Panda-Z

Panda-Z
File:Pz01.gif The above image is of Pan Taron.
Genre	Comedy
Anime
Directed by	Mamoru Kanbe
Studio	Bandai Visual

Panda-Z: The Robonimation (パンダーゼット 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.

Songs in Panda-Z

• "VOYAGER" by the JAM PROJECT

List of Pan-Taron's Robonimal friends

• Dr. Panji - Taron's grandfather and the director of the laboratory. He is a researcher at the mysterious "Super P-Z" and an authority on Robonimal engineering. He created the Panda-Z along with Taron's father. But outside of that, he is just a kind grandfather, who loves his grandson very much.
• Rabina - A kindhearted girl that everyone adores. She dreams of becoming a great nurse someday. She has a cheerful, kind personality and also has a strong sense of responsibility.
• Denwan - He is something of a leader in Taron's group of friends. He is dependable, but sometimes, he gets ahead of himself and ends up failing. His dream is to become a great public Denwan someday.
• Eteckee - He is a brilliant and talented scholar. Sometimes, he can be timid and a bit of a scaredy-cat, but he dreams of becoming a researcher at the Panda-Z Lab someday.
• Hamu Ichiro, Hamu Jiro - They are the mechanical team at the lab. They are both incredible mechanics and Panda-Z's feats are often made possible thanks to these two.

List of Warunimal enemies

• Moogyuu - cow-like appearance