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I was watching Pom Poko and

Firstly, you should try asking Isao Takahata. He’s the one that made Pom Poko, not Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli ≠ Hayao Miyazaki. And, I know it’s a crazy concept, but not every culture on earth thinks it’s outrageous or inappropriate to animate animals anatomically correct. But most importantly, in Japanese folklore the scrotum (not the testicles) is an imperative feature of the Tanuki. During the Kamakura era (1185–1333), goldsmiths would use the pelts of the Tanuki (due to its strength and elasticity) to wrap balls of gold, before hammering/stretching them into gold leaf. Because the Japanese terms for a small ball of gold (“kin no tama”) and testicles (“kintama”) are so phonetically similar, the image of a Tanuki with a large scrotum is now associated with good fortune and stretching one’s wealth. You can now find ceramic statues of Tanuki throughout Japan, usually outside shops and restaurants to invite prosperity and success. There is also a popular playground song that children sing: “Tan-tan-tanuki no kintama wa, kaze mo nai no ni, bu-ra bura!“ Roughly translated, this means “The Tan-Tan-Tanuki’s balls! There isn’t any wind blowing, but they still go swing, swing, swing!” A ceramic Tanuki charm (bake-danuki) outside a shop:

When you have to deal with adults acting like 12 year old children

Biggest Nope I’ve Seen To Date

Okay so I’m watching my friend’s cats while she’s away and she left me descriptions so I could tell who’s who