23, 27
) 
Yuka Tamai (ep 7) 
Yuki Kasahara (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 21, 25
) 
Chief Animation Director: Aya Takano (OP) 
Animation Director:
Aya Takano (ep 1b) 
Hirotaka Kinoshita (3 episodes
eps 7b, 16a, 23b
) 
Hiroto Tanaka (ep 5b) 
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 9, 18, 28) 
Ichirō Uno (OP 1-3; 5 episodes
eps 1a, 13, 19a, 30a, 42b
)  (OP 1-2; eps 13, 19a) 
Ippei Ichii (eps 14b, 26) 
Maki Fukui (ep 17a) 
Makoto Koga (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Miyako Tsuji (ep 7a) 
Sawako Yamamoto (eps 2, 19b) 
Tadashi Matsuzaki (3 episodes
eps 5a, 14a, 25a
) 
Taeko Satō (ep 23a) 
Takashi Muratani (eps 8b, 25b) 
Tomokatsu Nagasaku (ep 20) 
Tsuguyuki Kubo (ep 4a) 
Yoko Suzuki (eps 4b, 11, 22) 
Yoshihiro Kanno (4 episodes
eps 3, 12a, 21a, 27a
) 
Yoshihiro Takeda (3 episodes
eps 12b, 21b, 27b
) 
Yūichi Endō (eps 8a, 16b) 
Yūko Watabe (ep 17b) 
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta 
Director of Photography: Atsuho Matsumoto 
Producer:
Makoto Shiraishi (TV Tokyo) 
Masashi Matsui (Studio Pierrot) 
Tomokazu Iizumi (Avex Entertainment) 

2nd Key Animation:
Aki Nakagawa (ep 39) 
Akiko Kino (ep 24) 
Akio Kitahara (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Akira Kinoshita (ep 24) 
Akira Shinoda (ep 1) 
Asuka Mamezuka (ep 5) 
Ayako Satō (ep 10) 
Haru Watanabe (ep 5) 
Hiroaki Imaki (ep 19) 
Hiroshi Watanabe (ep 6) 
Hiroyuki Takeuchi (eps 21, 27) 
Hitomi Miyazaki (ep 15) 
Ichirō Uno (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 24-25
) 
Jun Ishikawa (ep 1) 
Junichi Takadate (ep 14) 
Kaito Senkōji (ep 24) 
Kazuki Kitagawa (ep 3) 
Kazumasa Takeuchi (eps 6, 15) 
Kumiko Tokunaga (ep 1) 
Masahiro Neriki (ep 1) 
Megumi Koyama (eps 1-2) 
Megumi Tomita (ep 1) 
Michiko Uno (ep 13) 
Mifumi Tomita (eps 19, 22) 
Miho Inoue (eps 2, 13, 22) 
Mika Ookubo (ep 22) 
Moe Sasaki (Studio Giants; ep 12) 
Rinako Nishihara (eps 7, 19) 
Saburo Takada (eps 4-5) 
Satoshi Katō (Studio Giants; ep 12) 
Shunsuke Imanaka (eps 4, 7) 
Tadashi Fukuda (ep 1) 
Tatsuya Koyanagi (eps 11, 14) 
Tetsurō Miyazaki (Studio Giants; ep 12) 
Tomomi Ishikawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 20
) 
Xiao Zhu (ep 14) 
Yasuhiro Tomita (ep 3) 
Yoko Suzuki (ep 14) 
Yūichi Endō (ep 2) 
Yumi Fushimi (ep 24) 
Yūri Ichinose (ep 14) 
3D Space Design: Hiroto Tanaka (eps 1-25) 
Assistant Animation Director:
Ichirō Uno (ep 6) 
Takashi Muratani (OP 2) 
Background Art:
Hitoshi Nagasaki (ep 1) 
Norihiko Yokomatsu (Studio Wyeth; OP1) 
Color Coordination:
Azusa Sasaki (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Chiharu Yoshihara (ep 38) 
Kayoko Nishi (eps 1, 5) 
Keiko Enomoto (ep 18) 
Makiko Yagihashi (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 14, 19, 23
) 
Natsuko Otsuka (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 16, 20, 25
) 
Takashi Nagata (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 27
) 
Yoshiko Takiguchi (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 22, 26
