I love children's movies, anime of this type are extremely cute and I don't understand how it is that I had never come across a gem like this. Panda! Go Panda from 1972, since I have seen any number of series and movies from those years like Candy, Heidi and Marco, but I had never seen The Adventures of Panda and his friends until yesterday when looking for movies of this type and came across this one, so without further delay let's start with a little context before giving you my most sincere opinion.

Me encantan las películas de corte infantil, los animes de este tipo son extremadamente tiernos y no entiendo como es que yo nunca me había topado con una joya como esta. Panda! Go Panda de 1972, ya que yo he visto cualquier cantidad de series y películas de esos años como Candy, Heidi y Marco, pero nunca había visto Las Aventuras de Panda y sus amigos hasta el día de ayer que buscando películas de este tipo me topé con esta, así que sin más dilación iniciemos con un poco de contexto antes de darles mi más sincera opinión.

A little panda and his father escape from the circus and go to live with Mimiko, a girl who lives in a strategically perfect area for pandas, since her house is surrounded by a bamboo forest (the pandas' favorite food). Together they are ready to have a new life full of adventures, friendship and happiness.

I liked it, but at the same time, I found the way the film is structured in two acts or episodes very interesting. In the first, we see the arrival of the baby panda, then the arrival of the daddy panda, and how his friendship with Mimiko develops and the family grows, as a tiger is later added. And in the second act, we see the search for the circus workers.

Me gustó pero al mismo tiempo me pareció muy curiosa la forma en la que está estructurada la película, en dos actos o episodios. En el primero vemos la llegada del bebé panda, posteriormente la llegada del papá panda y como va evolucionado la amistad con Mimiko y la familia va creciendo, ya que después se incorpora un tigre. Y en el segundo acto vemos la búsqueda de los trabajadores del circo.

On the other hand, I think that the main objective of the film is to explore a very important and fundamental theme that perhaps many of us have but few appreciate, the family, with the arrival of her new friends, finally Mimiko (who is an orphan) was able to get a complement to her life, but despite the fact that Mimiko's orphanhood generates compassion, the film is made from another approach, a more cheerful and optimistic one, which makes you replace compassion with admiration,

As I told you, the film is extremely tender in every sense of the word: you can perceive it in the characters' gestures, in their way of expressing themselves and in the innocence they radiate, it also promotes respect for nature and animals, something very typical of Ghibli Studios, taking into account that this film was produced by the founders of the studio, Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, but they made it before founding it, so it does not count within Ghibli's filmography.

I feel that the film is an injection of positivity, joy and enthusiasm 😃, no matter how old you are, it is inevitable to be infected by the energy of the main characters, who are even an example of resilience, it also helps you confirm that happiness is in the small details and that is why we should always be grateful and value everything we have in our lives, be happy in every moment in which we have the opportunity, live life to the fullest, laugh, play and enjoy as if we were children.

I think this is one of those movies I'll definitely watch more than once. Thank you for reading and joining me for this review. I wish you a wonderful and blessed start to the week filled with success. 🤗 😃

All images in this post are my own, taken with a ZTE Blade A51.