S01E01 Welcome to Polar Bear's Café
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...
Polar Bear Cafe
S01E24: Panda's Advice Room for Troubles
Handa once again questions his love life once but finds some peace during his first visit to the Polar Bear's Café.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Panda-kun's Employment
Penguin point Panda towards a part-time job at a petting zoo, where he works with a full-time panda entertaining school children.
S01E03 Everyone's Café
Panda, Penguin and Llama come up with ideas for if they ran their own café.
S01E04 The Café's Flower Viewing Party
Everyone goes to a flower viewing party where Penguin gets very drunk and goes on about a penguin he likes.
S01E05 Polar Bear at the Zoo
Polar Bear and Penguin come to the zoo Panda works at, where they have trouble catching Panda when he's awake and visiting the other attractions.
S01E06 Panda's Anguish
Panda and the other animals discuss the problems they face doing their jobs.
S01E07 Obsessed with Smartphones
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...
S01E08 Super Fun Driving Lesson
Wanting to learn some driving techniques, Penguin joins Polar Bear and Panda on a drive.
S01E09 Panda Gets Enthusiastic
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...
S01E10 Everyone's Parfait
Polar Bear decides to do a parfait fair and tries to come up with some special parfaits to serve.
S01E11 Panda's Diet
Following an incident at work, Panda feels he is overweight and decides to go on a diet.
S01E12 Strive for It! Wild Panda
Panda decides he needs to get in touch with his wild side, so Polar Bear takes him to meet his childhood friend, Grizzly, who runs a bar.
S01E13 Mr Handa's Remodeling Plan
Feeling he could do with being more popular, Panda decides to give Handa a makeover, although it ends up turning into a day out with Handa paying for everything.
S01E14 The Great Love Love Driving Operation
Having received his driving license, Penguin is tested by Polar Bear to try and achieve his 'dating license.'
S01E15 A Magazine Interview Comes By
Polar Bear is interviewed about his café by a magazine headed up by the editor who is a Shoebill.
S01E16 Salmon Hunter: Mr. Grizzly
Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly to catch some ingredients.
S01E17 Rin Rin Deeply Moved! Panda's House!
Rintaro gets excited when he gets to make a delivery to Panda's house and meet his family.
S01E18 Mr. Penguin's Confession
The others try to support Penguin as he tries to work up the courage to confess to Penko.
S01E19 Mr. Handa's Blind Date?
Thanks to Panda's interference, Handa is set up by his fellow employee, Kirino, to go on a mixer to meet some girls.
S01E20 Mr. Handa's Blind Date!
When one of the guys cancels, Panda and Polar Bear fill in for the guy's side. However, the girls become more interested in Panda than they are in Handa.
S01E21 Mr. Penguin's Broken Heart
Penguin gets heartbroken when he assumes Penko is dating Tortoise.
S01E22 Panda's Night Out
Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly on a night out, visiting a batting center and a public bath.
S01E23 Panda, Tired of Boredom
Panda and the Full-time Panda attempt to distract themselves during a boring and rainy day at the zoo, much to Handa's chagrin.
S01E24 Panda's Advice Room for Troubles
Handa once again questions his love life once but finds some peace during his first visit to the Polar Bear's Café.
S01E25 Tanabata Decorations
As the café prepares for a Tanabata party, everyone has trouble deciding what they should wish for.
S01E26 Panda's Wish
Noticing Handa seems to have a crush on Sasako, Panda tries to help him work up his confidence.
S01E27 Enthusiastic Polar Bear
As Panda laments having nothing to due whilst Polar Bear wishes he had more free time, Polar Bear takes Panda's place at the zoo pretending to be a panda, proving to be a hit.
S01E29 Weeding in the Summer
The backyard of the Polar Bear's Café needs weeding, but Penguin seems to be the only one taking things seriously.
S01E30 Mr. Penguin's Romance
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...
S01E31 Mr. Grizzly Goes On an Adventure
As the café starts serving a shaved ice dessert called "Polar Bear", Grizzly gets the wrong idea and believes Polar Bear had been eaten by otters.
S01E32 A Strange Restaurant
A salaryman from another town arrives at the Polar Bear's Café for the first time and is astounded by the various customers.
S01E33 Let's Go Camping!
Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin and Grizzly go on a camping trip together, where Penguin and Grizzly find they have a lot in common whilst trying to keep Polar Bear and Panda in check.
S01E34 Rin Rin and the High School Girl
A high school girl is asked by Rintarou to accompany him to the zoo, believing it to be a date, only to find he just wanted someone to talk about how cute Panda is.
