Do they make a Tanuki model? or just cats?

this must be a japanese cat again, it has a wierd face... just sayin!!! they have some freaky looking tanuki wannabes there...

>> ^Payback:
>> ^Numinar:
They have some good waterparks there! Though there was one in Tachikawa where the wave pool's wave was all of 5 cm high. I am still angry about that.

Lol, I make a wave twice that doing a cannonball.


Your avatar makes me wonder if there are any Tanuki (Tanooki) themed water parks in japan, and if so, how many "scrotum" comments would that video receive??

>> ^atara:
Tanuki, which is the animal in both this clip and the one you linked, are known for having large testicles.

Also, they can temporarily turn into a statue that is impervious to damage.

>> ^atara:
Tanuki, which is the animal in both this clip and the one you linked, are known for having large testicles.
>> ^grinter:
Could someone please explain to me what is going on with the Japanese and huge raccoon testicles?
http://www.videosift.com/video/Huge-Breasts-and-Testicles-
on-Anthropamorphic-Animals



That picture on the wikipedia page... OMG... O_O

Tanuki, which is the animal in both this clip and the one you linked, are known for having large testicles.

>> ^grinter:
Could someone please explain to me what is going on with the Japanese and huge raccoon testicles?
http://www.videosift.com/video/Huge-Breasts-and-Testicles-
on-Anthropamorphic-Animals

Tan Tan Tanuki no kintama wa,
Kaze mo nai no ni,
Bura bura

I... can never look... at the tanuki suit from Mario3... the same way... ever... again...

I'd say wow, but I'm afraid of opening my mouth now.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'pom poko, tanuki, raccoon dog, japan, japanese, 90s, 1994, teabag, scrotum' to 'pom poko, tanuki, raccoon dog, japan, japanese, 90s, 1994, teabag, scrotum, Ghibli' - edited by ponceleon

Hey, thanks! I am in the process of sifting an awesome concert footage from a GHIBLI Music Concert. It rocked my world, http://www.videosift.com/video/GHIBLI-Concert-Part-1-Nausicaa-of-the-Valley-Wind. I saw that you enjoyed Pom poko Tanuki 2nd time around. What was different?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jCthWMgG8

nebosuke,

In Japanese culture Tanukis are pretty common and they are always depicted with huge testes. In fact when mario gets the racoon tail and learns to fly, that cape he uses, it's a ball sack. Honestly though the movie is highly playful and I would not think twice about showing it to a child.

This is another fav. Studio Ghilbi movie. It made me happy and sad at the same time.

Pom Poko (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, lit. "Heisei-era Raccoon Dog War Pom Poko", also known as The Raccoon War) is a 1994 Japanese animated film written and directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli.

The film plays heavily upon Japanese folklore and here are some basic facts which may help you find the film less baffling.

* Tanuki in Japanese folklore are mischievous, lazy, cheerful and gullible creatures who use their supernatural shape-shifting powers to trick humans. It is often said that a Tanuki would put a leaf on top of their head and chant in order to change its form into anything (for example, a monk). They are also said to try to con humans with leaves turned into banknotes, although in the film this act is meant to be prohibited.

* Statues of tanuki can be seen everywhere in Japan, especially in temples and shrines, often holding a barrel of sake.

* In Japanese folklore, foxes are also supernatural creatures (known as kitsune) with an ability to transform itself into a human form. However, in contrast to the absent-minded tanuki, kitsune are usually portrayed as more witty, cunning and sometimes malicious. Kitsune are also messengers of (or sometimes a depiction of) Inari, the Shinto god of rice. In the film, a tanuki manages to terrify the humans planning to move a shrine by appearing as a white fox. Statues of kitsune mark the estimated 30,000 to 40,000 outdoor Inari shrines scattered throughout Japan.

* The stone statues which the Tanukis turn into are those of Jizo, the protective deity of travellers, people condemned to Hell, and the souls of stillborn, miscarried, and aborted fetuses. The roadside statues are a common sight in Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom_Poko

pom poko rules. i must one day own/befriend a tanuki because of that movie.

my favorite part of this advert is how adorable it is, at first, and how awesomely that contrasts with the tanuki waving his massive balls around. hah!

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The kintama on that tanuki are meant to symbolize luck and prosperity.