
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.
















31 July 1958, Billings, Montana, USA

9 June 1935, Louisiana, USA

6 November 1925, Dalian, Liaoning, China

5 June 1992, Lakewood, California, USA

9 May 1996, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

18 April 1984, Columbus, Ohio, USA

23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

24 June 1964, Tokyo, Japan

26 June 1967, Maryland, USA

1 December 1962, Taito, Tokyo, Japan

25 October 1964, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

1 September 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA

11 May 1948, Aomori, Japan


16 July 1943, Sakai, Japan

25 January 1989, Canada

30 March 1967, Tokyo, Japan

29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA

8 September 1981, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

11 August 1993, Toledo, Ohio, USA

2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA


29 May 1931, Kyoto, Japan

30 March 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

6 July 1966, Sacramento, California, USA

4 May 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

22 September 1944, USA

5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA

18 July 1967, Hollywood, California, USA

April 2, 1983 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan



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
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.
February 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
August 23, 2005
Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
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 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.