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 May 1931, Kyoto, Japan
26 June 1967, Maryland, USA
6 November 1925, Dalian, Liaoning, China
8 December 1960, McAllen, Texas, USA
30 March 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA
3 October 1969, Tokyo, Japan
18 July 1967, Hollywood, California, USA
20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA
September 04, 2005
smart, stylishly trippy
February 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
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...
April 29, 2009
A fun, funny and sad commentary on society, Asian society, and the environment...
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.
August 23, 2005
Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.

