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.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Depicting a battle of urban and rural, the largely misunderstood Pom Poko is Studio Ghibli's manifesto in movie form
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*Pom Poko* stands out among Isao Takahata’s films with a strong, central conflict driving its animated whimsy. It doesn’t take itself too seriously; it’s chock-full of sight gags and colorful references to Japanese folklore. Reviewers often say that it…
Ghibli has definitely over the year brought us so many amazing and creative movies. Each with interesting themes, memorable characters and moments and so much beautiful animation. But despite all of that, if anyone would ask me which one's my favourite, I could easily say that it definitely and with…
I really wish my college class didn't show this. Takahata, what were you thinking?!
I had absolutely zero interest in watching Pom Poko. I never intended on watching it, I never intended on caring about it, I honestly didn't think I'd like it, and I had other anime to watch. Plus, an anime entirely about tanuki just didn't appeal to me, and probably never will. I was so sure I woul…