How many seasons does Polar Bear Cafe have?

Polar Bear Cafe has 1 season with 102 episodes in total.

Is Polar Bear Cafe still on the air?

Polar Bear Cafe has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs Polar Bear Cafe?

Polar Bear Cafe airs on TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Tokyo.

When did Polar Bear Cafe first air?

Polar Bear Cafe first aired on April 5, 2012.

Polar Bear Cafe (2012) — 1 Season

Name: Polar Bear Cafe
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Takahiro Sakurai, Jun Fukuyama, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuichi Nakamura, Daisuke Ono

S1 · E1

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Welcome to Polar Bear's Café✓

Apr 5, 2012★ 9.0

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 Polar Bear Café, a café run by a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a part-time position with his faithful customer Penguin.

S1 · E2

12m

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Panda-kun's Employment✓

Apr 5, 2012★ 9.0

Panda applies for the job but fails the interview, with the job going to a human girl named Sasako instead. However, the others soon point Panda towards a part-time job at a nearby zoo.

S1 · E3

12m

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Everyone's Café✓

Apr 12, 2012★ 7.0

Panda, Penguin and Llama come up with ideas for if they ran their own café.

S1 · E4

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The Café's Flower Viewing Party✓

Apr 12, 2012★ 7.0

Everyone goes to a flower viewing party and Penguin gets very drunk.

S1 · E5

12m

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Polar Bear at the Zoo✓

Apr 19, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear and Penguin come to the zoo Panda works at, where they have trouble catching Panda when he's awake and visit the other attractions.

S1 · E6

12m

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Panda's Anguish✓

Apr 19, 2012★ 8.0

Panda and the other animals discuss the problems they face doing their jobs.

S1 · E7

12m

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Obsessed with Smartphones✓

Apr 26, 2012★ 8.0

After seeing everyone with smartphones, Panda convinces his mother to buy him one, only for him to soon break the panda cover it had.

S1 · E8

12m

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Super Fun Driving Lesson✓

Apr 26, 2012★ 8.0

Wanting to learn some driving techniques, Penguin joins Polar Bear and Panda on a drive.

S1 · E9

12m

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Panda Gets Enthusiastic✓

May 3, 2012★ 8.0

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 a supposed fan named Rin Rin.

S1 · E10

12m

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Everyone's Parfait✓

May 3, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear decides to do a parfait fair, and tries to come up with special parfaits to serve.

S1 · E11

12m

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Panda's Diet✓

May 10, 2012★ 8.0

Following an incident at work, Panda feels he is overweight and decides to go on a diet.

S1 · E12

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Strive for It! Wild Panda✓

May 10, 2012★ 8.0

Panda decides he needs to get in touch with his wild side, so Polar Bear takes him to meet his childhood friend Grizzly.

S1 · E13

12m

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Mr Handa's Remodeling Plan✓

May 17, 2012★ 8.0

Feeling he could do with being more popular, Panda decides to give Handa a makeover.

S1 · E14

12m

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The Great Love Love Driving Operation✓

May 17, 2012★ 8.0

Having received his driving license, Penguin is tested by Polar Bear to try and achieve his 'dating license.'

S1 · E15

12m

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A Magazine Interview Comes By✓

May 24, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear is interviewed about his café by a magazine and its editor, who is a shoebill.

S1 · E16

12m

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Salmon Hunter: Mr. Grizzly✓

May 24, 2012★ 8.0

Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly to catch some ingredients.

S1 · E17

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Rin Rin Deeply Moved! Panda's House!✓

May 31, 2012★ 8.0

Rin Rin gets excited when he gets to make a delivery to Panda's house and meet his family.

S1 · E18

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Mr. Penguin's Confession✓

May 31, 2012★ 8.0

The others try to support Penguin as he tries to work up the courage to confess to Penko.

S1 · E19

12m

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Mr. Handa's Blind Date?✓

Jun 7, 2012★ 8.0

Thanks to Panda's interference, Handa is set up by his fellow employee, Kirino, to go on a mixer to meet some girls.

S1 · E20

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Mr. Handa's Blind Date!✓

Jun 7, 2012★ 8.0

When one of the guys cancels, Panda and Polar Bear fill in for the guy's side.

S1 · E21

12m

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Mr. Penguin's Broken Heart✓

Jun 14, 2012★ 8.0

Penguin gets heartbroken when he assumes Penko is dating Tortoise.

S1 · E22

12m

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Panda's Night Out✓

Jun 14, 2012★ 7.0

Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly on a night out, visiting a batting center and a public bath.

