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Polar Bear Cafe

Polar Bear Cafe

20127.81 Season102 EpisodesEnded

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.

Created by Toru Hosokawa
Written by Toru Hosokawa, Aloha Higa
Produced by Tomokazu Iizumi, Shoji Matsui
NetworksTV OsakaTV AichiTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Polar Bear (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Panda (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Penguin (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Grizzly (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Llama (voice)

Themes & Keywords

coffeepenguinbased on mangacafeanimeflowers monthlybearsiyashikei

About Polar Bear Cafe

Polar Bear Cafe is a animation, comedy series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of coffee, penguin, based on manga, cafe, anime, flowers monthly. Created by Toru Hosokawa, it stars Takahiro Sakurai, Jun Fukuyama, Hiroshi Kamiya. 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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