S01E35 The Cafe's Ghost Stories
The café decides to hold a night of telling ghost stories, much to an easily-frighted Handa's dismay.
S01E36 Panda Runs Away from Home
Panda decides to run away from home when his mother decides to lump his birthday celebration with his siblings.
S01E37 There Are Many Kinds of Penguins
As Penguin joins the gang to the pool along with his nephew, he ends up having to deal with an easily irritated king penguin and the Penko sisters.
S01E38 What Is Baisen!?
After becoming amazed by the taste of the Polar Bear's Café brand of black coffee, a man named Misaki decides to become the pupil of a tree kangaroo in order to learn how to roast...
S01E39 The Ideal Single Life
Panda imagines a dream life living on his own. After struggling to find a place that meets his expectations, Panda, along with Penguin, check out where the other animals live.
S01E40 Summer Festival
Polar Bear and Grizzly run a stand together at a summer festival, joined by a relative of Panda's, Lesser Panda. After selling everything, the gang enjoy the sights of the festival.
S01E41 Panda Is No Longer a Panda
Panda is reassigned to one part of the zoo after another — even serving as a zookeeper.
S01E42 Mei Mei's Prince
Panda's sister Mei Mei goes on about her crush on Mr Handa. However, after seeing Handa and Ms Badger at a realty office, Panda believes that the two are getting married.
S01E43 Sales Penguin
The trio of Pygoscelis penguins from the water park try to figure out how to sell their excess of penguin cards, eventually settling on creating a concentration game with them, which becomes a hit.
S01E44 Mr. Penguin's Picnic
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...
S01E45 Mr. Handa's Discussion
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...
S01E46 Panda Mama's Daily Life
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...
S01E47 Panda's Apprenticeship
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...
S01E48 A Sports Day Filled with Animals
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...
S01E49 Mr. Penguin's Hobbies
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...
S01E50 Their Childhood Days
As Polar Bear gets Grizzly to help out with a few things, he tells about how they first met.
S01E51 The New Panda
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...
S01E52 Reunion at the Grizzly Bar
At the Grizzly Bar, a Tiger, Wolf and Lion have a little reunion. As they lament how they've lost their youth, Polar Bear, who used to be a rap artist, gives them a surprise performance...
S01E53 Animal Field Baseball
The zoo animals from the Polar Bear's Cafe and the wild animals from Grizzly's bar face off against each other in a baseball match.
S01E54 What's Jacu Coffee!?
The Red Squirrels teach Misaki about how coffee changes taste depending on how much it has been roasted.
S01E55 Panda's Apology
Polar Bear attempts to fill in for Panda but is questioned by the police. As way of apologise, Panda decides to give Polar Bear a day off by working at the cafe, though it's not...
S01E56 RinRin Is Invited
RinRin is invited out drinking by Full Time Panda, who is curious as to why he considers Panda to be cute but not him.
S01E57 Panda's New Part Time Job
Panda goes through various part time jobs, including a car dealership, a stock marketer and a lecturer, where he somehow manages to make the respective companies successful and even become a CEO.
S01E58 Mr. Penguin Goes Flying
Penguin has aspirations of flight so the others try various attempts to get him airborne.
S01E59 Halloween
Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin go trick or treating on Halloween, getting some curious treats from the homes they visit.
S01E60 Llama Day
Tired of being passed over all the time, Llama suggests the zoo should hold a Llama Day. However, the animals struggle with coming up with ideas to make Llama more appealing.
S01E61 Mr. Penguin's Dilemma!
As Penguin is put under the pressure to choose one of the Penko sisters, Llama helps him to differentiate between them, but this soon backfires.
S01E62 Idol: Yama Arashi!
Panda Mama goes with King Penguin Mama to a concert by porcupine pop group Yama Arashi.
S01E63 The Café Garden
Polar Bear takes the others to see the café's garden where all the ingredients are grown.
S01E64 Sales Penguin's Sales
The sales penguins attempt to pitch their penguin trading card game to Handa so they can sell it in the zoo's shop, even suggesting they hold a penguin themed hero show to attract customers.
S01E65 Panda Corner's Contest / Coffee Roaster Masaki
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...
S01E66 Panda Corner's Project
S01E67 Wolf's Occupation Change
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...
S01E68 Mr Penguin's New Love
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...
S01E69 Sloth Wants to Work
Sloth starts working part-time at the cafe, though it doesn't prove easy with his speed.
