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Taotao ehonkan sekai doubutsu-banashi

  • TV Series
  • 1983– 1983–
  • 30m
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Taotao ehonkan sekai doubutsu-banashi (1983)
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Taotao has adventures with his animal friends and listens to the stories of his mother, the mother panda.Taotao has adventures with his animal friends and listens to the stories of his mother, the mother panda.Taotao has adventures with his animal friends and listens to the stories of his mother, the mother panda.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
286
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
54,449
117,672
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    • Stars
      • Tôru Furuya
      • Minori Matsushima
      • Tarako
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      • Tôru Furuya
      • Minori Matsushima
      • Tarako
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    • 2User reviews
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  • Episodes52

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    Tôru Furuya
    Tôru Furuya
    • Beaver
    10 episodes10 eps • 1983
    Minori Matsushima
    • Kiki
    10 episodes10 eps • 1983
    Tarako
    • Tao Tao
    10 episodes10 eps • 1983
    Taeko Nakanishi
    • Tao Tao's mother
    10 episodes10 eps • 1983
    Serge Olivier
    • Tao Tao (Quebec)
    10 episodes10 eps • 1983
    Nicole Fontaine
    • Tao Tao's mother (Quebec)
    7 episodes7 eps • 1983
    Nicole Fontaine
    • Tao Tao's mother (Quebec)
    3 episodes3 eps • 1983
    Manou Lubowski
    Manou Lubowski
    • Tao Tao (voice: German version)
    Doris Jensen
    • Mother Panda (voice: German version)
    Christian Bey
    • Tao Tao in early episodes (voice: German version)
    Mark Stephan
    • Kiki (voice: German version)
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      The series was also broadcast in Albania in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Meanwhile, Albania's communist prime minister Adil Çarçani was informally referred to as Tao Tao by the Albanian dissidents during the protests leading to the fall of communism in Albania.
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      Taotao
      Performed by Erica Maria Bruhn

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    TaoTao is a Japanese animated series from 1983 and a movie, dealing with the life of the male panda TaoTao.
    TaoTao is a Japanese animated series from 1983 (I believe), with 52 Episodes and a movie. Though I must confess I always thought the series would be Chinese. The movie was aired first and deals with the entire life of the male panda TaoTao, from his birth over tragic events in his youth till his adulthood.

    The TaoTao series takes place completely in TaoTao's childhood. In actually every of the 52 episodes mother panda has got a special story to tell her son and his friends, which suits a topical situation. Those stories base on famous tales taken from all over the world. It appears to be overly moral at times.

    The main characters are of course TaoTao, his mother, TaoTao's best friend , the ape Kiki and various other animals appearing more or less regularly.

    The animation style varies slightly from movie to series (whereas the series might be considered to have a more cute design)and proofs to be rather... "special" and not everybody's taste.
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      • October 7, 1983 (Japan)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • Japan
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      • Tao Tao
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      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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      30 minutes

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