S1 · E23

12m

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Panda, Tired of Boredom✓

Jun 21, 2012★ 9.0

Panda and Full Time Panda attempt to distract themselves during a boring and rainy day at the zoo, much to Handa's chagrin.

S1 · E24

12m

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Panda's Advice Room for Troubles✓

Jun 21, 2012★ 9.0

Handa once again questions his love life, but finds some peace during his first visit to Polar Bear Café.

S1 · E25

12m

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Tanabata Decorations✓

Jun 28, 2012★ 9.0

As the café prepares for a Tanabata party, everyone has trouble deciding what they should wish for.

S1 · E26

12m

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Panda's Wish✓

Jun 28, 2012★ 9.0

Panda notices that Handa has a crush on Sasako, and tries to help him work up his confidence.

S1 · E27

12m

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Enthusiastic Polar Bear✓

Jul 5, 2012★ 8.0

As Panda laments having nothing to do and Polar Bear wishes he had more free time, Polar Bear gets the idea to take Panda's place at the zoo.

S1 · E28

12m

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Let's Go to the Beach!✓

Jul 5, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin take a trip to the beach.

S1 · E29

12m

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Weeding in the Summer✓

Jul 12, 2012★ 8.0

The backyard of Polar Bear Café needs weeding, but Penguin seems to be the only one taking things seriously.

S1 · E30

12m

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Mr. Penguin's Romance✓

Jul 12, 2012★ 8.0

Penguin finally works up the courage to confess to Penko, asking her out every day for a week.

S1 · E31

12m

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Mr. Grizzly Goes On an Adventure✓

Jul 19, 2012★ 9.0

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.

S1 · E32

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A Strange Restaurant✓

Jul 19, 2012★ 9.0

A salaryman from another town arrives at Polar Bear Café for the first time.

S1 · E33

12m

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Let's Go Camping!✓

Jul 26, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin and Grizzly go on a camping trip together, where Penguin and Grizzly find they have a lot in common.

S1 · E34

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Rin Rin and the High School Girl✓

Jul 26, 2012★ 8.0

Rin Rin, believing he has met another panda lover, asks a high school girl to accompany him to the zoo.

S1 · E35

12m

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The Café's Ghost Stories✓

Aug 2, 2012★ 8.0

The café decides to hold a night of telling ghost stories, much to an easily-frightened Handa's dismay.

S1 · E36

12m

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Panda Runs Away from Home✓

Aug 2, 2012★ 8.0

Panda decides to run away from home when his mother decides to lump his birthday celebration with his siblings.

S1 · E37

12m

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There Are Many Kinds of Penguins✓

Aug 9, 2012★ 8.0

As Penguin joins the gang to the pool along with his nephew, he ends up having to deal with an easily irritated King Penguin Mama and the Penko sisters.

S1 · E38

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What Is Baisen!?✓

Aug 9, 2012★ 8.0

After becoming amazed by the taste of the Polar Bear 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 coffee beans.

S1 · E39

12m

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The Ideal Single Life✓

Aug 16, 2012★ 8.0

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.

S1 · E40

12m

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Summer Festival✓

Aug 16, 2012★ 8.0

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.

S1 · E41

12m

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Panda Is No Longer a Panda✓

Aug 23, 2012★ 8.0

Panda is reassigned to one part of the zoo after another — even serving as a zookeeper.

S1 · E42

12m

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Mei Mei's Prince✓

Aug 23, 2012★ 8.0

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.

S1 · E43

12m

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Sales Penguin✓

Aug 30, 2012★ 8.0

The trio of Pygoscelis penguins from the water park try to figure out how to sell their excess of penguin cards.

S1 · E44

12m

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Mr. Penguin's Picnic✓

Aug 30, 2012★ 8.0

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.

S1 · E45

12m

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Mr. Handa's Discussion✓

Sep 6, 2012★ 8.0

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 winds up serving several good-looking men who come into the café, which worries Panda and Penguin.

S1 · E46

12m

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Panda Mama's Daily Life✓

Sep 6, 2012★ 8.0

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 cake buffet. The group then decides to eat at Polar Bear Café, where they end up taxing his sanity.

S1 · E47

12m

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Panda's Apprenticeship✓

Sep 13, 2012★ 8.0

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 to match his level of laziness.

S1 · E48

12m

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A Sports Day Filled with Animals✓

Sep 13, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear abruptly tasks Sasako with being the host 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 rice balls.

S1 · E49

12m

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Mr. Penguin's Hobbies✓

Sep 20, 2012★ 8.0

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 other café regulars have.

S1 · E50

12m

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Their Childhood Days✓

Sep 20, 2012★ 8.0

As Polar Bear gets Grizzly to help out with a few things, they remember how they first met.

