is an anime

Anime

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 series aired for 26 episodes on TV Osaka

TV Osaka

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 from October 7, 1983 through March 30, 1984. A second series with the same title was aired from October 9, 1984 through April 9, 1985. Prior to the TV series, an anime film was released on December 26, 1981.They were produced as a Chinese

People's Republic of China

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-Japan

Japan

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ese joint venture and directed by Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura.

The series is about the eponymous Taotao, a small panda

Panda

Panda or Panda bear most often refers to:*Giant panda, an animal in the Bear familyPanda may also refer to:*Red panda, the only living member in the Ailuridae family-In biology:* Species related to the Giant panda...

. In the stories, Taotao has adventures with his animal friends and listens to the stories of his mother, the mother panda. The series has been shown in Finnish

Finnish language

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 on the Yleisradio

Yleisradio

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 channels. The series was narrated in Finnish by Inkeri Wallenius over the German

German language

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 soundtrack of the Austria

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n ORF

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 television channel. The series was broadcast in Greece

Greece

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 in the '80s on the TV channel ET1

ET1

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 in Greek

Greek language

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 language. The theme music of the series was composed by the Czech Karel Svoboda

Karel Svoboda

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.

DVDs

• Taotao 1-4
  • Story about a crow who wanted to look like a woodpecker
  • Story about a rabbit who beat a lion
  • Story about a self-righteous snake
  • Story about three puffy frog sisters

• Taotao 5-8
  • Story about the crocodile king and his sick wife
  • Story about a rabbit who started a big rumour
  • Story about a white camel
  • Story about a careful bat

• Taotao 9-12
  • Story about a vain vulture
  • Story about the moving day of the birds
  • Story about the adventure of the small fish
  • Story about the wedding party of the fairies

• Taotao 13-16
  • Story about unusual friends
  • Story about the difficult problem that troubled the mouse
  • Story about the selfish weather vane
  • Story about the discontent butterfly

• Taotao 17-21
  • Story about three little pigs
  • Story about a zebra
  • Story about a rainbow bird
  • Story about a small dog and a big bone
  • Story about a babbling turtle

• Taotao 22-26
  • Story about an ugly duckling
  • Story about an owl and the north wind
  • Story about the cat in boots
  • Story about the gift of a fish
  • Story about the missing fairies

The Finnish band Guava from a Finnish town called Kotka

Kotka

Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

published the Taotao theme music as a single in 2003 and it was often played on the Finnish radio.

External links

• http://www.yle.fi/lapset/taotao/
• Guava's single