The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon - Iseult Gillespie

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Did you know TED-Ed now publishes animations in Japanese? Check out and subscribe to our new channel: bit.ly/3GuCtRW

    • @sarad2487
      @sarad2487 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok btw first

  • @alexandermarsh918
    @alexandermarsh918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3635

    Tenuki: can shapeshift into a teapot
    Also Tenuki: can't escape a hunting trap
    *visible confusion*

    • @primeroyal7434
      @primeroyal7434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Maybe it was a test who knows?

    • @tallymark2417
      @tallymark2417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It couldn’t reach

    • @TotallyNotSena
      @TotallyNotSena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@tallymark2417 The thing could literally turn into a metal kettle, so why not turn into a statue made out of rock? He could just break the damn thing. It was probably a test to see how the salesman would react, and after seeing his kindness he tried to repay him. Weird way tho, lmao

    • @biomedcraze
      @biomedcraze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      His hand was stuck so he couldn't pull his... (you know)...

    • @elbowsbuns1896
      @elbowsbuns1896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@biomedcraze the tanuki had another hand to grab their balls

  • @ind0266
    @ind0266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3523

    It seems like Tom nook is back to shenanigans again.

    • @palody_en-ja
      @palody_en-ja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Bells, balls, it's all the same to the Nook 🔔

    • @ind0266
      @ind0266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kennethsoriano4895 awe thank you

    • @calebmurray4438
      @calebmurray4438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Oh Tom Nook, always flying with his thicc dump truck and pulling on his balls.

    • @ind0266
      @ind0266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@calebmurray4438 that’s where he strokes the bells you give him.

    • @janaikean1028
      @janaikean1028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ah yes, Nook the Crook

  • @willo90li
    @willo90li 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2331

    "he heard story of shape shifting tanuki who transformed by puling on their t-"
    NOW HOLD ON A MINUTE!!!!

    • @palody_en-ja
      @palody_en-ja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      IT'S A TRAP!

    • @WeldonSirloin
      @WeldonSirloin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Very relatable tbh

    • @ap4702
      @ap4702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@WeldonSirloin relatable!?

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Hold on with BOTH PAWS or it ain't gonna work, yo!

    • @willo90li
      @willo90li 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@HayTatsuko you aren't speaking from experience...right?

  • @tekuaniaakab2050
    @tekuaniaakab2050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +714

    Rocket Rackoon’s backstory is weirder than I expected

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol

    • @parkerhynson3581
      @parkerhynson3581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Actually, I think this is his cousin.

    • @elofkjellson3906
      @elofkjellson3906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rocket is a raccoon, not a raccoon dog. Lol

    • @arandomhewo7966
      @arandomhewo7966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elofkjellson3906 no, he *was* a raccoon dog, he just transformed into a raccoon forever

    • @irfanismailyowo8273
      @irfanismailyowo8273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #boycottmarvel sruperhero

  • @personone1382
    @personone1382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1027

    This is just one giant ancient wholesome meme.
    i am tanuki
    i get trapped
    salesman got my back
    i become kettle
    and salesman get money
    but i too hot
    and i squirm
    become tanuki
    i tell salesman and monke
    they laugh
    we frens

    • @arielll1161
      @arielll1161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      i like

    • @personone1382
      @personone1382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@arielll1161
      me work hard
      make poem
      ariel say like
      me happy
      🧡🥺

    • @priyanshmehta5668
      @priyanshmehta5668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@personone1382 me happy bcoz u happy
      We happy, all happy

    • @personone1382
      @personone1382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@priyanshmehta5668 happ! :D

    • @eleanorrigby7897
      @eleanorrigby7897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      This made mii happ.
      T H A N N K ❤️🥺

  • @llfn1718
    @llfn1718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2203

    I always want to know what the animation process is like. The designs are so beautiful 😍

    • @FrostyInUse
      @FrostyInUse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know right?

    • @anadraguleanu8710
      @anadraguleanu8710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too.

    • @Vagolololo
      @Vagolololo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yes! I would love a behind the scenes of the animation studio. Although I presume that it is not just one.

