Anime like Mori no Densetsu

Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko

Also known as Pom Poko.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Studio Ghibli , Daiei , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.



Tags: Environmental , Mythology , Ensemble Cast , Animals , Rural , Primarily Animal Cast , Shapeshifting , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Revenge , Youkai , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Kids , Travel , Transgender

Jumping

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A boy walks down the street and as he goes along his strides increase. Eventually he leaps over towns, forests, and oceans, seeing many things and surprising many people along the way.



Tags: POV , No Dialogue

Yama Nezumi Rocky Chuck

Also known as Fables of the Green Forest.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Mushi Production , Fuji TV , Zuiyou Eizou
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Various stories about a group of animals that live together in a forest. The stories are adaptations from the many children's books written by Thornton W. Burgess.

Tags: Kids , Animals , Classic Literature