Polar Bear Cafe
About Polar Bear Cafe
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 the Shirokuma Cafe, run by a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a part-time position with his faithful customer Penguin.
Polar Bear Cafe is an animation and comedy series made for TV Osaka and TV Aichi. Takahiro Sakurai leads the cast as Polar Bear (voice), Jun Fukuyama as Panda (voice), Hiroshi Kamiya as Penguin (voice), and Yuichi Nakamura as Grizzly (voice).
It ran for one season of 102 episodes between April 2012 and March 2013. The series began as a manga.
Shelv files it under iyashikei, penguin, cafe, and bears. American members can watch it on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.
The Helpful Fox Senko-san, Usagi Drop, and K-ON! make useful companions to Polar Bear Cafe, all filed under based on manga.