The plot follows Mimiko, a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip. Making a few stops at some local stores, Mimiko comes home to her house in a bamboo grove and finds a baby panda named Panny sleeping on the back doorstep. She quickly makes friends with the little panda, and invites him in for a drink. His father, PapaPanda, soon comes to visit, and they decide to become a family after PapaPanda offers to.
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |
| Production | Shunzo Kato | Producer |
| Art | Shichiro Kobayashi | Art Direction |
| Art | Yoshifumi Kondo | Art Designer |
| Writing | Hayao Miyazaki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Masahiko Satoh | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Yōichi Kotabe | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuo Otsuka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yoshifumi Kondo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eiichi Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hayao Miyazaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Kanazawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Kitahara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenzo Koizumi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kōichi Murata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Motoji Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Norio Yazawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shingo Arakai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Syunji Saita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takao Kôzai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomekichi Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Honda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tsutomu Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiro Yamaguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuo Otsuka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yōichi Kotabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuzo Aoki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shingo Araki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Agatsuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Murata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshitsugu Saida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hisatoshi Motoki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsuru Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideo Kawauchi | Key Animation |