) 
Yukiko Tadano (eps 9, 18) 
Color design: Kayoko Nishi 
Editing: Seiji Morita 
Finish Check:
Azusa Sasaki (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Chiharu Yoshihara (ep 38) 
Keiko Enomoto (ep 18) 
Makiko Yagihashi (11 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8, 10, 13-14, 17, 22-23, 26
) 
Miho Hasegawa (Hiwa; ep 19) 
Natsuko Otsuka (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 16, 20, 25
) 
Takashi Nagata (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 27
) 
Tomoe Imamura (10 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8, 13-14, 17, 22-23, 26
) 
Yukiko Tadano (eps 9, 18) 
In-Between Animation: Emi Ikebuchi (ep 1) 
In-Between Check:
Akiko Kino (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Hiroko Tezuka (18 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22-23, 25-26
) 
Kōji Togashi (ep 18) 
Mika Kobayashi (eps 9, 18) 
Misuzu Ichinose (18 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22-23, 25-26
) 
Toshimi Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 27
) 
Key Animation:
Airi Ishikawa (eps 12, 21, 27) 
Akemi Roppongi (eps 9, 18) 
Akiko Kumada (ep 15) 
Akiko Seki (ep 8) 
Akira Hayashi (ep 3) 
Akira Koshiishi (eps 5, 13, 25) 
Akira Shinoda (ep 5) 
Atsuko Inoue (OP; eps 10, 16, 22) 
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 15) 
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 24) 
Aya Nakanishi (ep 22) 
Aya Takano (ep 1) 
Ayako Mori (ep 8) 
Ayako Satō (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19, 26
) 
Ayuko Etō (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 16, 19
) 
Ayumi Ichinose (ep 25) 
Ayumi Yamada (ep 8) 
Azumi Kuniyoshi (ep 9) 
Chiaki Abe (ep 18) 
Chie Hashimoto (eps 11, 22) 
Chizuru Mori (eps 9, 18)  (eps 28, 36, 43) 
Eiji Fukuyama (ep 9) 
Emi Sakamoto (ep 24) 
Eri Yamazaki (eps 1, 8, 20) 
Fumiyo Kimura (OP; eps 2, 10, 22) 
Fuyumi Toriyama (eps 4, 10, 26) 
Gakushi Maeda (eps 9, 18) 
Hideki Shibuya (ep 15) 
Hidetsugu Itō (ep 1) 
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 6) 
Hiroaki Imaki (ep 26) 
Hirofumi Masuda (OP) 
Hiroko Oguri (eps 2, 7) 
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 6) 
Hirotaka Kinoshita (eps 5, 7, 23) 
Hiroto Tanaka (OP; ep 1)  (OP 1-3; eps 1, 50) 
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 1) 
Hisako Sato (ep 8) 
Hisatoshi Motoki (ep 9) 
Hitomi Miyazaki (ep 15) 
Hitomi Ochiai (eps 9, 18) 
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 7) 
Ichirō Uno (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 8, 13, 19, 25
) 
Ikuko Satō (ep 14) 
Ippei Ichii (ep 14) 
Jun Ishikawa (ep 2) 
Junichi Nagano (Studio Sign; eps 8, 11, 23) 
Junichi Takadate (eps 4, 10, 19) 
Junko Inoguchi (ep 25) 
Junko Nakamura (ep 4) 
Kaori Henmi (ep 18) 
Kaori Higuchi (ep 6) 
Kaori Saito (ep 15) 
Kaori Takahashi (eps 4, 10, 19) 
Kaoru Miura (ep 17) 
Kasumi Wada (eps 2, 8) 
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 11, 23) 
