Taotao is an anime series aired for 26 episodes on TV Osaka 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-Japanese joint venture and directed by Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura.The series is about the eponymous Taotao, a small panda.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Story about a crow who wanted to look like a woodpecker | 1983-10-07 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Story about a rabbit who beat a lion | 1983-10-14 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Story about a self-righteous snake | 1983-10-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Story about three puffy frog sisters | 1983-10-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Story about the crocodile king and his sick wife | 1983-11-04 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Story about a rabbit who started a big rumour | 1983-11-11 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Story about a white camel | 1983-11-18 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Story about a careful bat | 1983-11-25 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Story about a vain vulture | 1983-12-02 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Story about the moving day of the birds | 1983-12-09 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Story about the adventure of the small fish | 1983-12-16 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Story about the wedding party of the fairies | 1983-12-23 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Story about unusual friends | 1983-12-30 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Story about the difficult problem that troubled the mouse | 1984-01-06 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Story about the selfish weather vane | 1984-01-13 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Story about the discontent butterfly | 1984-01-20 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Story about three little pigs | 1984-01-27 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Story about a zebra | 1984-02-03 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Story about a rainbow bird | 1984-02-10 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Story about a small dog and a big bone | 1984-02-17 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Story about a babbling turtle | 1984-02-24 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Story about an ugly duckling | 1984-03-02 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Story about an owl and the north wind | 1984-03-09 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Story about the cat in boots | 1984-03-16 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Story about the gift of a fish | 1984-03-23 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Story about the missing fairies | 1984-03-30 | 25 min |
| Directing | Shūichi Nakaharaen | Director |
| Directing | Taku Sugiyama | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Miyamoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Keiji Kubota | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takeshi Shudo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nobuko Morita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Osamu Kagami | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yasuo Tsuchida | Music |