Seriously, what the fuck. Pom Poko is a 1994 Japanese animated comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho. Pom Poko's genius is in how it keeps walking that tightrope all the way up into and through the very last scene. Pom Poko is quite literally balls to the walls crazy in its story telling, animation and imagery. Enter your email address to follow my adventures and receive notifications of new posts by email.Hello and welcome back to Vault Ghibli! I knew that going into the movie.

At that point, many things happened: 1) I was disgusted beyond belief. What followed from that revelation was two hours of mayhem that even the Wachowski’s couldn’t dream up. If you haven’t seen Pom Poko, and you’re not totally adverse to raccoon balls, I suggest you give this one a shot. Unfollow. In the end, the raccoons admit defeat but transform the land one last time so that they and the humans can see the past that can never be again. The story of Pom Poko is told via narration and falls into the structure of a history-epic. So, they decide that they need to re-learn the art of shapeshifting in order to try and stop the humans from taking their land.

So cute!I love Only Yesterday, that one and When Marnie Was There are my favorites. Much like other Studio Ghibli films, it speaks heavily to the what happens when we change nature and how, while progress is often good, it is also bitter sweet as we lose out on a beautiful past as well.

Tanuki have a long-standing position in Japanese folklore, and much of it revolves around their magic ball … Keep reading.

In Japanese lore, Raccoon balls are associated with gold or prosperity and are even part of a many a nursery rhyme. Tanuki have a special place in Japanese culture, and without prior knowledge of this, Pom Poko is almost impossible to appreciate. Once in a while, despite being in the age of spoilers, trailers, and general internet nonsense, we get the rare chance to watch a film which we know absolutely nothing about.

I understand that it is based around ancient Japanese legend, but that's no excuse for making this weird-ass movie.For those unfamiliar, Pom Poko revolves around a group of Tanukis (Japanese Raccoon Dogs) whose land is in danger of being destroyed by Urban Development! He is voiced by Makoto Nonomura in Japanese and Jonathan Taylor Thomas in English. Pom Poko httyd thw actual blog post. Overjoyed, he rips off his clothes, and joins them in their revelry. 111 notes. From murdering construction workers to a random love story to transforming back and forth from cartoony to realistic raccoon dogs to a Totoro and Kiki cameo to the odd ball parade thing to testicles, it certainly kept me guessing what would happen next. chaifootsteps . There's also a love story I think.When I watched this movie, the sheer absurdity of the concept kept me pretty entertained, and the scenes where they were learning the shapeshifting were pretty cool. I've been going through all the Ghibli movies, having only seen Grave of the Fireflies, MNT, and Spirited Away prior, and I recently watched Pom Poko.What the fuck. Pom Poko. Most of them have a unanimous "This is good" or "This is not good. Competing political states and animals acting on instinct lead to a very harsh reality by the end of the film. You can still think it is boring, long stretches of it is a bit talky, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. When I was in Tokyo every Tanuki idol I saw had a big scrotum.

The film begins idly enough with a family of tanuki living in an abandoned farmhouse in the Tama Hills. But, I was brought back into reality when one of the elders decides to teach the male Tanukis about their scrotums and how they weren't sitting on a rug but in fact the shapeshifted scrotum of the elder. He’s just a Youtube star ahead of his time.As the film progresses we get a lot of different viewpoints from the raccoons. Pom Poko easily falls onto the “Most Bizarre Films” you’ve ever seen list. It's a pretty good watch, here's a notable clip. Yeah, the one with the tanuki balls. Who’s got big balls?

With Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki. In Pom Poko, we see the raccoons stop fighting with each other over their differences in order to face a greater foe together: humans. They are mischevious and cause trouble...like in the movie.Get a load of 19th-century Japan art depicting tanuki and their balls: Like I've said, I knew that already. My mind was blown when I realized that Mario's flying suit is a raccoon dog. Every scene presented some new moment of raccoons becoming ghosts, old men or monsters and I always wanted to see what came next. It has its headquarters in Koganei, Tokyo. Such was the case for me with Pom Poko. Here, we see the raccoons use their testicles as a means of transformation, making everything from mats to sit on, to large spheres of death for a ball bombing attack at the end. The real life animals also have disproportionately large testicles. I didn't find the movie boring at all, but then again my favorite Ghibli film is Only Yesterday, which many say is boring as well.I will add, they are the most adorable Ghibli critters when the tanooki are portrayed as real-life racoon in the film. In Japanese the title is “Heisei-era Raccoon Dog War Pom Poko“.

Shoukichi is one of the main protagonists in Pom Poko.

It certainly is unique.It's probably the most divisive Ghibli movie.

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