Pom Poko.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 12003269Publication details: [United States] : Shout Factory, 2018.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Director, Isao Takahata.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Blu-ray | Main Library | DVD | ANIME POM POKO | Available | 33111010535561 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Renowned animation director Isao Takahata spins this tale about a pitched battle between Japanese folkloric figures and housing developers at the edge of the Tokyo sprawl. The tanuki -- a badger-like creature often portrayed with big round eyes, a large Buddha-like belly, and long pendulous testicles resting by its feet -- is a beloved figure in Japanese myth, viewed both as a fun-loving bringer of fortune and a shape-changing trickster. Pom Poko opens with a group of tanuki fighting amongst each other for the increasingly scarce resources of their forest. Soon the group realizes that the real enemy is not their fellow tanuki, but suburban sprawl. Lead by their tough-talking matriarch, Oroku Baba, they use their lycanthropic abilities in a campaign to thwart the developers. Suddenly tarps fall on windshields and obstacles appear before bulldozers, sending the lot careening off the road and into a gulch. Unfortunately, the tide of progress is not that easily turned. Will the plucky tanuki keep their pastoral idyll? ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Clancy Brown, J.K. Simmons, Tress Macneille, Kevin Michael Richardson.
Director, Isao Takahata.
Blu-ray.
English, French, Japanese audio; English, French subtitles.
MPAA rating: PG.
From acclaimed director Isao Takahata. Celebrate the magic of the forest and the beauty of the creatures that live among us. An extraordinary tale of transformation and hope is told as the human world begins to encroach upon the animal world.
"**** Editor's Choice ... the animation is luminous and beautiful ... Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing ... Highly recommended."--Video Librarian.
" ... Smart, stylishly trippy ..."--Filmcritic.com.
"Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen."--Flick Filosopher.