Pom Poko (1994)

Original title

平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ

Directed by

Isao Takahata

Genre

drama anime and manga, drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, comedy drama, fantasy anime

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

G

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,215 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A colony of shape-shifting raccoon dogs in rural Japan fights to save their forest home from urban development. They use their magical abilities and trickery to resist human expansion.

whimsicalmelancholicearnestplayfulthoughtfulepisodicbittersweetchaotic

What happens

Pom Poko is a 1994 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho. The film centers around a colony of Japanese raccoon dogs living in the outskirts of Tokyo as they work to combat the growing deforestation of their home. Takahata's third film for Ghibli, Pom Poko was released on July 16, 1994, to critical and commercial success. The film was Japan's submission to the 67th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Studio Ghibli began experimenting with computer-generated imagery during the film's production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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