[Anime Review] Pom Poko

Pom Poko

"Its good, its entertaining and fun, but its not timeless" -bezoe

Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.

I like the story actually, I think it is really good one. Its about tanuki that try to save their home from humans and the method they are using it was pretty damn funny. At some part actually I can feel sympathy for them too, how they sacrifice their life in order to regain their habitat.

Animation part I think not the best around, especially when I consider this is from Ghibli. Plus this is the same director who made Grave of the Fireflies which I think is awesome.

Graphic quality also not the best around, but I really love the Ghosts design and also the transformation scene.

Bottomline: Not a "must watch" movie from Ghibli, but check it out if you have time.

Overall Rating: B--