areaseven Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 (edited) Robonimal Panda-Z: The Robonimation ( パンダーゼット ) Bee Media/Dynamic Planning/MegaHouse/Kids Station/Bandai Visual, 2004 Bandai Entertainment, 2005 Directed by Mamoru Kanbe (Elfen Lied) Created by Shuichi Oshida Running Time: 5 minutes per episode. Rated 14-Up for some violence and mature situations. Let's Try to Find Our Future. A parody of the Mazinger Z series, Panda-Z chronicles the misadventures of young panda Pan Taron and his giant robot Panda-Z, as they battle Skull Panda and his evil Warunimal forces. We start running on the field. Check ignition! And power on! Story: N/A Well, there is no story. Panda-Z, which runs at five minutes per episode, just has robots throwing hammers and missiles at each other, which is pretty hilarious if you follow giant robot anime. Animation: B+ It's normal not to expect quality from a parody title. Panda-Z, on the other hand, is very well-animated with some outstanding 3D effects on the opening sequence. Sure as hell beats SD Gundam Force. Soundtrack: A- Hironobu Kageyama and JAM Project supply a headbanging opening theme and just one hard rock BGM track per episode. Cast NONE. This is a silent anime. DVD Extras: A- (Robonimal Edition) For $15.99 at Best Buy, you get five episodes on one disc plus a collectible Panda-Z Posing Mini Figure. Included in the DVD are the clean opening sequence and a full 3D animated short not seen on TV. The Bottom Line Mazinger fans will love this short parody. Other anime fans should check this out as well. Links Official Panda-Z Homepage (Japanese) Go!! Panda-Z! Defender of Peace and Justice! Reference Anime News Network Edited September 28, 2005 by areaseven Quote
Graham Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 I'd love to see this. The toys are really cute. Graham Quote
ogami Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 I hope they will put Panda-Z in Super Robot Wars... Quote
areaseven Posted April 22, 2004 Author Posted April 22, 2004 Cowgaigar was the coolest This I gotta see... Quote
Vinny Posted April 22, 2004 Posted April 22, 2004 Cowgaigar is the cow robot from Panda Z. I don't know if it's an official name or just something us fans decided to name him. Quote
JELEINEN Posted April 22, 2004 Posted April 22, 2004 That show is awesome! I love animated shorts. Quote
areaseven Posted April 24, 2004 Author Posted April 24, 2004 LMAO! The battery episode was too much. Can't wait for the next episode. Quote
JELEINEN Posted April 25, 2004 Posted April 25, 2004 LMAO! The battery episode was too much. Can't wait for the next episode. Batteries are not food. Quote
areaseven Posted May 1, 2004 Author Posted May 1, 2004 Episode 3 is now available online courtesy of Anime-in-Action and Anime-Classic. Watch as Panda-Z demonstrates the full potential of its Rocket Punch! http://anime-classic.edwardk.info/ Quote
JELEINEN Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 Still lovin' Panda Z. Hey A7, as you appear to be a fellow fan of the weird short feature anime, have you checked out Pugyuru yet? Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 so is this where MTV got it's intro and outro to it's afternoon shows? Looks exactly like it except it has the pink bunny driving that panda. Quote
Otaku-Smeghead Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 I cant read Japanese to save my life (read not at all) where do I click to watch the shorts? Quote
areaseven Posted May 1, 2004 Author Posted May 1, 2004 Still lovin' Panda Z.Hey A7, as you appear to be a fellow fan of the weird short feature anime, have you checked out Pugyuru yet? Not yet. Quote
UN Spacy Posted May 1, 2004 Posted May 1, 2004 Hahahaha. Thanks for the links A7. I just saw the third episode. I wonder how long he's gonna be there........armless. Quote
areaseven Posted May 3, 2004 Author Posted May 3, 2004 I just saw the third episode. I wonder how long he's gonna be there........armless. Probably until the next episode or so... Quote
Solscud007 Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 I couldnt find a pick of Cowgaigar. Can you link it? Quote
areaseven Posted May 3, 2004 Author Posted May 3, 2004 I couldnt find a pick of Cowgaigar. Can you link it? The robot is actually called Super Moo Jumbo. Quote
Otaku-Smeghead Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 Nick if you look at the Panda Z Jpeg in the First post of this thread the Cow Robot is in the upper left in yellow Quote
areaseven Posted May 3, 2004 Author Posted May 3, 2004 Nick if you look at the Panda Z Jpeg in the First post of this thread the Cow Robot is in the upper left in yellow That's not the robot. That's just the guy that controls Super Moo Jumbo. Quote
areaseven Posted July 31, 2004 Author Posted July 31, 2004 So far, 15 episodes have been fansubbed. The funny thing is that Panda-Z itself only appears on four of those episodes. Everything else is just a rehash of an episode. Regardless of which, the series is still funny as hell. Quote
areaseven Posted February 20, 2005 Author Posted February 20, 2005 Good news: Bandai Entertainment announced that they have licensed Panda-Z for the U.S. market. Bad news: Don't know how many episodes they'll put on each disc. Quote
JB0 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 Good news: Bandai Entertainment announced that they have licensed Panda-Z for the U.S. market.Bad news: Don't know how many episodes they'll put on each disc. THREE EPSIODSE PER DISK! TWENTY BUCKS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES! Quote
areaseven Posted February 20, 2005 Author Posted February 20, 2005 THREE EPSIODSE PER DISK! TWENTY BUCKS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES! At least that beats ADV's two episodes per Gantz DVD. Quote
JELEINEN Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 THREE EPSIODSE PER DISK! TWENTY BUCKS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES! At least that beats ADV's two episodes per Gantz DVD. Episode-wise, but not length. Gantz has full length episodes. Either way, someone at both companies needs to be shot for this sort of decision. Quote
JB0 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 ... I was joking. Do not take what I said as fact. Quote
JELEINEN Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 Ah. You should put a smiley up when you do that, otherwise it's really hard to tell just from text. Quote
JB0 Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 Ah. You should put a smiley up when you do that, otherwise it's really hard to tell just from text. Well, it was absurd enough that I thought it was obvious. I forget how bad the industry is sometimes. Quote
areaseven Posted September 28, 2005 Author Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) Well, JB0 was almost right on the money when it came to how many episodes per disc. Bandai Entertainment's release has 5 episodes per volume. And why is it rated 14-Up? Edited September 28, 2005 by areaseven Quote
Jemstone Posted September 28, 2005 Posted September 28, 2005 Well, JB0 was almost right on the money when it came to how many episodes per disc. Bandai Entertainment's release has 5 episodes per volume.And why is it rated 14-Up? Because cute cuddly bears with wings and death rays are scary to everyone 13 and under!! Quote
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