Little Big Panda is a Chinese/European traditionally-animated film directed by Michael Schoemann (Millionaire Dogs, The Magic Voyage).
Facing the deforestation of their bamboo forests, a young big panda cub named Manchu must convince his family and friends to leave their homes in search of a new one.
Tropes in this movie include:
- Meaningful Name: Manchu is named for the Manchu people.
- Punny Name: Kung Fucious is two; one for "Confucius" and another for "Kung Fu". And then you have Lung Fu and Yung Fu...
- Token Heroic Orc: The baby leopard cub is taken in by Manchu, despite the others fearing that she'll be trouble since leopards are their predators. Near the end of the movie, the baby leopard cub asks her mother, who has been hunting down the pandas the entire movie in an attempt to kill them and take back her daughter, to spare the pandas because they took care of her during the entire journey.
