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Pushed by his mother to stop lazing around the house, a Panda searches for a part-time job but has troubling finding one to accommodate his laziness. He soon stumbles upon the Shirokuma Cafe, run by
Season 1
9.0/101 votesWelcome to Polar Bear's Café
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2012
Pushed by his mother to stop lazing around the house, a Panda searches for a part-time job but has troubling finding one to accommodate his laziness. He soon stumbles upon the Polar Bear Café, run by a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a part-time position with his faithful customer Penguin.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Obsessed with Smartphones
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/2012
After seeing everyone with smartphones, Panda convinces his mother to buy him one, only for him to soon break the panda cover it had. Polar Bear cheers Panda up by making him an origami panda cover, only for him to end breaking the actual phone.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Panda Gets Enthusiastic
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2012
As Panda has to fill in for the full-time panda for a week, he is forced to ride packed trains for work. He cheers up and becomes more energetic when he starts receiving flowers from a supposed fan named Rin-Rin, only to later learn it was the male flower shop owner, Rintaro Hayashi.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Mr. Penguin's Romance
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 7/12/2012
Penguin finally works up the courage to confess to Penko, asking her out every day for a week. However, it turns out he inadvertently asked out seven identical girl penguins, leading to disaster when they all show up on the day.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Mr. Penguin's Picnic
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 8/30/2012
Penguin ends up having to date all the Penko sisters equally, but still has trouble telling them apart. Sasako suggests he give the sisters differently colored ribbons to better identify them, but it backfires when they decide to trade them with each other.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Mr. Handa's Discussion
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 9/6/2012
Mr Handa meets up with Polar Bear to ask his advice on how to ask Sasako out, but Polar Bear seems to be more interested in the food where the meeting takes place. Meanwhile, Sasako winds up serving several good-looking men who come into the café, which worries Panda and Penguin.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Panda Mama's Daily Life
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 9/6/2012
Panda Mama goes to buy walnuts and learns the trick of stuffing the bag full from Mama Red Squirrel, and then endures a lecture from King Penguin Mama on how to eat at an all-you-can-eat cake buffet. The group then decides to eat at Polar Bear's Café, where they end up taxing his sanity.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Panda's Apprenticeship
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 9/13/2012
Panda decides he wants to become someone's apprentice but is rather picky about who his master is. He eventually settles on becoming Sloth's apprentice, but quits due to not being able match his levels of laziness.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
A Sports Day Filled with Animals
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 9/13/2012
Polar Bear abruptly tasks Sasako with being the emcee of a sport competition for animals (in which Handa is the only human participant), while Panda Mama and Mama Red Squirrel quarrel over how to prepare rice balls.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Mr. Penguin's Hobbies
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 9/20/2012
Penguin puts on an art exhibition, although none of the paintings are original and go unappreciated by the customers. After Polar Bear and Panda see the exhibit, they and Penguin discuss what hobbies they and other café regulars have.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
The New Panda
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 9/27/2012
As Full Time Panda takes on a side job, he starts to worry when he learns a temp Panda will be coming to the zoo, feeling he might be replaced. As Temp Panda arrives and acts rather sternly towards the other pandas, a ballot is held as to who should be the central panda.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
- 8.0/101 votes
- 8.0/101 votes
Panda Corner's Contest / Coffee Roaster Masaki
Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 11/15/2012
Panda becomes depressed as the penguin hero show appears to take customers away from the panda corner. Rin-Rin suggests to Panda that the zoo put on a photo contest to attract more customers. Meanwhile, Masaki has a go at roasting coffee, learning the meaning behind hand picking coffee beans. Despite some initial interest in the photo contest, the panda corner is still overshadowed by the penguin show, which Penguin also participates in. Thus Polar Bear suggests the Panda family put on their own performance, which proves to be a big hit.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/101 votes
Wolf's Occupation Change
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 11/22/2012
Wolf ends up quitting his job at a bakery, so Tiger recruits him for his sweets shops. After Wolf hears about a position at a famous bakery from Panda-Mama, Tiger encourages Wolf to go for it, and he manages to get the job.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Mr Penguin's New Love
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 11/22/2012
The gang hear from Llama that Penguin has been visiting the neighbouring town's Brown Bear Cafe. As Polar Bear decides to check it out, he learns Penguin has gained a crush on the waitress penguin there, deciding not to come to Polar Bear's Cafe until he works up the courage to ask her out.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Grizzly's Hibernation!
Season 1 Episode 72 - Aired 12/6/2012
When Grizzly does get to hibernate, he is rudely interrupted by Polar Bear, who takes him to the driving range. When Panda and Penguin turn up, Grizzly, cranky from lack of sleep, takes them all out to a hot pot bistro.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Christmas Trouble
Season 1 Episode 74 - Aired 12/13/2012
Penguin, eager to show off his storytelling, tries in vain to find a party to appear at before deciding on Bar the Grizzly. Panda and Mei Mei argue over whose picture should be sent to Handa as a Christmas present, and Llama and Alpaca use their wool to create scarves and other garments.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Mr. Full-Time Panda, Mr. Llama and Rin Rin
Season 1 Episode 87 - Aired 2/7/2013
Affter a long day at work, Mr. Full-time Panda and Mr. Llama decide to have a few drinks. They later invite Rin Rin, who takes the drunk Panda and Llama to Grizzly's bar, where everyone there gets drunk into the morning.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
- N/A/100 votes
Rin Rin and Mei Mei's Super Exciting Plan
Season 1 Episode 90 - Aired 2/21/2013
Rin Rin and Mei Mei find they have some common interests and work together to think of a plan to get closer to Panda and Handa. However, Rin Rin ends up catching a fever, so Mei Mei decides to instead look after him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
- N/A/100 votes
Doll Festival
Season 1 Episode 92 - Aired 2/28/2013
The younger penguins set up a display for Hina Matsuri, which goes a little awry when the cafe-goers make their own contributions. Grizzly is called in to help them set it up, only to realize that, besides Sasako, there are no girls around to celebrate it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Mr. Llama's Time Capsule
Season 1 Episode 100 - Aired 3/21/2013
Llama, Sasako and the others visit their hometown to find a time capsule Llama buried five years ago. Upon arriving, however, they discover the tree he buried it under is in the middle of a private property.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Cherry Blossom Viewing in Spring
Season 1 Episode 102 - Aired 3/28/2013
Polar Bear becomes downhearted when Penguin expresses interest in moving house, though feels relieved once he hears he just intends to renew his apartment lease. Afterwards, everyone gathers around to have a cherry blossom viewing party, looking back on the year they've spent together.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown