Panda Zetto: The Robonimation (2004– ) User Reviews

Cute parody of Mazinger Z

[Rectangular_businessman · 7/10 · 7 March 2012]

Even when "Panda Z" isn't incredibly deep or when it doesn't have a spectacular animation style, it is still something quite enjoyable to watch, specially for the viewers that used to watch anime series such as "Mazinger Z" (Also know as "Tranzor Z") "Getter Robo" or anything similar.

I actually like a lot the simplistic animation style (That resembles several of the creations from Sanrio) The stories are cute, enjoyable and light-hearted without being extraordinary.

Anyway,I think that "Panda Z" works very well as an affectionate parody of the super-robot series from the 70's. Worth a look, at least.

Gimme a panda with extra cute and extra funny.

[schizosmurf · 27 December 2005]

Panda-Z is not my normal style of show to watch but something about it caught my eye. I've only seen the first 5 episodes so far (each 5 minutes long, including opening and closing credits), but I'm hooked already. Normally I'm into action anime shows like InuYasha or Bleach but no one can resist the cuteness of Pan Taron and his giant robot Panda-Z as they battle the evil Skull Panda and his Warunimal forces. The show is like the old silent movies, where you watch the movie only sound effects and music and any dialog is displayed in the flash card style between scenes. So there's no issue of dubbed vs. subbed here, you either read it in Japanese or read it in English. ;) A few sites I've looked at have given this show an age rating around the 13 year old mark. After watching the first 5 episodes I saw nothing that seemed worthy of anything more than PG IMHO. Maybe there is something in future episodes that warrant this rating, I don't know. DVD's run about about $13 per volume and Volume 1 is also available packaged with a Panda-Z toy for around $20 I think. Anyways, I think this show is definitely worth checking out and maybe even worth buying on DVD.