S01E70 Mr. Handa's Present
Handa asks for Polar Bear and Lesser Panda's help in figuring out what to get Sasako for Christmas.
S01E71 Grizzly's Hibernation Preparations!
The pandas look for ways to hibernate at the zoo, but Handa calls them out on it. Grizzly takes Polar Bear shopping for a pillow to sleep on during hibernation.
S01E72 Grizzly's Hibernation!
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...
S01E73 Christmas Planning
Panda wonders whether he'll get a present for Christmas — until Rin Rin shows up with a knitted pochette for Panda, which the latter accepts reluctantly.
S01E74 Christmas Trouble
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...
S01E75 Big Cleaning at the Café
Polar Bear ropes in everyone to do some spring cleaning around the cafe before Panda-Mama brings a salmon for everyone to have hotpot.
S01E76 For Whom Does the Bell Toll?
Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin, Sasako and Llama spend New Year's Eve together, where they reminisce about the past year. They are soon joined by the other animals to see the New Year in.
S01E77 The Animals' Hidden Talent Competition
As the New Year rolls in, the Polar Bear's Cafe holds a hidden talent contest.
S01E78 New Year's Guest
Penguin comes to visit Panda's home whilst the cafe is closed, which doesn't please Panda very much.
S01E79 The Hammock Sea
Polar Bear sets up a hammock in his garden and invites Panda and Penguin to laze around with him.
S01E80 Panda Mama's Gardening
After Panda upsets Panda-Mama by eating her tulips, he tries and find something to replace them.
S01E81 Scattering Beans with Everyone
The café holds a Setsubun event, where everyone takes turns being the ogre.
S01E82 The Café in the Afternoon
Sasako and Llama reminisce about their elementary school days.
S01E83 Polar Bear's Insomnia
The gang try and help Polar Bear as he has trouble sleeping due to insomnia.
S01E84 Mr. Grizzly' First Love
Polar Bear and Grizzly think back to their high school days, where Grizzly had a crush on a girl Grizzly named Tsukiko.
S01E85 Pun Café
Fed up with Polar Bear's annoying puns, Grizzly and Penguin try to get everyone in town to beat Polar Bear at his own game.
S01E86 The Secret to Delicious Coffee
Masaki is told how coffee can taste different depending on how it's prepared, and wonders if he can win over the Red Squirrels with advice from Polar Bear.
S01E87 Mr. Full-Time Panda, Mr. Llama and Rin Rin
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...
S01E88 The Everyday Zoo
Panda is shocked to learn that Full-Time Panda has been transferred to a zoo in Singapore. He agrees to work full time until another panda is hired, causing some worry amongst his friends.
S01E89 The Zoo in the Rain
When a Valentine's couple end up insulting Panda after two weeks of straight work, Penguin stands up against them. Panda soon cheers up after a new part-time panda is found and gives his thanks to...
S01E90 Rin Rin and Mei Mei's Super Exciting Plan
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...
S01E91 Smelt Fishing
Polar Bear and the others go to the frozen lakes to do some smelt fishing, though soon get distracted. After Grizzly helps to catch a whole bunch, Polar Bear sets up an igloo cafe to...
S01E92 Doll Festival
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...
S01E93 The Animal Doctor
Polar Bear develops a fever and goes to the animal hospital for some medicine. Panda and Penguin decide to come over to look after him, only to end up catching fevers themselves.
S01E94 South Pole Squad Penguinger
The Pygoscelis Penguins are approached by a TV studio to do a televised version of South Pole Squad Penginger alongside Yama Arashi, with some of the other animals making cameos.
S01E95 Even More, What Is Roasting?
Polar Bear teaches Masaki how a coffee's richness differs based on how it is prepared. He later learns Tree Kangaroo will let him start roasting his own coffee beans.
S01E96 Sloth's Trip
Panda and the others end up joining Sloth on a long walk to the hot springs, wanting to get their on his own two feet.
S01E99 Mr. Grizzly's Reunion
Grizzly is visited by his mother, who embarrasses him a little when she starts serving home cooking in his bar. After trying it for himself, however, it soon turns out to be a big hit.
S01E100 Mr. Llama's Time Capsule
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...
S01E101 Mr. Peguin's Secret
Panda becomes curious about what Penguin does when he's not at the cafe.
S01E102 Cherry Blossom Viewing in Spring
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...
Cast
Takahiro Sakurai
Polar Bear (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Panda (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya
Penguin (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Grizzly (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Llama (voice)
