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The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.
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Language-wise, probably the hardest Ghibli movie
What an interesting movie! I first watched it many years ago with English subtitles, but now, watching in Japanese with more language and cultural baggage, this movie felt a lot deeper and nuanced. Here, we follow the story of a big group of Tanuki raccoons clashing with humans. At the latter part of the Showa era and the Japanese bubble economy, Japan started building what they called "new towns" which were basically huge blocks of residential areas outside of the big cities, mostly in primeval