# Where to Watch Pom Poko

**Pom Poko streams on Netflix and Max. Isao Takahata's shape-shifting tanuki fable — Ghibli's funniest, saddest environmental epic, about magical raccoon dogs waging a doomed prankster war against Tokyo's expansion.**

## Where to Watch

- [Max](https://www.max.com/movies/43b30e7e-80ee-4d12-8f06-3b777fe33ce9)
- [Max](https://www.max.com/movies/f8a14d21-3e76-445e-bcc1-82e453c4ae24)
- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70035036)

Netflix and Max both stream it alongside the rest of the Ghibli library.

## Synopsis

The forests outside Tokyo are being flattened for suburbs, and the tanuki who live there — jovial, lazy, gifted shapeshifters — decide to fight back the only way they know: transformation, sabotage, and spectacular supernatural pranks. They haunt construction sites, stage ghost parades, and study the old masters of disguise, all while their food and territory keep shrinking. Takahata plays it as riotous folk comedy for an hour, then lets the reality underneath surface: this is a war the tanuki cannot win, and the film's final stretch lands with a grief that sneaks past all the laughter. Few films are this funny and this heartbroken at once.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** MOVIE
- **Episodes:** 1
- **Premiered:** 1994
- **Studio:** studio ghibli inc.
- **Score:** 7

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## FAQ

### Where can I watch Pom Poko?

It streams on Netflix and Max.

### Is Pom Poko a kids' movie?

Kids enjoy the pranks and transformations; adults get the full weight of the ending. Like most Takahata, it works on two levels at once.

### Why do the tanuki look different from scene to scene?

It's deliberate — they shift between realistic, folkloric, and cartoon forms depending on their energy and mood. It's one of the film's cleverest ideas.