    • @guadalupeestrada410
      @guadalupeestrada410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They have several guest animators I think. So look for them in the credits and search for them as needed and maybe one of them describes their process in their own channel or outside of TH-cam

  • @alejandrapedroza14
    @alejandrapedroza14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    I knew about the shapeshifter tanukis that trick people so I was like "noooo, salesman!" but it ended up being so sweet, the tanuki endured the polishing and the burning just to return the favor, that's so sweet!

  • @SuperSongbird21
    @SuperSongbird21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    According to one version of this story that I read, the tanuki reverted to his kettle form on the day he died and the monks kept the kettle as a relic in their temple in memory of him. Supposedly you can still see it today.

    • @BambinaSaldana
      @BambinaSaldana ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The specific tanuki is also a really good skateboarder.

    • @dauny08
      @dauny08 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that's temple is Gunma prefecture

    • @Shghgdhjj
      @Shghgdhjj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@BambinaSaldana in that Google doodles yea

    • @Comocutiepie
      @Comocutiepie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That sounds so sad 😢

    • @Comocutiepie
      @Comocutiepie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@BambinaSaldana True

  • @EddVCR
    @EddVCR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Growing up in Japan, I heard and read many stories of the mischievous but endearingly clumsy tanukis. I love them so much!

  • @wot_1505
    @wot_1505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +830

    Doremon: I'm not a Raccoon
    I'm a cat robot

  • @darkhound6461
    @darkhound6461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    Ah that doremon episode, how nostalgic.

    • @june756
      @june756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeaa .. My first thought was about doraemon

    • @foreigner2982
      @foreigner2982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Prepare for upcoming birrage of likes.

    • @sowmyaroysuroju651
      @sowmyaroysuroju651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@june756 same 😄

    • @Manowar458
      @Manowar458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What episode

    • @shreyasp3287
      @shreyasp3287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's not a racoon it's a robot cat

  • @faraz9641
    @faraz9641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    I think that's why those guys in the past were so afraid of doraemon...anyone?no?

    • @hiruzenmonofuke7344
      @hiruzenmonofuke7344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yes doreamon the raccoon. Shhhhhhhhhhh
      Is a cat robot.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ahhh I remember that episode

    • @june756
      @june756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yaa now that's make sense

    • @notathletic4171
      @notathletic4171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hiruzenmonofuke7344 curse you.

    • @oishd6077
      @oishd6077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@srijanumesh5355 it's a shame that i don't remember which episode you are talking about even when i had 1/2 my childhood meals watching Doraemon 😳😭

  • @mohamedlaqin
    @mohamedlaqin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    2:06 The narrator bursts out there lol

  • @kristopherbruns7674
    @kristopherbruns7674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Fun fact: Tanuki are a magical version of the real world animal the Jappanese Racoon dog , a canine that has fur similar to Racoon.

    • @elofkjellson3906
      @elofkjellson3906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Actually, that is just the Japanese word for the animal. It is also the Japanese word for the common raccoon, which is why there is always so much confusion.

    • @Chameleonradio
      @Chameleonradio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@popn6189 Really? I've only heard raccoons referred to as "Araiguma" instead. If you see Tanuki, it's pretty hard to mistake them for each other. Tanuki are much much rounder. I got to a see a few at a local zoo once--they even had an albino Tanuki. Pretty rad.

    • @mamihashimoto1429
      @mamihashimoto1429 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@elofkjellson3906 I am Japanese. We call racoons "Araiguma" and racoon dogs "Tanuki." I hope this clears up the confusion. This story is known as "Bunbuku chagama" (ぶんぶく茶釜).

    • @mamihashimoto1429
      @mamihashimoto1429 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@Chameleonradio I am Japanese. We call racoons "Araiguma" and racoon dogs "Tanuki." I hope this clears up the confusion. This story is known as "Bunbuku chagama" (ぶんぶく茶釜).

  • @MyMooha
    @MyMooha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    "For tales of a trickster you're less likely to want to cuddle-" _I absolutely want to cuddle Loki and he definitely needs a cuddle anyway_

    • @mangomations
      @mangomations 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!
      💚💚💚

    • @theghostofuchiha1496
      @theghostofuchiha1496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean he's gonna fire Mistletoe at you... But okk

    • @sarad2487
      @sarad2487 ปีที่แล้ว

      *w h a t*

  • @cinnamonxguy
    @cinnamonxguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +780

    "Shape-shifting Tanuki who transformed by pulling on their testicles"
    Uhmm..💀💀

    • @gumbitoicic9977
      @gumbitoicic9977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah...