S1 · E51

12m

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The New Panda✓

Sep 27, 2012★ 8.0

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 acts rather sternly towards the other pandas, a ballot is held as to who should be the central panda.

S1 · E52

12m

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Reunion at the Grizzly Bar✓

Sep 27, 2012★ 8.0

At Grizzly Bar, a Tiger, Wolf and Lion have a little reunion. As they lament how they've lost their youth, they are treated to a surprise performance by a legendary rapper.

S1 · E53

12m

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Animal Field Baseball✓

Oct 4, 2012★ 8.0

The zoo animals from Polar Bear Café and the wild animals from Grizzly Bar face off against each other in a baseball match.

S1 · E54

12m

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What's Jacu Coffee!?✓

Oct 4, 2012★ 8.0

The Red Squirrels teach Misaki about how coffee changes taste depending on how much it has been roasted.

S1 · E55

12m

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Panda's Apology✓

Oct 11, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear attempts to fill in for Panda but is questioned by the police. To apologize, Panda decides to give Polar Bear a day off by working at the café.

S1 · E56

12m

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RinRin Is Invited✓

Oct 11, 2012★ 8.0

Rin Rin is invited out drinking by Full Time Panda, who is curious as to why he considers Panda to be cute but not him.

S1 · E57

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Panda's New Part Time Job✓

Oct 18, 2012★ 8.0

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.

S1 · E58

12m

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Mr. Penguin Goes Flying✓

Oct 18, 2012★ 8.0

Penguin has aspirations of flight, and the others try to help him experience it for the first time.

S1 · E59

12m

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Halloween✓

Oct 25, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin go trick or treating on Halloween, getting some curious treats from the homes they visit.

S1 · E60

12m

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Llama Day✓

Oct 25, 2012★ 8.0

Tired of being passed over all the time, Llama suggests the zoo should hold a Llama Day. However, the animals struggle to come up with ideas to make it appealing.

S1 · E61

12m

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Mr. Penguin's Dilemma!✓

Nov 1, 2012★ 8.0

Penguin is pressured to choose one of the Penko sisters. Llama helps him differentiate between them, but this backfires.

S1 · E62

12m

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Idol: Yama Arashi!✓

Nov 1, 2012★ 8.0

Panda Mama goes with King Penguin Mama to a concert by porcupine pop group Yama Arashi.

S1 · E63

12m

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The Café Garden✓

Nov 8, 2012★ 8.0

Polar Bear takes the others to see the café's garden, where all the ingredients are grown.

S1 · E64

12m

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Sales Penguin's Sales✓

Nov 8, 2012★ 8.0

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.

S1 · E65

12m

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Panda Corner's Contest / Coffee Roaster Masaki✓

Nov 15, 2012★ 8.0

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 tries to roast coffee himself, and learns the meaning behind hand picking coffee beans.

S1 · E66

12m

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Panda Corner's Project✓

Nov 15, 2012★ 8.0

Despite some initial interest in the photo contest, the panda corner is still overshadowed by the penguin show. Polar Bear suggests the panda family put on their own performance.

S1 · E67

12m

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Wolf's Occupation Change✓

Nov 22, 2012★ 8.0

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 it.

S1 · E68

12m

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Mr Penguin's New Love✓

Nov 22, 2012

The gang hear from Llama that Penguin has been visiting the neighboring town's Brown Bear Café. After Polar Bear decides to check it out, he learns Penguin has gained a crush on the waitress penguin there.

S1 · E69

12m

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Sloth Wants to Work✓

Nov 29, 2012

Sloth starts working part-time at the café, though it doesn't prove easy with his speed.

S1 · E70

12m

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Mr. Handa's Present✓

Nov 29, 2012

Handa asks for Polar Bear and Lesser Panda's help in figuring out what to get Sasako for Christmas.

S1 · E71

12m

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Grizzly's Hibernation Preparations!✓

Dec 6, 2012

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.

S1 · E72

12m

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Grizzly's Hibernation!✓

Dec 6, 2012

When Grizzly starts his hibernation, 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 out to a hot pot bistro.

S1 · E73

12m

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Christmas Planning✓

Dec 13, 2012

Panda wonders whether he'll get a present for Christmas — until Rin Rin shows up with a knitted pochette for Panda.

S1 · E74

12m

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Christmas Trouble✓

Dec 13, 2012

Penguin, eager to show off his storytelling, tries in vain to find a party to appear at before deciding on Grizzly Bar. Panda and Mei Mei argue over whose picture should be sent to Handa as a Christmas present, and Llama and Alpaca use their wool to create scarves and other garments.

