With Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (Pompoko) Isao Takahata offers us both a mythological tale and an ecological fable, a work that is both funny and tragic.

While the tanuki, a magical raccoon-like species that can change shape at will, continue to live their lives far from the noise of humans, the latter remember them by coming to settle on their mountain. Little by little, the humans clear and take over their space. Will the tanuki be able to save their territory and their traditions?