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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.
18 March 1960, Tokyo, Japan
6 July 1966, Sacramento, California, USA
27 August 1994, Durham, North Carolina, USA
8 December 1960, McAllen, Texas, USA
26 June 1967, Maryland, USA
1 December 1962, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
16 July 1943, Sakai, Japan
9 June 1980, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 November 1912, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
30 March 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18 July 1967, Hollywood, California, USA
5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA
18 September 1946, Kanagawa, Japan
30 March 1967, Tokyo, Japan
5 January 1995, Sarasota, Florida, USA
2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA
31 July 1958, Billings, Montana, USA
1 July 1952, Jerusalem, Israel
5 June 1992, Lakewood, California, USA
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.
September 04, 2005
smart, stylishly trippy
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 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.
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.

