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Ranked #810
Pom Poko

Pom Poko

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko
Japanese: 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ

Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 13, 1994
Genres: Kids
Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.
Rating: PG - Children
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Statistics

Score: 7.501 (scored by 1357 users)
Ranked: #8102
Popularity: #911
Members: 1,998
Favorites: 10
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Synopsis

Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.
The forest home of the racoons in Tama Hills is being threatened by human developemnt. The raccoons decide to fight back by using ancient magical art to transform their bodies into objects, sometimes even into humans. They trick and scare the humans in the beginning, but eventually their fight turns tragic as some of the raccoons are killed. Finally, they are forced to seek the help of the froxes from a neighboring forest who have already given up their fight and are living as humans in the city...

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Staff

Suzuki, Toshio
Producer
Takahata, Isao
Director, Original Creator
Kondou, Yoshifumi
Key Animation
Suzuki, Mariko
In-Between Animation

Recommendations

both have awesome animals
reportRecommended by KumaHunter
Besides the obvious reason of being Ghibli movies, they both explicit the "war" between humans and nature, adding a bit of supernatural.
reportRecommended by Retsu-kun

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Overall 4
Story 5
Animation 10
Sound 9
Character 3
Enjoyment 4
Sep 18, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Quite possibly the most disappointing Ghibli work I've ever seen, and certainly the worst film they've ever done. Between the mean-spirited cast and heavy handed messages about not destroying the environment that even makes Captain Planet look subtle, it seems to want to make audience feel bad instead of entertain them. Because that's what people go to a move theater to see...a lecture by animated tanuki about not screwing up their world. It doesn't help that Pom Poko is too risque for kids (wit... read more
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Overall 8
Story 8
Animation 10
Sound 8
Character 8
Enjoyment 7
Dec 31, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Another Studio Ghibli masterpiece, and produced by anime genius Hayao Miyazaki, Pom Poko brings something new to the table: Animals who, instead of fleeing from the deforestation that threatens them, choose to resort to a different method by turning the tables on the humans that shamelessly and thoughtlessly tear away at their homes. Based on the Japanese Tanuki folklore, many of the raccoons featured in Pom Poko have magical shape shifting powers, some a little more rusty than others. These cre... read more
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Ending Theme

"Itsu demo Dare ka ga (いつでも誰かが; Always, someone is...)" by Shang Shang Typhoon

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