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.
29 October 1935, Ise, Mie, Japan
5 January 1941, Tokyo, Japan
29 October 1935, Ise, Mie, Japan
22 January 1969, Paddington, London, England, UK
6 July 1966, Sacramento, California, USA
20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA
4 May 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
5 June 1992, Lakewood, California, USA
1 December 1962, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA
8 December 1960, McAllen, Texas, USA
27 April 1931, Tokyo, Japan
2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA
15 November 1963, Gifu, Japan
16 July 1943, Sakai, Japan
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.
February 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
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.
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.
August 23, 2005
Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
November 27, 2015
A consistently and thoroughly interminable animated endeavor...
April 29, 2009
A fun, funny and sad commentary on society, Asian society, and the environment...
September 04, 2005
smart, stylishly trippy

