If you loved Chie the Brat, try Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Isao Takahata, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Comedy / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Chie the Brat, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus is
A trio of pandas and a circus tiger weather the chaos of a flash flood in this brief, sunny excursion. With the whole town turned upside down they somehow keep a roof over their heads. Their efforts to keep the mood light betray the film’s swaggering shortness.
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