Polar Bear's Café

  • Premiered: Apr 2012
  • Episodes: 50
  • Followers: 8
  • Ended
  • TV Tokyo
  • Thursday
  • Animation Anime Comedy

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Season 1
1x1
Welcome to Polar Bear's Café / Panda-kun's Employment
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 05, 2012
Panda, part of generation cupcake, is prodded by his mother to get a job, but he just wants to eat bamboo. While avoiding his mother's ire he happens upon a cafe run by Polar Bear, who just so happens to be looking for a part-time employee.
1x2
Everyone's Café / The Café's Flower Viewing Party
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Apr 12, 2012
The patrons of Polar Bear’s Café have their own idea on the dream café, which starts to take form. But when the cherry blossoms start to fall, thoughts turn to having a viewing party.
1x3
Polar Bear at the Zoo / Panda's Anguish
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Apr 19, 2012
Panda has convinced Polar Bear and Penguin to visit him at the zoo. Being their first time, Polar Bear seems to want to go places he is strictly forbidden. Back at the Café, the zoo workers discuss the pains of stereotypes.
1x4
Obsessed with Smartphones / Super Fun Driving Lesson
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Air date
Apr 26, 2012
Penguin is excited about his new smartphone. But the café patrons are not impressed until Panda shows them his new phone. Along with a new smartphone, Penguin is taking driving classes .. show full overview
1x5
Panda gets Enthusiastic / Everyone's Parfait
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May 03, 2012
Full Time Panda is away for a week, so Panda has to work his shifts. He gets some encouragement from a fan name Rin Rin, who he searches for every day. Mr. Polar Bear wants to serve a .. show full overview
1x6
Panda's Diet / Strive for it! Wild Panda
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May 10, 2012
After breaking the slide at work, Panda has decided to lose some weight. His ideal body shape is far from his current look. To fit his new look, Panda wants to be wilder but he admits he .. show full overview
1x7
Mr. Handa's Remodeling Plan / The Great Love Love Driving Operation
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May 17, 2012
Panda's new obsession is with popularity, and he attempts to raise Mr. Handa’s popularity with the help of Polar Bear. Penguin finally got his license but now has to get his dating license before he can take Miss Penko out for a drive.
1x8
A Magazine Interview Comes By / Salmon Hunter: Mr. Grizzly
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May 24, 2012
Furafura Walker Monthly. What should be a simple interview proves to be anything but thanks to Furafura's unique editor in chief. The Café is closed for the day so Polar Bear can get .. show full overview
1x9
Rin Rin Deeply Moved! Panda's House! / Mr. Penguin's Proposal
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May 31, 2012
Rin Rin the florist gets a truly random opportunity to visit the home of Panda, whom he adores. But just meeting Panda Mama and Panda Sister might be too much for him. Meanwhile, Mr. Penguin is getting pumped up to ask Miss Penko out on a date.
1x10
Mr. Handa's Group Blind Date? / Mr. Handa's Group Blind Date!
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Jun 07, 2012
After eating Mr. Handa's very plain lunch, Panda gets Mr. Handa invited on a group date in hopes his lunches improve. But when the third male drops out, Panda goes to the café to find a replacement.
1x11
Mr. Penguin's Broken Heart / Panda's Night Out
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Jun 14, 2012
While in the park, Mr. Penguin sees Miss Penko on a date. Grizzly stops by and tells Polar Bear it’s a guy’s night out.
1x12
Panda, Tired of Boredom / Panda's Advice Room for Troubles
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Jun 21, 2012
A rainy day at the zoo leads Panda and his fellow animals to think of creative ways to pass the time. Panda is still worried that Mr. Handa does not have a girlfriend.
1x13
Tanabata Decorations / Panda's Wish
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Jun 28, 2012
The patrons and staff of Polar Bear’s Café prep for Tanabata. This is Panda’s first Tanabata and he is concerned about what to wish for.
1x14
Enthusiastic Polar Bear / Let's Go to the Beach!
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Jul 05, 2012
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. Later, Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin take a trip to the beach.
1x15
Weeding in the Summer / Mr. Penguin's Romance
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Jul 12, 2012
The backyard of Polar Bear's Café needs weeding, but Penguin seems to be the only one taking things seriously. Later, Penguin finally works up the courage to confess to Penko, asking her .. show full overview
1x16
Mr. Grizzly Goes On an Adventure / A Strange Shop
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Jul 19, 2012
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. Later, a salaryman from another town .. show full overview
1x17
Let's Go Camping! / Rin Rin and the High School Girl
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Jul 26, 2012
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. Later, .. show full overview
1x18
The Café's Ghost Stories / Panda Runs Away from Home
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Aug 02, 2012
The café decides to hold a night of telling ghost stories, much to an easily-frighted Handa's dismay. Later, Panda decides to run away from home when his mother decides to lump his birthday celebration with his siblings.
1x19
There Are Many Kinds of Penguins / What Is Baisen!?
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Aug 09, 2012
Polar Bear, Panda, and Penguin go to a water park. Penguin takes along his nephew, but ends up being cowed by Mama King Penguin, while her son and Penguin's nephew become fast friends. .. show full overview
1x20
The Ideal Single Life / Summer Festival
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Aug 16, 2012
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. Later, .. show full overview
1x21
Panda is no longer a Panda / Meimei's Prince
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Aug 23, 2012
Panda is reassigned to one part of the zoo after another — even serving as a zookeeper. Later, Panda's sister Mei Mei goes on about her crush on Mr Handa. However, after seeing Handa and .. show full overview
1x22
Sales Penguin / Mr. Penguin's Picnic
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Aug 30, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x23
Mr. Handa's Discussion! / Panda Mama's Daily Life
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Sep 06, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x24
