A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Shinchô Kokontei
- Narrator
- (voice)
Makoto Nonomura
- Shôkichi
- (voice)
Yuriko Ishida
- Okiyo
- (voice)
Norihei Miki
- Seizaemon
- (voice)
Shigeru Izumiya
- Gonta
- (voice)
Takehiro Murata
- Bunta
- (voice)
Beichô Katsura
- Kinchô Daimyôjin the Sixth
- (voice)
- (as Beichou Katsura)
Bunshi Katsura VI
- Yashimano Hage
- (voice)
- (as Bunshi Katsura)
Akira Kamiya
- Tamasaburô
- (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
- Male Tanuki B
- (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
- Sasuke
- (voice)
Rin Mizuhara
- Ofuku
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs the tanuki fly off in a train of spirits and ghosts, immediately before beginning project "Poltergeist", images characters from other Ghibli works can be seen, including that of Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Porco Rosso's Seaplane from Porco Rosso (1992), Totoro on his top from My Neighbor Totoro (1988), and young Taeko from Only Yesterday (1991) can be seen flying just above the winged skeleton.
- GoofsThe English-dubbed version incorrectly refers to the tanuki as "raccoons". Tanuki are actually "raccoon dogs" - they are in the canid branch of mammals.
- Alternate versionsThe English dubbed version censors all references to testicles.
- ConnectionsFeatured in AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005)
- SoundtracksAjia no Kono Machi de
(In this Town of Asia)
Lyrics by Kôryû
Music by Yôko Ono
Vocals & Performance by Shang Shang Typhoon
Featured review
One of my favorites from Ghibli
This a very different, more dynamic film than a lot of other Ghibli works. Although it bears some thematic resemblance to "Mononoke" and "Naussica" in its nature vs. man plot, it plays out much differently through its use of humorous protagonists. Though on the surface the tanuki may look like cuddly teddy bears, they are fierce in their war with the humans. The animation of the transformation scenes and the action shots make this a very appealing film and the characterization is first rate (especially the three old masters)!
It may be helpful for non-japanese audiences to do a little reading on japanese folklore. I caught a lot of the references but much of it went over my head.
It may be helpful for non-japanese audiences to do a little reading on japanese folklore. I caught a lot of the references but much of it went over my head.
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- freakus
- Nov 28, 1999
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $372,405
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $107,909
- Jun 17, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $1,252,335
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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