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 24) 
Kazuhiko Abe (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 21, 27
) 
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (eps 5, 13, 20) 
Kazuhiro Ono (eps 9, 18) 
Kazuki Kitagawa (eps 12, 21) 
Kazuko Matsumura (ep 25) 
Kazumasa Orii (OP; 4 episodes
eps 10, 13-14, 26
) 
Kazumasa Takeuchi (eps 15, 24) 
Kazunari Kume (eps 6, 24) 
Kazuo Iimura (Studio Sign; eps 8, 11, 23) 
Kazuya Saitō (ep 4) 
Kazuyo Tominaga (ep 9) 
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 12) 
Keiko Imasato (eps 9, 18) 
Keiko Nagamine (eps 16, 26) 
Keisuke Mikami (ep 24) 
Ken Mutou (ep 6) 
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 4, 11, 20) 
Kinuko Izumi (eps 9, 18) 
Kiyomi Masuda (eps 5, 11, 20) 
Kiyoshi Komatsubara (ep 11) 
Kiyotoshi Aoi (eps 3, 21, 27) 
Kumiko Katō (eps 13, 25) 
Kumiko Tokunaga (OP) 
Kyōhei Ōyabu (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 22
) 
Kyōko Kotani (ep 4) 
Kyōko Matsubara (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 16, 22
) 
Madoka Kattō (eps 15, 24) 
Mai Yoneyama (ep 11) 
Maki Fukui (ep 17) 
Makoto Koga (ep 15) 
Makoto Nakata (eps 11, 23) 
Masaaki Endō (ep 13) 
Masafumi Tayori (ep 24) 
Masahiro Kase (eps 2, 10, 19) 
Masahiro Neriki (OP; 6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 10, 16, 23, 25
) 
Masahiro Sasaki (ep 15) 
Masako Tashiro (ep 1) 
Masato Anno (ep 26) 
Masaya Tanaka (ep 6) 
Masayo Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 22
) 
Masayuki Katō (ep 26) 
Maya Uenishi (ep 24) 
Megumi Tomita (ep 4) 
Michiko Uno (ep 11) 
Michio Hasegawa (ep 20) 
Michio Satō (eps 5, 7, 20) 
Mifumi Tomita (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 16, 19
) 
Miho Inoue (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 16, 19
) 
Mika Kobayashi (eps 9, 18) 
Mika Ookubo (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 16, 19
) 
Minami Seki (eps 9, 18) 
Minori Inahara (ep 6) 
Mitsue Fukue (eps 6, 15) 
Miwako Hatano (ep 25) 
Miyako Tsuji (eps 2, 7) 
Miyuki Inoue (eps 4, 11, 19)  (ep 48) 
Motonori Nishibe (ep 14) 
Naho Kozono (eps 9, 18) 
Naoki Yamauchi (eps 6, 24) 
Naoko Yamamoto (ep 9) 
Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 6) 
Noriko Ogura (eps 15, 24) 
Noriko Otake (OP) 
Noriko Sato (ep 6) 
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (eps 21, 27) 
Rei Masunaga (ep 15) 
Reiko Okamura (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Rie Ikegami (ep 24) 
Rie Nakanishi (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 16, 19, 26
) 
Rie Ōmori (ep 12) 
Riko Tanaka (ep 25) 
Rinako Nishihara (5 episodes
eps 4, 10-11, 16, 19
) 
Risako Yoshida (ep 6) 
Ryōichi Nakano (ep 11) 
Ryōma Ebata (OP) 
Ryousuke Senbo (ep 18) 
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 31) 
Saburo Takada (ep 13) 
Sachiko Miyamoto (ep 7) 
Sanae Narazaki (eps 19, 26) 
Shigeki Satō (ep 24) 
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 27
) 
Shiho Kosaka (ep 20) 
