Two short films by the Studio Ghibli principles made in 1972/1973 and now released as Panda! Go, Panda! on DVD in US. My 5 year old loves this film. It had a good (not flawless) transition and the colors are all very bright and happy. The two films are shown without break one after the other for a total showing time of about 70 minutes.
The humor is rich and comes through the English dub well. There is a gratuitous amount of panty flashing for some Japanese reason. Although it doesn't take away from the cute an family friendliness of the film. Its aged only by a brief show of tobacco and the occasional 70's soundtrack.
Overall a very enjoyable film more geared towards youngsters. I would count this a Studio Ghibli film even though it predates the company by 13 years. It lacks the high moral message of some of their films but rings true to films it inspired, most obviously Totoro.
3/4 stars
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