History Trivia / ShirokumaCafe

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The fourth episode of the anime, where the characters are intrigued by a smartphone and see it as an amazing new technology feels kind of strange to watch in a world where smartphones are now a normal and mundane commodity in most people's lives.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The fourth episode of the anime, where the characters are intrigued by a smartphone and see it as a novel new product feels kind of strange to watch in a world where smartphones are now a normal commodity in most people's lives.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa is known for playing {{Bishonen}} men like [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sepiroth]], [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Katakura Kojuro]] and [[Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure Yoshikage Kira]], so his role as Panda Mama is quite surprising.

* {{Irony}}: Both Panda (three younger siblings) and Full-Time Panda (two daughters with a third on the way) have or are part of fairly large families. In real life, pandas are endangered and getting them to breed in captivity is... non-trivial.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Aloha Higa's [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-29/shirokuma-cafe-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus twitter]], the publisher went and commissioned the anime without her knowledge and she was repeatedly denied by the publisher and the anime studio to address her concerns. She has since come to terms with the anime studio, but has put the manga on hiatus because of her problems with the publisher.
** She has now [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-31/shirokuma-cafe-manga-returns-from-hiatus resolved her problems]] with the publisher and will have her say in the character design and scripting process.
* {{Irony}}: Both Panda (three younger siblings) and Full-Time Panda (two daughters with a third on the way) have or are part of fairly large families. In real life, pandas are endangered and getting them to breed in captivity is...non-trivial.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The following episode parts are not present in the manga.
** Episode 1: Part A.[[note]]If you find this surprising, it's because in the manga Panda is already good friends with Shirokuma from chapter 1.[[/note]]                      Episode 27: Both baseballs parts.
** Episode 2: Part A.                        Episode 28: Parts A and B.
** Episode 3: Part B.                     Episode 29: Part A and 95% of Part B. [[note]]The 5% being Penguin getting into a basket to see a view of the town. The reasoning for it and what happens after is completely different.[[/note]]
** Episode 4: Parts A and B.              Episode 30: Parts A[[note]](There is a Halloween chapter in the manga, but the two share no similarities)[[/note]] and B.          
** Episode 6: Part A.                      Episode 31: Part A
** Episode 7: Parts A and B.              Episode 32: Part A
** Episode 9: Part B.                     Episode 33: Part C
** Episode 10: Parts A and B.               Episode 34, 35, and 36: Parts A and B
** Episode 11: Parts A and B.             Episode 37: Part B
** Episode 12: Part B.                    Episode 38 and 39: Parts A and B
** Episode 15: Parts A and B.             Episode 41: Part B
** Episode 16: Part B                     Episode 42: Parts A and B
** Episode 17: Parts A and B.              Episode 43: Part C
** Episode 18: Part A.                     Episode 44: Parts A and B [[note]]Yep, Fulltime Panda never goes anywhere in the manga.[[/note]]
** Episode 20: Part A.                     Episode 45: Parts A and B
** Episode 21: Part A.                     Episode 46: Parts A and B
** Episode 22: Part B                     Episode 47: Part A
** Episode 24: Parts A and B               Episode 48: Parts A, B, and C.
** Episode 25: Part A.                    Episode 49: Parts A and B.
** Episode 26: Part A.                    Final Episode: Parts A and B [[note]]Don't be fooled by all these anime-original parts. There are still a lot of unadapted manga chapters.[[/note]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime: For whatever reason, Shirokuma Cafe is choke full of big name seiyuus, even for roles that are present for less than half an episode.
** Creator/JunFukuyama is Panda.
** Creator/TakahiroSakurai is Shirokuma.
** Creator/HiroshiKamiya is Penguin.
** Creator/DaisukeOno is Llama.
** Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi is Full-Time Panda and Adelie Penguin.
** Creator/KanaHanazawa is Mei Mei, Panda's younger sister.
** Creator/RieKugimiya is the high school girl in Episode 17.
** Creator/YuuichiNakamura is Grizzly.
** Creator/AyaEndo is Sasako.
** Creator/WataruHatano is Handa.
** Creator/RinaSato is Hiromi, one of the girls from Handa's group date thing.
** Creator/MamikoNoto is Mayumi Oosaki, the journalist who comes to interview Shirokuma.
** Creator/KenichiSuzumura is Mr. Necktie in episode 16.
** Creator/NobuyukiHiyama is King Penguin.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita is Chinstrap Penguin and Wolf
** Creator/DaisukeHirakawa is Gentoo Penguin.
** Creator/AiNonaka is Penguin's nephew.
** Creator/JunkoTakeuchi is Baby king penguin.
** Creator/HiroShimono is Masaki.
** Creator/KazuhikoInoue is Lion

* CrossdressingVoice: Rare male-as-female examples in anime: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa as Panda Mama, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama as a mother king penguin, KoukiMiyata as a mother red squirrel.

