Polar Bear Café
Polar Bear Café is a Japanese manga series by Aloha Higa. The series serialized in Shogakukan's Josei magazine Monthly Flowers. It revolves around the everyday lives of a group of animals mingling with humans at a café run by a polar bear. An anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot aired in Japan between April 2012 and March 2013, and was simulcast globally on Crunchyroll.
Characters
;Polar Bear;Panda
;Penguin
;Grizzly
;Panda-Mama
;Sasako
;Handa
;Llama
;Sloth
;Full Time Panda
;Penko
;Tortoise
;Mei Mei
;Lesser Panda
;Adélie, Chinstrap, Gentoo
;Mandrill
;Anteater
;Badger
;Tree Kangaroo
;The Red Squirrels
;Wolf, Tiger, and Lion
;Black Caiman
;King Penguin
;Emperor Chick
;King Chick
;Grizzly's Mother
;Crested serpent eagle
;Sea otter
;Tapir
;Rintaro Hayashi
;Kirino
;Masaki
Media
Manga
The original manga by Aloha Higa began serialisation in Shogakukan's Josei manga magazine Flowers from 2006 to 2013. Five tankōbon volumes have been released. The manga went on hiatus between May and July 2012, citing lack of communication concerning the anime adaptation.The manga returned from hiatus in the September 2012 issue of Flowers, following Higa managing to talk with the anime production on her intellectual property. The manga was retitled Shirokuma Cafe Today's Special and moved to Shueisha's Josei manga magazine Cocohana in September 2014. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Anime
An anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 5, 2012, and March 28, 2013, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.The opening themes are "Boku ni Invitation by JP, "Rough & Laugh" by Clammbon, and "You & Me" by Rie fu and Saki. The ending themes in order are "Bamboo Scramble" by Jun Fukuyama, "Grizzly-san no G-Rock" by Yuichi Nakamura, "Mizuiro" by Aya Endō, "Zootto, ne♪" by Katsuyuki Konishi, "Michinoku Shiku Blues" by Wataru Hatano, "Zokkon! Penko-san" by Hiroshi Kamiya, "Kimama ni Panda-Mama" by Toshiyuki Morikawa, "Llama-san no Llama Mambo" by Daisuke Ono, "Largo" by Kishō Taniyama, "Bamboo Rendezvous" by Kana Hanazawa, "Pandaholic!!" by Tokuyoshi Kawashima, and "My Dear" by Takahiro Sakurai.