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Pom Poko
Synopsis
The story
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.
ComedyDramaFantasy
Episode guide
1 episodes
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01Episode 1Unwatched · AiredCharacters & voices
16 credited
Tamasaburou
Supporting
Narrator
Main
Shoukichi
Main
Okiyo
Supporting
Inugami Gyobu
Supporting
Bunta
Supporting
Tsurugame Oshou
Supporting
Wonderland no Shachou
Supporting
Ponkichi
Supporting
Seizaemon
Supporting
Gonta
Supporting
Tasaburou Hage-tanuki
Supporting
Rokudaime Kinchou
Supporting
Ryuutarou
Background
Hanako
Supporting
Oroku
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Hayao MiyazakiPlanning
Isao TakahataScriptIsao TakahataDirector
Toshio SuzukiProducer
Yoshifumi KondouKey Animation
Katsuya KondouKey Animation
Kitarou KousakaKey Animation
Seiki TamuraBackground Art
Naoya TanakaBackground Art
Kenichi YoshidaKey Animation
Kazuo OgaArt DirectorKazuyoshi OnodaIn-Between Animation
Hitomi TatenoIn-Betweens CheckMasaya SaitouIn-Between Animation
Yoshiyuki MomoseImage BuildingYoshiyuki MomoseLayout Composition
Masashi AndouKey Animation
Teiichi TakiguchiKey Animation
Masahiko OotsukaAssistant Director
Nobuo TomizawaKey AnimationThemes & motifs
AniList community tags
EnvironmentalTheme-Other96%
MythologyTheme-Fantasy92%
Ensemble CastCast-Main Cast90%
AnimalsTheme-Other87%
RuralSetting-Scene80%
Primarily Animal CastCast-Main Cast79%
AnthropomorphismCast-Traits76%
Primarily Male CastCast-Main Cast68%
YoukaiTheme-Fantasy66%
SlapstickTheme-Comedy65%
Male ProtagonistCast-Main Cast63%
HenshinTheme-Fantasy62%
TragedyTheme-Drama60%
KidsDemographic50%
TravelTheme-Other40%
TransgenderCast-Traits10%
Community pulse
32.7K members
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Watch status
Current370
Planning9,363
Completed22,569
Dropped198
Paused180
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What viewers say
3 community reviews
I really wish my college class didn't show this. Takahata, what were you thinking?!
@Juliko2526/143 helpful
Depicting a battle of urban and rural, the largely misunderstood Pom Poko is Studio Ghibli's manifesto in movie form
@seanny55/62 helpful
An Amazingly Silly and yet Tragic Movie
@Sinankooesa32/34 helpful