Shin Tanoue (eps 6, 15) 
Shinichi Iimura (eps 5, 13, 20) 
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 6) 
Shinkirō Hattori (ep 7) 
Shinya Kameyama (ep 24) 
Shūichi Seki (ep 23) 
Sumio Watanabe (ep 17) 
Tadakatsu Yoshida (eps 4, 10) 
Tadashi Fukuda (OP; 5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22, 25
) 
Tadashi Matsuzaki (eps 1, 25) 
Taeko Oda (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 22
) 
Taeko Satō (Studio Sign; ep 23) 
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 20) 
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 14) 
Takashi Goshima (ep 3) 
Takashi Muratani (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 23
) 
Takayo Mitsuwaka (ep 6) 
Takumi Nishiwaki (eps 14, 20) 
Teruko Takeshima (ep 12) 
Tetsuya Koshizaki (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Tetsuya Satō (ep 2) 
Tomoe Akino (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 11, 20
) 
Tomohiro Matsumaru (ep 25) 
Tomokatsu Nagasaku (ep 20) 
Tomomi Ishii (4 episodes
eps 2, 10, 16, 22
) 
Tomomi Murayama (eps 15, 24) 
Tomomi Yabuki (ep 17) 
Tomoyuki Munehiro (ep 7) 
Toshiaki Iino (ep 17) 
Toshio Mori (ep 24) 
Tsuguyuki Kubo (ep 4) 
Yasuhiro Aoki (ep 1) 
Yasunori Ota (eps 9, 18) 
Yasushi Tanizawa (Studio Sign; ep 23) 
Yasuyuki Ebara (ep 22) 
Yoko Suzuki (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 11, 19, 22
) 
Yoshifumi Miyaji (ep 4) 
Yoshihiro Kanno (OP; ep 3) 
Yoshihiro Matsushita (eps 9, 18) 
Yoshihiro Sugai (ep 4) 
Yoshimi Katsumata (Studio Giants; ep 12) 
Yoshio Chizaki (ep 9) 
Yoshishige Kosako (ep 17) 
Yoshitaka Yashima (eps 21, 27) 
Yu Ogasawara (ep 6) 
Yūichi Endō (eps 1, 5) 
Yūichi Yoshida (ep 14) 
Yuichiro Hayashi (OP2) 
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 20) 
Yuka Kudō (ep 18) 
Yūki Nakajima (ep 24) 
Yuki Ogawa (eps 21, 27) 
Yukiko Watabe (ep 15) 
Yūko Kobori (ep 14) 
Yūko Matsui (eps 5, 7, 13-14) 
Yumi Fushimi (eps 6, 15, 24) 
Yumiko Ishii (ep 15) 
Yūri Ichinose (eps 2, 7, 22) 
Yusuke Adachi (ep 7) 
Yūta Masaki (eps 6, 15) 
Yuuko Yoshida (eps 2, 8, 22) 
Layout Supervisor: Hiroto Tanaka (OP 2) 
Planning:
Jun Saitō (avex entertainment) 
Kazumichi Ueda (Pierrot) 
Takuyuki Hirobe (TV Tokyo) 
Production Advancement:
Akihiko Ōsawa (ep 6) 
Asami Hirayama (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 19, 26
) 
Daisuke Chiba (ep 3) 
Katsutoshi Sueyoshi (eps 21, 27) 
Kōsuke Yokota (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 20, 25
) 
Kyōko Kitamura (ep 18) 
Mari Udagawa (ep 9) 
Masahiro Iwata (eps 3, 12) 
Masahiro Kobayashi (ep 9) 
Shōtarō Shiratani (eps 11, 23) 
Takashi Ueno (eps 7, 16, 26) 
Teruhisa Ōmizo (eps 15, 24) 
Tetsufumi Hotta (ep 17) 
Yōko Kanamori (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 22
) 
Prop Design: Hiroto Tanaka (eps 26-50) 
Supervision: Tsuneo Kobayashi 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Mito (OP2) 
Saki (OP3; ED1-12) 
Sui (OP1) 
Theme Song Composition:
JP (OP1) 
Mito (OP2) 
