Tanuki!
June 5, 2004 10:46 AM   Subscribe

 
The hammer suit was way better.
posted by Space Coyote at 10:59 AM on June 5, 2004


You forgot the Tanooki Suit.

On Preview: Kuribo's Shoe was wicked better, but the hammer suit garnered the best message from the King upon return of his magic wand.
posted by Potloaf at 11:07 AM on June 5, 2004


Tanukis love Tom Robbins
posted by BentPenguin at 12:23 PM on June 5, 2004


Wow, that's the best commercial ever (exploring the "tanuki balls" link -- longer version and translation available there).
posted by boredomjockey at 12:34 PM on June 5, 2004


Potloaf said everything I could possibly think of saying.

Nice post, though.
posted by rafter at 12:44 PM on June 5, 2004


The Global Schoolyard Rhyme Project - scroll down to Update #3 - has a similar reference: "Tan-Tan-Tanuki no kintama wa / Kaze mo nai no ni / Bura bura bura" ("The Fox-Fox-Foxdog's testicles are / Despite there being no wind blowing / Swaying, swaying, swaying").
posted by raygirvan at 1:37 PM on June 5, 2004


Somebody should mention Pom Poko, a delightful animated film about shape-shifting trickster tanuki by Isao Takahata, director of Grave of the Fireflies (which most people should see), and colleague of Spirited Away’s Miyazaki.
posted by Zetetics at 2:07 PM on June 5, 2004


Yes! Yes! Pom Poko is awesome. It's, um, often weird to Western audiences because of the Tanuki balls.

Thanks! Great post!
posted by azazello at 11:10 PM on June 5, 2004


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