Panda's Apprenticeship / A Sports Day Filled With Animals Panda
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Sep 13, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x25
Mr. Penguin's Hobbies / Their Childhood Days
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Sep 20, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x26
The New Panda / Reunion at the Grizzly Bar
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Sep 27, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x27
Animal Field Baseball
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Oct 04, 2012
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. At the beginning, the zoo team starts to struggle due .. show full overview
1x28
Panda's Apology! / Rin Rin Welcomed
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Oct 11, 2012
Polar Bear attempts to fill in for Panda but is questioned by the police. As expiation, Panda decides to give Polar Bear a day off by working at the café in his place, though it's not as .. show full overview
1x29
Panda's New Part-time Job! / Mr. Penguin Goes Flying!
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Oct 18, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x30
Halloween! / Llama Day!
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Oct 25, 2012
Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin go trick or treating on Halloween, getting some curious treats from the homes they visit. Tired of being passed over all the time, Llama suggests the zoo .. show full overview
1x31
Mr. Penguin's Dilemma! / Idol: Yama Arashi!
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Nov 01, 2012
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. As the pressure builds, Panda questions .. show full overview
1x32
The Café Garden / Sales Penguin's Sales
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Nov 08, 2012
Polar Bear takes the others to see the café's garden where all the ingredients are grown. Meanwhile, the sales penguins attempt to pitch their penguin trading card game to Handa so they .. show full overview
1x33
Panda Corner Contest / Coffee Roaster Masaki / Panda Corner Project
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Nov 15, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x34
Wolf's Occupation Change / Mr Penguin's New Love
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Nov 22, 2012
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 .. show full overview
1x35
Sloth Wants to Work / Mr. Handa's Present
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Nov 29, 2012
Sloth starts working part-time at the cafe, though it doesn't prove easy with his speed. When asked why he wants to work, he says he wants to buy Sasako dinner to repay her for all of .. show full overview
1x36
Grizzly's Hibernation Preparations! / Grizzly's Hibernation!
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Dec 06, 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, but Polar Bear doesn't .. show full overview
1x37
Christmas Planning / Christmas Trouble
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Dec 13, 2012
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. Penguin, eager to show off his .. show full overview
1x38
Big Cleaning at the Café / For Whom Does the Bell Toll?
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Dec 20, 2012
Polar Bear ropes in everyone to do some spring cleaning around the cafe before Panda-Mama brings a salmon for everyone to have hotpot. Later, Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin, Sasako and Llama .. show full overview
1x39
The Animals' Hidden Talent Competition / New Year's Guest
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Jan 10, 2013
As the New Year rolls in, the Polar Bear's Cafe holds a hidden talent contest. Later, Penguin comes to visit Panda's home whilst the cafe is closed, which doesn't please Panda very much.
1x40
The Hammock Sea / Panda Mama's Gardening
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Jan 17, 2013
Polar Bear sets up a hammock in his garden and invites Panda and Penguin to laze around with him. Later, after Panda upsets Panda-Mama by eating her tulips, he tries and find something to replace them.
1x41
Scattering Beans with Everyone / The Café in the Afternoon
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Jan 24, 2013
The café holds a Setsubun event, where everyone takes turns being the ogre. Later, Sasako and Llama reminisce about their elementary school days.
1x42
Polar Bear's Insomnia / Mr Grizzly
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Jan 31, 2013
The gang try and help Polar Bear as he has trouble sleeping due to insomnia. Later, Polar Bear and Grizzly think back to their high school days, where Grizzly had a crush on a girl .. show full overview
1x43
Pun Café / The Secret to Delicious Coffee / Mr. Full-Time Panda, Mr. Llama and Rin Rin
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Feb 07, 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. Later, Masaki is told how coffee can taste different depending .. show full overview
1x44
The Everyday Zoo / The Zoo in the Rain
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Feb 14, 2013
After spending the previous day spending time together with him, Panda is shocked to learn that Full-Time Panda has been transferred to a zoo in Singapore, leaving behind a letter .. show full overview
1x45
Rin Rin and Mei Mei's Super Exciting Plan / Smelt Fishing
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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, so Mei Mei .. show full overview
1x46
Doll Festival / The Animal Doctor
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Feb 28, 2013
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 .. show full overview
1x47
South Pole Squad Penguinger / Even More, What is Roasting?
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Mar 07, 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. The .. show full overview
1x48
Sloth's Trip / I Became a Doll / White Day
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Mar 14, 2013
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. Later, the group become paper dolls as they converse in the real .. show full overview
1x49
Mr. Grizzly's Reunion / Mr. Llama's Time Capsule
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Air date
Mar 21, 2013
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. .. show full overview
1x50 Show finale
Mr. Penguin's Secret / Cherry Blossom Viewing in Spring
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Air date
Mar 28, 2013
Panda becomes curious about what Penguin does when he's not at the cafe. Whilst his investigation doesn't really help him learn Penguin's secrets, he does learn new things about some of .. show full overview

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