The story of Inuyasha begins when a 15 years old girl named Kagome is transported to another world in the past and meets the half dog-demon named Inuyasha. There are two anime series: the first part based on the manga vol.1-36 and the second one (titled Inuyasha: The Final Act) based on the rest of the original manga story. Inuyasha (犬夜叉) is a popular fantasy anime series that is recommended to watch if you like Princess Mononoke. The fantasy anime movie depicts the human society and nature in a Japanese countryside. As they grow up, their inner conflicts are increasing: they should live as a human or a wolf. Wolf Children revolves around a young lady Hana and her half-human, half-wolf children Yuki and Ame who can change their forms into wolf and get back into human.

If you like Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films like Princess Mononoke, it is also recommended to watch the movies directed by Mamoru Hosoda, especially Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪) released in 2012. The forest, which is also the tanuki’s habitat, is destroyed due to the deforestation, and they decide to stand against human beings.

The setting of Pom Poko is the edge of Tokyo in the 1960s under the city development. The symbol of Pom Poko is tanuki, which is sometimes depicted as a fictional raccoon dog in Japanese folklores. It was written and directed by the Studio Ghibli’s top director Isao Takahata. Pom Poko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ), a comedy and drama Studio Ghibli movie released in 1994, has been loved by adults and children for a long time.

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