

Polar Bear Cafe
2012-04-05 · 12 min / episode · ★ 7.8
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 a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a part-time position with his faithful customer Penguin. Panda applies for the job but fails the interview, with the job instead going to a human girl named Sasako. However, the others soon point Panda towards a part-time job at a nearby zoo.
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Takahiro SakuraiPolar Bear (voice)
Jun FukuyamaPanda (voice)
Hiroshi KamiyaPenguin (voice)
Yuichi NakamuraGrizzly (voice)
Daisuke OnoLlama (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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