Cats, goats, owls — they're all old news. 2016 is the year of the tanuki. A tanuki, commonly mistaken for a badger or a raccoon, is actually an atypical species of dog known in Japan. Twitter user ...

Since 7th century A.D., Tanuki have been cast in Japanese folklore as sneaky but benevolent rascals. More recently, a “raccoon dog” starred in the Studio Ghibli film Pom Poko and featured in Super ...

If the current trend of AI-generated Studio Ghibli memes is leaving a bad taste, then take comfort in Tanuki: Pon's Summer, a cosy-looking indie game (albeit with a cheeky BMX-ing tanuki), which you ...

Critical Reflex and Denkiworks dropped a new reveal this week at the 2024 Tokyo Game Show, as Tanuki: Pon's Summer is coming to PC and Xbox consoles. Created by the same minds that brought the ...

The tanuki is a wild canid species native to Japan that is related to wolves, foxes, and domestic dogs. It's also known as the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) and is a ...

BMX your way into the hearts of all the townsfolk as a mail delivery TANUKI: Pon’s Summer! You’ve got one month to save up enough to restore the shrine for the Great Tanuki Festival. Deliver packages, ...

We love violent, gritty, action-packed games, but all that bloodshed can get a bit overwhelming sometimes. That's when we need cute, cozy adventure games to come along and take the edge off, and in ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. The tanuki, a Japanese species sometimes called a “raccoon dog,” is perhaps best known in the West — if ...