S1 · E75

12m

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Big Cleaning at the Café✓

Dec 20, 2012

Polar Bear ropes in everyone to do some spring cleaning around the café.

S1 · E76

12m

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For Whom Does the Bell Toll?✓

Dec 20, 2012

Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin, Sasako and Llama spend New Year's Eve together, where they reminisce about the past year.

S1 · E77

12m

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The Animals' Hidden Talent Competition✓

Jan 10, 2013

As the New Year rolls in, the Polar Bear Café holds a hidden talent contest.

S1 · E78

12m

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New Year's Guest✓

Jan 10, 2013

Penguin comes to visit Panda's home while the café is closed, which doesn't please Panda very much.

S1 · E79

12m

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The Hammock Sea✓

Jan 17, 2013

Polar Bear sets up a hammock in his garden and invites Panda and Penguin to laze around with him.

S1 · E80

12m

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Panda Mama's Gardening✓

Jan 17, 2013

After Panda upsets Panda Mama by eating her tulips, he tries to find something to replace them.

S1 · E81

12m

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Scattering Beans with Everyone✓

Jan 24, 2013

The café holds a Setsubun event, where everyone takes turns being the ogre.

S1 · E82

12m

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The Café in the Afternoon✓

Jan 24, 2013

Sasako and Llama reminisce about their elementary school days.

S1 · E83

12m

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Polar Bear's Insomnia✓

Jan 31, 2013

Polar Bear has trouble sleeping, and the others try to cure his insomnia.

S1 · E84

12m

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Mr. Grizzly' First Love✓

Jan 31, 2013

Polar Bear and Grizzly think back to their high school days, where Grizzly had a crush on a grizzly bear named Tsukiko.

S1 · E85

12m

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Pun Café✓

Feb 7, 2013

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.

S1 · E86

12m

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The Secret to Delicious Coffee✓

Feb 7, 2013

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.

S1 · E87

12m

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Mr. Full-Time Panda, Mr. Llama and Rin Rin✓

Feb 7, 2013

After a long day at work, Full-Time Panda and Llama decide to have a few drinks. They later invite Rin Rin, who takes the drunk Full-Time Panda and Llama to Grizzly Bar.

S1 · E88

12m

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The Everyday Zoo✓

Feb 14, 2013

Panda is shocked to learn that Full-Time Panda has accepted a transfer to a zoo in Singapore.

S1 · E89

12m

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The Zoo in the Rain✓

Feb 14, 2013

Panda agrees to work full time until another panda is hired, causing some worry amongst his friends.

S1 · E90

12m

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Rin Rin and Mei Mei's Super Exciting Plan✓

Feb 21, 2013

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.

S1 · E91

12m

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Smelt Fishing✓

Feb 21, 2013

Polar Bear and the others go to the frozen lakes to do some smelt fishing, though they soon get distracted.

S1 · E92

12m

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Doll Festival✓

Feb 28, 2013

The younger penguins set up a display for Hinamatsuri, which goes a little awry when the café-goers make their own contributions.

S1 · E93

12m

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The Animal Doctor✓

Feb 28, 2013

Polar Bear develops a fever and goes to the animal hospital for some medicine. Panda and Penguin drop by to look after him.

S1 · E94

12m

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South Pole Squad Penguinger✓

Mar 7, 2013

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.

S1 · E95

12m

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Even More, What Is Roasting?✓

Mar 7, 2013

Polar Bear teaches Masaki how a coffee's richness differs based on how it is prepared.

S1 · E96

12m

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Sloth's Trip✓

Mar 14, 2013

Panda and the others end up joining Sloth on a long walk to the hot springs.

S1 · E97

12m

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I Became a Doll✓

Mar 14, 2013

The group become paper dolls as they converse in the real world.

S1 · E98

12m

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White Day✓

Mar 14, 2013

Handa tries to figure out what to get Sasako for White Day.

S1 · E99

12m

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Mr. Grizzly's Reunion✓

Mar 21, 2013

Grizzly is visited by his mother, who embarrasses him when she starts serving home cooking in his bar.

S1 · E100

12m

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Mr. Llama's Time Capsule✓

Mar 21, 2013

Llama, Sasako and the others visit their hometown to find a time capsule Llama buried five years ago.

S1 · E101

12m

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Mr. Penguin's Secret✓

Mar 28, 2013

Panda becomes curious about what Penguin does when he's not at the café.

S1 · E102

12m

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Cherry Blossom Viewing in Spring✓

Mar 28, 2013

Polar Bear becomes downhearted when Penguin expresses interest in moving away. Afterwards, everyone gathers around to have a cherry blossom viewing party, looking back on the year they've spent together.