Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Pom Poko WTF?

I'm not sure how I missed seeing this. It's just so insane that I'm not really sure what to think.

Posted by bekah

3 comments:

AI-BU9 said...

i love this movie - classic studio ghibli stuff.

i always wondered why the tanuki statues had their junk portrayed so prominently. now i know.

from wikipedia: "In metalworking, tanuki skins were often used for thinning gold. As a result, tanuki became associated with precious metals and metalwork. Small tanuki statues were marketed as front yard decoration and good luck charm for bringing in prosperity. Also, this is why tanuki is described as having large kintama (金玉 lit. gold ball, meaning testicles in casual Japanese)."

KINTAMA POWAAAH!

January 6, 2010 at 1:16 PM
FAKA! said...

I think it must be a "raccoon thing"
=/

January 6, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Galspanic said...

"In metalworking, tanuki skins were often used for thinning gold. Their skins also enable plumbers to fly in certain levels of Super Mario Brothers 3."

I have always appreciated the Tanuki and its inflatable scrote. I'm really more into Kappa and Oni, but the Tanuki are so charming. Kitsune are also neeto.
That movie is really fun. Especially their portrayal of the 100 ghosts.

January 6, 2010 at 1:33 PM

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