Saki (OP3; ED1-12) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ikuko Harada (OP2) 
Mito (OP2) 
Rie Fu (OP3) 
Saki (OP3; ED1-12) 
Yoshiharu Shiina (OP1) 
Theme Song Performance:
Aya Endō (ED 3) 
Clammbon (OP2) 
Daisuke Ono (ED8) 
Hiroshi Kamiya (ED6) 
JP (OP1) 
Jun Fukuyama (ED) 
Kana Hanazawa (ED10) 
Katsuyuki Konishi (ED 4) 
Kishō Taniyama (ED9) 
Rie Fu (OP3) 
Saki (OP3) 
Takahiro Sakurai (ED12) 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima (ED 11) 
Toshiyuki Morikawa (ED7) 
Wataru Hatano (ED 5) 
Yūichi Nakamura (ED 2) 
Takahiro Sakurai as Polar Bear 

Aya Endō as Sasako-san 
Daisuke Ono as Llama 
Hiroshi Kamiya as Penguin 
Jun Fukuyama as Panda 
Kana Hanazawa as Mei Mei 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Full-time Employee Panda 
Kishō Taniyama as Sloth 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Rintarō "Rin Rin" Hayashi 
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Panda Mama 
Wataru Hatano as Handa-kun 
Yūichi Nakamura as Grizzly-san 

Ai Nonaka as Baby Emperor Penguin (4 episodes
eps 19, 22, 30, 32
) 
Aki Nakajima as
Baby Emperor Penguin A (ep 46) 
Drive-thru employee (ep 4) 
Red Squirrel 
Akiko Hasegawa as Teacher (ep 1) 
Akiko Kawase as Waitress (ep 28) 
Akiko Yajima as Lesser Panda 
Akimitsu Takase as Manager (ep 29) 
Akio Suyama as Crested Serpent Eagle 
Akira Ishida as Tarsier (ep 46) 
Asuka Nishi as Kindergartner (ep 1) 
Azusa Kataoka as
Customer (ep 5) 
Kindergartner 
Daisuke Hirakawa as
Gentoo Penguin (eps 19, 22, 32) 
Goat (ep 24) 
Daisuke Takahashi as Explorer (ep 6) 
Hanae Ōkubo as Child (ep 6) 
Hideyuki Tanaka as Brown bear (ep 34) 
Hiro Nakajima as
Baby Emperor Penguin B (ep 46) 
Red Squirrel 
Hiro Shimono as Masaki (4 episodes
eps 19, 24, 27, 32
) 
Hiromi Igarashi as
Customer (ep 5) 
Kindergartner (ep 6) 
Office worker (ep 7) 
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Rockhopper Penguin (eps 32, 47) 
Hitomi Terakado as Yama Arashi Fanclub Member (ep 47) 
Junko Takeuchi as
Baby King Penguin (eps 19, 22) 
Tanaka-san (ep 23) 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Adélie Penguin (eps 19, 22, 32) 
Kazuhiko Inoue as Lion 
Kenichi Suzumura as Businessman (ep 16) 
Kikuko Inoue as Mama Grizzly (eps 25, 49) 
Kishō Taniyama as
Black Caiman 
Tiger 
Zoo Customer (ep 14) 
Kōki Miyata as
Badger (6 episodes
eps 1, 20-21, 24, 30, 49
) 
Mama Red Squirrel (4 episodes
eps 19, 23-24, 27
) 
Otter 
Kujira as Raccoon (ep 49) 
Kyōko Yamaguchi as Tsukiko's Mother (ep 42) 
Maaya Uchida as Female river otter (ep 37) 
Mami Sakamoto as Yama Arashi Fanclub Member (ep 47) 
Mamiko Noto as Mayumi Oosaki (ep 8) 
Mamoru Miyano as
Alpaca (ep 37) 
Crested Porcupine (ep 31) 
Manami Numakura as Mizuki (eps 10, 19) 
Marie Ōi as Shop Clerk (ep 7) 
Marin Arai as Server (ep 10) 
Masako Katsuki as Proprietress (ep 16) 
Mii Miki as Woman (ep 13) 
Mika Takashita as
Baby Panda (ep 9) 
Elementary School Student (ep 1) 
Girl (ep 28) 
Kindergartner (ep 3) 
Miyuki Satō as
