http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki/ Comments on MetaFilter post Tanuki! Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:59:31 -0800 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:59:31 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki Let's talk <a href="http://www.dancingbadger.com/mustel07.htm" title="What is a tanuki?">tanuki</a>... <a href="http://users.mdonline.net/wabei/xlation/quilt/tanufox.htm" title="tale of tanuki and kitsune">tanuki and fox</a>... <a href="http://www.youkaimura.org/tanuki.htm" title="Tanuki's power in Japan">traditional tanuki</a>... <a href="http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/fantasy/TheCrimsonFairyBook/chap28.html" title="Clever tanuki avenges a death">trickster tanuki</a>... <a href="http://www.jss.org.sg/culture.html" title="The tanuki in Japanese culture">tanuki culture</a>... <a href="http://www.jh-author.com/tanuki.htm" title="tanuki as shapeshifter">transformer tanuki</a>... <a href="http://www.axess.com/users/jackr/tanuki.htm" title="A tanuki in a monastery">tanuki priest</a>... <a href="http://www.stinky.com/anabu/anabu_short.mov" title="Quicktime movie of a Japanese commerical">tanuki balls</a>. post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:46:04 -0800 moonbird tanuki http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#680978 The hammer suit was way better. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-680978 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:59:31 -0800 Space Coyote http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#680983 You forgot the <a href="http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=171&mode=search&sessionid=95fc12ce7cf5b3569ec61b2ffe0dbb21">Tanooki</a> <a href="http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/images/ss/ss_smb3_17.gif">Suit</a>. <em>On Preview: <a href="http://maccshq.rpgclassics.com/random/anim/maccshoejump.gif">Kuribo's Shoe</a> was wicked better, but the hammer suit garnered the best message from the King upon return of his magic wand.</em> comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-680983 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 11:07:48 -0800 Potloaf http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#681007 Tanukis love <a href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?show=HARDCOVER:NEW:0553803328:24.00&page=excerpt">Tom Robbins</a> comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-681007 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 12:23:44 -0800 BentPenguin http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#681008 Wow, that's the <a href="http://www.stinky.com/anabu/">best commercial ever</a> (exploring the "tanuki balls" link -- longer version and translation available there). comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-681008 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 12:34:16 -0800 boredomjockey http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#681011 Potloaf said everything I could possibly think of saying. Nice post, though. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-681011 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 12:44:59 -0800 rafter http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#681030 The <a href="http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_global_schoolyard_rhyme_project.html">Global Schoolyard Rhyme Project</a> - 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"). comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-681030 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 13:37:43 -0800 raygirvan http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#681037 Somebody should mention <a href="http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/pompoko/">Pom Poko</a>, a delightful animated film about shape-shifting trickster tanuki by Isao Takahata, director of <a href="http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/grave/">Grave of the Fireflies</a> (which most people should see), and colleague of Spirited Away's Miyazaki. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-681037 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 14:07:06 -0800 Zetetics http://www.metafilter.com/33496/Tanuki#681265 Yes! Yes! Pom Poko is awesome. It's, um, often weird to Western audiences because of the Tanuki balls. Thanks! Great post! comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33496-681265 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:10:20 -0800 azazello