Pom poko / Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo and Studio Ghibli presents ; a Studio Ghibli production ; produced by Toshio Suzuki ; original story and screenplay by Isao Takahata ; directed by Isao Takahata.
Container of (work) : Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko (Motion picture)
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1994. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features (Blu-ray): Feature-length storyboards; Original theatrical trailers and TV spots. Essays "From Pig to Tanuki" by Toshio Suzuki and "The Present-Day Predicament of Tanuki" by Isao Takahata Japanese voices: Makoto Nonomura, Shinchou Kokontei, Yuriko Ishida, Akira Fukuzawa, Beichou Katsura, Bunshi Katsura, Gannosuke Ashiya, Shigeru Izumiya, Takehiro Murata, Nijiko Kiyokawa. English voices: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Clancy Brown, J.K. Simmons, Tress MacNeille, Kevin Michael Richardson, Marc Donato, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche.
Summary:
"The tanuki (raccoon dogs) of Tama Hills find their fun-loving community under attack when their quiet woodlands are threatened by encroaching developers looking to create still more houses and shopping malls. Desperate to survive, the tanuki band together and learn the ancient art of transformation, shape-shifting into a comical variety of humans and spirits as they undertake a last-ditch plan to scare away the humans and save their home, in this deeply affecting, funny and heartfelt look at what it means to live in the modern world."--Container
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