History of Tanuki Yokai (and Their Amazing Balls)

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For more information on tanuki, check out our article of Tofugu.com:
www.tofugu.com/2015/01/30/tanu...
Welcome to Tofugu's new series, Yokai 101. We're gonna teach you all kinds of things about spooky, fun, and magical Japanese creatures. We'll start with the tanuki, the magical canine with giant balls.
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18 июн 2015

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Комментарии : 273

@palomaharper2810 7 лет назад

Woah. When Tom Nook gives you furniture it turns into a leaf... 😳

@ezenart 9 лет назад

That Ghibli movie is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen.

@Kyrmana 9 лет назад

"Illuminatanuki"

@Keoni-zd7nd 2 года назад

Avatar: The last ballsbender racoon dogs!

@Kagome4748 8 лет назад

Tanukis ARE raccoon dogs.

@sergiolobato1798 8 лет назад

I'm just NUTS over TANUKI!!!!

@kumikosachs4619 7 лет назад

The guy looks like a tanuki too

@inotaishu1 5 лет назад

Oh wow, this had a few mistakes: 1) "Racoon dog" is the correct english term for this canid. The mistake people often make is calling them racoons. 2) Foxes are not universally evil in Chinese folklore. 3) Considered how rarely racoon dogs appear in Chinese folklore, I would say that the tales of them mostly originated in Japan.

@sleepybearoverwatch1152 4 года назад

Do not watch this if u are intending to watch the BNA anime series on Netflix it is a spoiler in the 15, 20, seconds of it about the Tanuki and the Fox otherwise it's cool. I'll watch it later.

@piecesofone4854 3 года назад

Yokai as an anime kids show

@CarbyGuuGuu 4 года назад

So, that’s why Tom Nook wears an apron.

@Sora-ce1zx 4 года назад

Fun fact

@glacierlily 9 лет назад

lol, i tried to add this to my favorites twice. I'm drunk. i have no idea who this guy is but he made me laugh multiple times. give him a raise koichi. did he introduce himself at the beginning? id even rememver. gonna keep on drinking booze and curl up in a nutsack I guess i'm a tanuki.

@SplashAttackTCG 4 года назад

"to murdering the elderly...."

@Beniled 5 лет назад

I feel like you sort of glossed over the whole “...murdering the elderly...” thing.

@michelangelodecarlo2271 7 лет назад

Great video, I was really interested in why tanuki balls are a thing, thank yous

@TickTockTimeTraveler 9 лет назад

I'm loving this yokai episode theme! I'm an artist and have spent time exploring yokai and Japanese folklore in the past, so videos like this one are entertaining for me. Good stuff :O

@GreyWolfLeaderTW 4 года назад

The hilarious thing is that the tanuki having giant balls isn't about fertility. Japanese gold smiths would use tanuki fur pelts to flatten golden balls out into thin gold leafs/sheets, because the fur pelts are durable and yet soft, able to allow hammer blows to shape the gold underneath it without being damaged.

@lolim18butnotreally54 6 лет назад

I searched up tanuki and I scrolled down and saw this and I look at the thumbnail and I say woah that’s a lot of flys- WAAiTTt hOoOlLD Up ... wtf

@tabbyenthusiast2913 6 лет назад

Thank goodness, now I understand the Tanuki Suit from SMB3 and most of the events in Pom Poko. It also makes me think about Tom Nook and his shop a lot more...Is this why Animal Crossing furniture is displayed as leaves in your pockets??