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Tony K.
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Pom Poko (movie) Source: Original (Written by Isao Takahata) Demographic: Everyone Animation Studio: Studio Ghibli Genres: action, comedy, drama, supernatural Themes: anthropomorphs, environmentalism, kitsune, magical creatures, tanuki, transformations, war, youkai Plot Summary: 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. Air Date & Platform: July 16, 1994 (Saturday) Available on: HBO Max Episode Count / Runtime: 119 minutes ---------------------------------- [Index Pending] This was surprisingly on-the-nose about environmentalism. From all the stills and posters I had seen, I totally didn't expect any of what I saw. It was actually kind of sad the way it ended. The tanuki had some pretty quirky personalities, though. This almost reminded me a toned-down Rumiko Takashi style in terms of the comedy, only with more serious moments and with higher stakes. The animation was quite good. Again, gotta' hand it to Ghibli for their attention to detail. It's a little weird that this also felt like a mix of Miyzazki's magical/fantastical-themed sense of adventure combined with Takahata's more straight-laced storytelling. |
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