    • @kukothree
      @kukothree 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It can also shape its giant testicles into boats targets, and etc. Sorry I just made it weirder... oops 😅

    • @navedhasan4632
      @navedhasan4632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kukothree you yourself are wierd

    • @kukothree
      @kukothree 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@navedhasan4632 Thank you :)

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not as painful as it sounds. Apparently every tanuki lad comes with the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit built right in!

  • @reetushree3129
    @reetushree3129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Its fascinating how TED Ed uses different kinds of animation for different videos. It's rarely the same

  • @veryberry39
    @veryberry39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love this narrator's voice. I'm always happy when I find she's narrating one.

  • @nadine.1105
    @nadine.1105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This is actually really sweet and wholesome!

  • @nabila_tanzim
    @nabila_tanzim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Amazing. I have heard the name Tanuki in The Google Doodle Champion Island Game for the very first time. How amazingly Google has made that doodle along with Studio 4°C! That's an amazing approach to let the non-Japanese people know about Japanese culture, appreciate it

    • @johnny_boi5456
      @johnny_boi5456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep

    • @harshvardhan4766
      @harshvardhan4766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      actually most of the fiction is from Japanese culture
      those who watch doraemon can understand

    • @saadtanzim9800
      @saadtanzim9800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@harshvardhan4766 Umm. I have watched Doraemon(I still do), not all were from Japanese culture. Even I can even remember a Egyptian story (dividing the Neil river, story of Musa(PBUH)/Moses).

  • @macdjord
    @macdjord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Bold of you to assume I don't want to cuddle Loki.

  • @freyavine6448
    @freyavine6448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I think some western authors who weren't familiar with tanuki would translate it as "badger". So if you're reading an old translation of a japanese folktale and it's about a badger, especially if it's a trickster or a shape-changing badger, it's probably actually a tanuki.

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tanuki are so awesome 😃 I have heard of them before Thank you, Ted-Ed, for reminding us of this magical creature 🙏🏽

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the animation style used in this, and getting to re-hear one of the nicest tanuki stories around.
    Fun fact: tanukis are canids whose closest living relatives are true foxes. They aren't closely related to raccoons.

  • @Enuvrack
    @Enuvrack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love stories about grateful spirits rewarding kind people. They're just as important as the ones about punishing cruel humans.

  • @belle2515
    @belle2515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    fact: tanukis (not raccoons) have really big balls lmao

    • @q-miiproductions878
      @q-miiproductions878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their balls aren't even that big in real life.

    • @allstarpterosaur850
      @allstarpterosaur850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      フルーツケーキ and tanukis are actually canines, more often called “raccoon dogs”.

    • @_Sparky144
      @_Sparky144 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@allstarpterosaur850 fruitcakes? i am so confused lmao

  • @いりた-r3i
    @いりた-r3i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    you can see "tanuki" apparing in many anime or japanese games.
    for example "Doraemon", "Mario(tanuki-mario)", "Animal crossing(Tom Nook)", "Demon-slayer(a main character imitates tanuki during the show)" or some Ghibli's movies.

  • @ashenen2278
    @ashenen2278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    And yes.... Tanukis aren't racoons, they're racoon dogs. Those are totally different animals

    • @q-miiproductions878
      @q-miiproductions878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hence why they say "raccoon-like creatures".

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Tanukis are most closely related to true foxes; they are canids, not procyonids. There is a relationship, but it's very, very distant. As a set of species, tanukis and other raccoon-dogs broke away from other canids about 9 million years ago. They've seen some things, and done some stuff, y'all.
      Yes, tanukis are even separate from continental raccoon-dogs, as they have different numbers of chromosomes than the others. The Japanese version is _Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus_ -- and it will almost certainly end up becoming a species of its own at some point, once the taxonomists get their ducks in a row.

    • @ashenen2278
      @ashenen2278 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HayTatsuko I'm totally aware of racoon dogs being closely related to true foxes.

    • @ashenen2278
      @ashenen2278 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HayTatsuko And yes, defining a species just for being in some degree genetically different or close is kind of not very plausible. The definition of species is not a simple one, at least to say. Dogs, for example, are considered to be the same species as wolves, but some would say they're different species.
      And yes, taxonomy is really not usable in modern systematics like phylogeny. Defining families and orders helps nothing

    • @kamalindsey
      @kamalindsey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And yes, ackshully.

