''Pokonyan!'' () is a 1993–1996 anime series produced by
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
. There are 170 episodes, each 10 minutes long. It is licensed by
as ''Rocky Rackat!''.
ROCKY RACKAT!
. Retrieved on March 27, 2014.
''Pokonyan!'' was very popular in the 1990s, when there was a tanuki trend.[Clements, Jonathan and Helen McCarthy. ''The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917''. ]Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press, Inc. is a publishing company distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution and founded in 1989. Authors published include Donald Richie and Frederik L. Schodt. Stone Bridge publishes books related to Japan, having pub ...
, November 6, 2012. , 9781611725155
page unstated
(Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical ...
PT 682) "Tanuki were certainly 'in' at this point in the 1990s—the unrelated ''Pokonyan'' was a big hit at the same time."
Characters
* Pokonyan () / Rocky Rackat: A mix between a cat and a raccoon.
* Miki Konoha ( ''Konoha Miki'') / Amy: A young girl who is Pokonyan's friend.
* Midori Konoha ( ''Konoha Midori''): Miki's mother
* Shigeru Konoha ( ''Konoha Shigeru''): Miki's father
References
External links
''ROCKY RACKAT!''
at
*
{{Fujiko Fujio
1993 anime television series debuts
Animated television series about cats
NHK original programming
Television series about raccoons
Television series about shapeshifting