Customer (ep 5) 
High School Girl (ep 7) 
Kindergartner (ep 6) 
Naoko Yasuda as
Store clerk (ep 48) 
Yama Arashi Fanclub Member (ep 47) 
Natsumi Takamori as
Kindergartner (ep 1) 
Zoo announcer 
Nobuyuki Hiyama as King Penguin (eps 19, 23, 31) 
Noriko Suzuki as Old woman (ep 28) 
Rie Kugimiya as High school girl (ep 17) 
Rie Takahashi as Old Lady (ep 7) 
Rina Satō as Hiromi (eps 10, 19) 
Ruriko Aoki as Elementary School Student (ep 1) 
Ryō Kuratomi as Native (ep 6) 
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Temp Panda (ep 26) 
Sayuri Yahagi as Penko 
Shinji Kawada as Kangaroo (ep 32) 
Takayuki Kondō as
Canadian Porcupine (ep 31) 
Giant Tortoise 
Kirino 
Koala 
Takehiro Hasu as Police officer (ep 28) 
Tetsu Inada as Gorilla 
Tomokazu Sugita as
Chinstrap Penguin (eps 19, 22, 32) 
River otter 
Wolf 
Tomoko Kaneda as Female Badger (ep 21) 
Toshio Furukawa as Tree Kangaroo (eps 19, 27) 
Yoriko Nagata as
Baby Panda (ep 9) 
Rika (eps 10, 19) 
Yoshino Nanjō as Nursery school teacher (ep 17) 
Yōsuke Itō as
Mandrill 
Maruyama (ep 29) 
New World Porcupine (ep 47) 
Tapir (eps 3, 30, 38) 
Yū Kobayashi as Tsukiko (ep 42) 
Yui Shoji as Customer (ep 5) 
Yuka Keichō as Customer (eps 30, 36) 
Yukari Tamura as Penguin Waitress 
Yūki Fujiwara as
Anteater 
Bush-tailed Porcupine (ep 47) 
Kangaroo (ep 32) 
Yumi Uchiyama as
Entrance attendant (ep 3) 
Mother (ep 28) 
Yurie Kobori as High School Girl (ep 7) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Asterism (ep 15) 
Beat Frog (eps 13-14) 
Hayashi (eps 3, 27)  (ep 46) 
ingresA (ep 24) 
Kagura (ep 6) 
Mouse (ep 24) 
R.I.C (ep 24) 
Sakura Create (eps 1, 13) 
Studio Cj (eps 3, 27)  (ep 46) 
Studio Giants (ep 12) 
Studio Graffiti (ep 3) 
Studio Liberty (eps 1-2, 13, 24) 
Studio Sign (ep 14)  (ep 47) 
Studio Wombat (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11, 13
) 
TNK (eps 6, 24) 
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot 
Backgrounds: Studio Wyeth 
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2012-04-05) 
AT-X (2012-06-11) 
TV Osaka (2012-04-05) 
TV Tokyo (2012-04-05) 
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM 
Finish Check: Hiwa (ep 19) 
In-Between Animation:
Cheng Pin Animation 
Studio Comet 
Studio MAT 
Studio Wombat 
Wafū Animation 
Key Animation:
Studio Giants (ep 12) 
Studio Sign (eps 8, 11, 23) 
Music Production: avex entertainment 
Paint:
Cheng Pin Animation 
Studio MAT 
Studio Targe 
Production:
10GAUGE (ED1-12) 
avex entertainment 
Studio Pierrot 
TV Tokyo 
Production Cooperation:
Beat Frog (eps 9, 18) 
Dangun Pictures (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 21, 27
)  (ep 46) 
Nomad (eps 6, 15, 24)  (ep 49) 
English cast
English staff
Translation: Michelle Tymon 
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (USA, Canada, UK & Ireland, AUS & NZ, South Africa, Netherlands, Scandinavia) 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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