  • @waranontwiwaha9385
    @waranontwiwaha9385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Fun fact: Tanuki is actually not raccoon at all. It’s actually a type of dog relative called raccoon dog which only looks like a raccoon because it has mask on its face.

  • @harryiguana1761
    @harryiguana1761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have to say all Ted-Ed animations are phenomenal

  • @prize5ighter
    @prize5ighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    As a kid, I became aware of the racoon story while watching Doraemon 😂
    Thank you Ted-Ed for reminding me of my childhood

  • @loliochinchin2158
    @loliochinchin2158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I don't know why but this scene looks cute 0:47

  • @Elsisalittleconcerned
    @Elsisalittleconcerned 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imagine you try to make some tea and a raccoon dog starts running around saying he wanted to pay you back but being roasted wasn’t part of the original plan.

  • @WhoisSupernerd
    @WhoisSupernerd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:21 The neckline of both layer of his clothes should be 'y' shaped, called 右衽.

  • @saeyi8961
    @saeyi8961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The animations are always the main things I enjoy when watching these videos :D

  • @skyb994
    @skyb994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i just finished the whole playlist of myths by ted ed and i enjoyed it so much:D i thought it was only composed of greek mythology but i obviously was wrong. and i enjoyed all of the stories from different parts of the world. it made me fond of the thought of how different everything is yet, so similar. the story, the narration, the animation are just *chef's kiss*. it taught me a lot of things too. i'll always enjoy ted ed no matter what day or time it is. and when i get older, i'll try my best to support you through patreon xd. anyways, good job ted ed:D

  • @pitalovr
    @pitalovr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Tom Nook: the origin story

  • @captainpalegg2860
    @captainpalegg2860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing could have possibly prepared me for that opening quote.

  • @hourscience
    @hourscience 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am impressed with the mythic videos due to their interesting stories.

  • @arcie3716
    @arcie3716 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The whole myth is such a beautiful story

  • @omarsalem1219
    @omarsalem1219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When your so used to greek mythology that a wholesome myth about a trickster animal that has a happy ending feels wrong to you

  • @riesenflugzeug
    @riesenflugzeug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:15 WHAT

  • @shashwatranjan7437
    @shashwatranjan7437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:29 did the narrator laughed or giggled ? Anyone noticed, btw love her voice

  • @camiloiribarren1450
    @camiloiribarren1450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very wholesome story and great ending. Thank you

  • @huonghayley
    @huonghayley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The animation is incredible, any frame makes a beautiful picture

  • @もんざえもん-o5x
    @もんざえもん-o5x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    英語は所々しか聞き取れないけど、アニメですぐに話が分かった!
    このお話は分福茶釜(ぶんぷくちゃがま)という日本で古くから伝わるおとぎ話です。
    日本ではタヌキやキツネが化けるお話がいっぱい伝わっています。
    まさかこのお話を世界中の人が聞く時代が来るとはびっくりです。

  • @starcloak
    @starcloak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely love the animation. Love Japanese folklore/myths. Keep up the good work ❤

  • @Sanee650
    @Sanee650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is soooooo cute such a beautiful wholesome story 🥺🥺

  • @blink-oncefeat.multistan1300
    @blink-oncefeat.multistan1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    me: *reading the captoion*
    Also me: TONY TONY CHOPPER!!! 🤣

  • @axtapal2503
    @axtapal2503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We had this story in school, good to see it again :)

  • @gift4413
    @gift4413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    WHEN IT SAID HOW THEY TRANSFORMED I NEARLY SPIT MY DRINK OUT ON MY SCREEN

  • @mryellow4633
    @mryellow4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Japanese tanuki, also known as a raccoon-dog and are not related to the western raccoon. Tanuki are in the canidae family along with foxes, wolves, coyotes, dogs.

  • @amelienguyen253
    @amelienguyen253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:20 Hela, is that you?!

  • @guangruixia
    @guangruixia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful animation and amazing narration!

  • @JulesColour
    @JulesColour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bethany's voice is so iconic in TED ed
    I wish she would read all my books to me, I would never get bored

  • @ayak2268
    @ayak2268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw this video randomly. I was so surprised. This is the old tale of my area. I've been to 'Morin-Ji'

  • @arniecalang4583
    @arniecalang4583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Marvel Origins: Rocket Racoon

  • @Meow_yj
    @Meow_yj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Animation is so beautiful !