** HiroShimono is Masaki.

** MamikoNoto is Mayumi Oosaki, the journalist who comes to interview Shirokuma.

** AiNonaka is Penguin's nephew.

** KazuhikoInoue is Lion

* CrossdressingVoice: Rare male-as-female examples in anime: ToshiyukiMorikawa as Panda Mama, NobuyukiHiyama as a mother king penguin, KoukiMiyata as a mother red squirrel.

** WataruHatano is Handa.

** JunFukuyama is Panda.

** KatsuyukiKonishi is Full-Time Panda and Adelie Penguin.
** KanaHanazawa is Mei Mei, Panda's younger sister.

** RinaSato is Hiromi, one of the girls from Handa's group date thing.

** YuuichiNakamura is Grizzly.

** NobuyukiHiyama is King Penguin.

** TakahiroSakurai is Shirokuma.
** HiroshiKamiya is Penguin.
** DaisukeOno is Llama.

** RieKugimiya is the high school girl in Episode 17.

** KenichiSuzumura is Mr. Necktie in episode 16.

** TomokazuSugita is Chinstrap Penguin and Wolf
** DaisukeHirakawa is Gentoo Penguin.

** Episode 1: Part A.[[hottip:*:If you find this surprising, it's because in the manga Panda is already good friends with Shirokuma from chapter 1.]]                      Episode 27: Both baseballs parts.

** Episode 3: Part B.                     Episode 29: Part A and 95% of Part B. [[hottip:*:The 5% being Penguin getting into a basket to see a view of the town. The reasoning for it and what happens after is completely different.]]
** Episode 4: Parts A and B.              Episode 30: Parts A[[hottip:*:(There is a Halloween chapter in the manga, but the two share no similarities)]] and B.          

** Episode 18: Part A.                     Episode 44: Parts A and B [[hottip:*:Yep, Fulltime Panda never goes anywhere in the manga.]]

** Episode 26: Part A.                    Final Episode: Parts A and B [[hottip:*:Don't be fooled by all these anime-original parts. There are still a lot of unadapted manga chapters.]]

** AyaEndo is Sasako.

** Episode 26: Part A.                    Final Episode:

** Episode 25: Part A.                    Episode 49:

** Episode 24: Parts A and B               Episode 48: ?
** Episode 25: Part A.                    Episode 49: ?
** Episode 26: Part A.                    Final Episode: ?

** Episode 22: Part B                     Episode 47: Parts A and B

** Episode 22: Part B                     Episode 47: ?

** Episode 21: Part A.                     Episode 46: ?

** Episode 20: Part A.                     Episode 45: ?

** Episode 18: Part A.                     Episode 44: Parts A and B [[hottip:*:Yep, Fulltime Panda never goes anywhere in the manga.]]
** Episode 20: Part A.
** Episode 21: Part A.
** Episode 22: Part B
** Episode 24: Parts A and B
** Episode 25: Part A.
** Episode 26: Part A.

** Episode 6: Part A.                        Episode 31: Part A
** Episode 7: Parts A and B.                 Episode 32: Part A

** Episode 11: Parts A and B.
** Episode 12: Part B.
** Episode 15: Parts A and B.
** Episode 16: Part B
** Episode 17: Parts A and B.
** Episode 18: Part A.
** Episode 20: Part A.

* NamesToKnowInAnime:

** Episode 9: Part B.
** Episode 10: Parts A and B.
** Episode 11: Parts A and B.
** Episode 12: Part B.

** Episode 7: Parts A and B.

** Episode 1: Part A.[[hottip:*:If you find this surprising, it's because in the manga Panda is already good friends with Shirokuma from chapter 1.]]                     Episode 27: Both baseballs parts.
** Episode 2: Part A.                      Episode 28: Parts A and B.

** Episode 4: Parts A and B.              Episode 30: Parts A[[hottip:*:(There is a Halloween chapter in the manga, but the two share no similarities)]] and B.
** Episode 6: Part A.