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Pom Poko
平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ
7.3
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Synopsis
With the increasing need for Tokyo to expand as one of Japan's major cities, inevitable sacrifices must be made so that changes can take place. One of these sacrifices is that the room for nature and wildlife to flourish will decrease significantly over time. As this decline continues, many animal communities experience the brunt of urbanization. One such community known as the "Tanuki," a type of magical shape-shifting mammal, is caught up in a struggle to defend their beloved forest from being...
Background
The film won the 1995 Annecy International Animated Film Festival for Feature Film. It also won Best Animation Film at the 49th Mainichi Film Awards.
Audience Guidance
AIRecommended age: 13+
moderate
ViolenceTanuki are killed by construction machinery, cars, and exhaustion; some on-screen deaths of named characters.
moderate
Disturbing themesCentral theme of habitat destruction and irreversible loss; multiple scenes of animals mourning dead family members.
mild
Sexual contentFolklore-based humor where male tanuki transform their enlarged testicles into parachutes, bridges, and weapons; non-sexual but anatomically explicit.
mild
LanguageOccasional subtitled profanity ("damn," "bastard") during high-stress confrontations.
A Studio Ghibli film where shape-shifting tanuki wage a desperate, ultimately bittersweet battle against Tokyo's suburban sprawl. Expect folklore-inspired anatomical humor, on-screen animal deaths, and a heavy environmental message about irreversible loss.
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Pom Poko has 1 episodes.
Pom Poko is currently finished airing.
Pom Poko was produced by Studio Ghibli.
Pom Poko aired Jun 13, 1994.
Pom Poko is based on a Original.
A Studio Ghibli film where shape-shifting tanuki wage a desperate, ultimately bittersweet battle against Tokyo's suburban sprawl. Expect folklore-inspired anatomical humor, on-screen animal deaths, and a heavy environmental message about irreversible loss.
