| The Pani Poni Dash Show! | |
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| Format | Anime series |
| Director(s) | Akiyuki Shinbo (seasons 1 & 2 only) Yutaka Yamamoto (seasons 3 only) |
| No. of episodes | 3 seasons 39 episodes (shorts) |
| Run time | 22 minutes, 8 min. (shorts) |
| English Network | Funimation Channel |
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The Pani Poni Dash Show! is an anime TV series and a reboot of the anime series "Pani Poni Dash!" which airs in syndication and on some other networks lasting for 3 seasons and 39 episodes. Both the original japanese and english voice cast return for this anime. The first season was made by both SHAFT and WB Animation Japan. Unlike its predecessor, each episode usually consisted of a new 8 minute short followed by two shorts from Azumanga Tunes, and a hip clip from another Azumanga Tunes short.
For the second and third season, aside from SHAFT continuing with the show, they brung in Kyoto Animation to make the last two seasons. In addition to a new Pani Poni Dash short each episode contained an uncredited "Intelligence Club News" segment, featuring Hibiki Watanuki, Akira Miyata, and Yuzuko Kurusu (the third season replaces the segments with a hip clip from an Azumanga Tunes short). Each episode also contained an Azumanga Tunes short. Finally, one made-for-TV Pani Poni Dash short from the first or second season were also rebroadcast during each second and third-season episode.
Plot[]
The anime keeps its style from the previous series Pani Poni Dash!, but instead the show is more of a Ren & Stimpy-esc show rather than source material making fun of pop culture. Each short mainly features the main characters from Class 1-C. In the second and third season, the supporting cast from Classes 1-A, 1-B, and 1-D would later be in their own shorts.
Voice Cast[]
Pani Poni Dash! Shorts[]
Japanese
- Chiwa Saito as Rebecca Miyamoto
- Fumiko Orikasa as Himeko Katagiri
- Satsuki Yukino as Rei Tachibana
- Ai Nonaka as Ichijo
- Yui Horie as Miyako Uehara
- Kana Ueda as Kurumi Momose
- Kayo Sakata as Sayaka Suzuki
- Vanilla Yamazaki as Mesousa
- Sayaka Ohara as Miyuki Igarashi
- Takahiro Sakurai as Shu Momose
- Sawa Ishige as Yuma and Yuna Kashiwagi
- Asuka Nakase as Yuzuko Kurusu
- Eiji Hanawa as Saotome
- Chieko Higuchi as Hibiki Watanuki
- Ryo Hirohashi as Suzune Shiratori
- Tsugumi Higasayama as Otome Akiyama
- Eiji Hanawa as Yankee
- Mugihito as Zula
- Hiroshi Otake as Old Geezer
- Mai Kadowaki as Behoimi
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Tsurugi Inugami
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Akane Serizawa
- Hitomi Nabatame as Misao Nanjo
- Ryoko Shintani as Akira Miyata
- Miyu Matsuki as Media
English
- Hilary Haag as Rebecca Miyamoto
- Brittney Karbowski as Himeko Katagiri
- Carlee Gabrisch as Rei Tachibana
- Maggie Flecknoe as Ichijo
- Natalie Nassar as Miyako Uehara
- Melissa Davis as Kurumi Momose
- Monica Rial as Sayaka Suzuki
- Christine Auten as Mesousa
- Shelley Calene-Black as Miyuki Igarashi
- Brandon Hearnsberger as Shu Momose
- Serena Varghese as Yuma and Yuna Kashiwagi
- Kim-Ly Nguyen as Yuzuko Kurusu
- John Gremillion as Saotome
- Lesley Tesh as Hibiki Watanuki
- Kira Vincent-Davis as Suzune Shiratori
- Cynthia Martinez as Otome Akiyama
- Andrew Love as Yankee
- Eve Jones as Zula
- Andy McAvin as Old Geezer
- Rozie Curtis as Behoimi
- Chris Patton as Tsurugi Inugami
- Luci Christian as Akane Serizawa
- Sasha Paysinger as Misao Nanjo
- Jessica Boone as Akira Miyata
- Kara Greenberg as Media
Cameos[]
Because that WB Animation Japan made the first season, it has cameos of WB Animation characters popping out of nowhere like the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, and Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. But then they were removed for the second and third season of the anime when Kyoto Animation took over.
Sound Effects[]
The first season's supervising sound editor is "Hiromune Kurahashi" (the sound editor for anime series such as Girls Bravo and DN Angel). He would use the same sound effects heard in Ren & Stimpy containing heavy amount of Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunes sounds.
The second and third seasons replaces Hiromune with "Yuichi Furuichi" (the sound editor of Ouran High School Host Club). Unlike the first season, the last 2 seasons use more realistic sounds with a few cartoon sounds from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., and Disney. For some odd reason, the Series 4000 sounds (from Sound Ideas) are used more than the other cartoon sounds.
Eiko Morikawa would later be added as the second sound editor for the third season and where he would add additional anime sounds in addition to the sound effects Yuichi was using.
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