Of all the animes that started last season, I must say Polar Bear Cafe had the title that made me the most curious. To my surprise (or not), it really is about a polar bear who owns a cafe! Not only does he live in the town and interact with humans like humans would, other zoo animals also do the same thing. They talk, complain, and hang out in the cafe with humans! But once you buy into that premise, the times when they interact with animals like animals become jarring instead. After all, seals are scared of Polar Bear-san, but humans are not? Oh yeah, the chain pun time is also weird, but makes more sense once you realize its target audience is kids.
Of course, you'd think the show is about Polar Bear-san, but really it should be called the lazy panda with annoying penguin show. I don't mind Panda, after all, who could ever hate pandas (esp. one voiced by Jun Fukuyama)? But the penguin just spends all day whining about Penko-san (the female penguin he has a crush on). All in all, great show to fall asleep to or just to watch cute animals talk.
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