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Pom Poko
The story begins in late 1960s Japan, followings a community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs as they band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers.
















16 July 1943, Sakai, Japan

2 January 1915, Nagano, Japan

20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA

30 March 1967, Tokyo, Japan

4 September 1968, North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA

26 May 1944

21 July 1962, Houston, Texas, USA

22 November 1956, USA

18 September 1946, Kanagawa, Japan

18 March 1960, Tokyo, Japan

1 July 1952, Jerusalem, Israel

6 July 1966, Sacramento, California, USA

5 June 1992, Lakewood, California, USA

10 December 1964

20 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA

25 January 1989, Canada

1 September 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA

8 September 1981, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

8 December 1960, McAllen, Texas, USA

9 May 1996, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

23 May 1984, San Dimas, California, USA

11 April 1924, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

30 March 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

29 May 1931, Kyoto, Japan

24 November 1912, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

9 June 1980, Washington, District of Columbia, USA


15 November 1963, Gifu, Japan

24 June 1964, Tokyo, Japan

29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA



August 23, 2005
Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
February 20, 2014
By no means a particularly good film...But as a cultural curiosity and a showcase for stunningly bizarre animation, there's nothing else quite like it.
September 04, 2005
smart, stylishly trippy
May 26, 2010
An excellent contribution to Ghibli's legacy of pro-environment fables about the magic of the natural world and the emptiness of crowded cities.
November 27, 2015
A consistently and thoroughly interminable animated endeavor...
February 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
April 29, 2009
A fun, funny and sad commentary on society, Asian society, and the environment...
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.