  • @Shreya.21714
    @Shreya.21714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love te-ed it is always so fun to learn with these beautiful animations

  • @melissap5418
    @melissap5418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I finally found this channel! I’ve searched for so long...

    • @oishd6077
      @oishd6077 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to this amazing channel!

    • @abthedragon4921
      @abthedragon4921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Enjoy the amazing content

    • @ineptireplica1548
      @ineptireplica1548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Leave while you still can before they trick you to LEARN

  • @kharijordan6426
    @kharijordan6426 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ok, this was wholesome. Going to the history of the East iv heard too many horrific true and fake stories... it's kinda refreshing to hear something as nice as this.

  • @namelesssoul104
    @namelesssoul104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As an anime lover, I was excited seeing this video on my recommendation..... i have heard about the tanuki folklores.....they have such folklores about foxes and tigers and obviously cats.

  • @kuronosan
    @kuronosan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Will we as a society ever be able to move past calling tanuki raccoons?

    • @turkeybeard2010
      @turkeybeard2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right, they are actually a canine.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure

    • @nijinoshita3301
      @nijinoshita3301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that is the first time I see people call an actual canine not dog, while they usually call everything a dog... I am so confused

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Haha, Japanese Loki is really cool!

  • @Reddception
    @Reddception 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tanuki: You want some Tea?
    Yeah Sure
    Tanuki: **Proceeds to put hand down pants**

  • @manavsaboo9610
    @manavsaboo9610 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how these videos are short and can be watched without guilt :)

  • @violetbaudelaire9604
    @violetbaudelaire9604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes.... I am half Japanese and I know a lot of tales about shape shifting tanukis..... But this was better than any other!

  • @kushagrasaxena601
    @kushagrasaxena601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Wonderful Tea Kettle...Here, In India I've read this story when I was in 4th standard, Subject- English. It's wonderful😊

  • @MC_lupin
    @MC_lupin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That quote at the beginning-

  • @vaishnavaramjass
    @vaishnavaramjass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Myth are so awesome there like old science. It shows how certain scientific phenomenons were explained by persons who were uneducated. They are culturally important. It shows us about our history and helps us understand ourselves.

  • @meenakshigupta5731
    @meenakshigupta5731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The starting quote really baffled me......

  • @jessk7333
    @jessk7333 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a book about this. I like it!❤😊

  • @pseudonymousgirl5452
    @pseudonymousgirl5452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow the animations are totally superb,😊😊😊

  • @foodank_atr817
    @foodank_atr817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:01 I don't think that would have gone over well in Super Mario 3.

  • @TomatoSoup007
    @TomatoSoup007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This little guy is very cute! I like the drawing and animated style very much too

  • @leonardoantonio216
    @leonardoantonio216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is one of the most wholesome tales from the japanese myths
    ~Also 22 second gang~

  • @TBT707
    @TBT707 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im sorry, when it pulled out the fan i was laughing XD

  • @LiquorWithJazz
    @LiquorWithJazz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw one in the wild when I lived in Korea. Such cute little creatures.

  • @nanami_akumudeadchannel7115
    @nanami_akumudeadchannel7115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “By pulling on its t-”
    *W-wait WHAT?!-*

  • @Mr_Jester980
    @Mr_Jester980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ted Ed be like:
    Finally, after all this years...
    *_Loki_*
    *_The Snake Lady_*
    *_Finn McCool's Wife_*
    *_The Monkey King_*
    *_Tanuki_*
    I have them all.

  • @Tsai_tama
    @Tsai_tama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That half tanuki half tea kettle moment made me remember the kettle that ate the tanuki fruit on the long island.

  • @Tomatotor
    @Tomatotor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this serie it help me learn English ! From 🇫🇷

  • @joryjones6808
    @joryjones6808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Thor's annoying little brother who can't keep out of trouble." - script by Thor.

  • @KK-bn9oe
    @KK-bn9oe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The title in Japanese is BUNBUKU CHAGAMA (分福茶釜).
    In Japanese old stories, Tanuki is usually a shape shifter and fox too.

  • @jon3113
    @jon3113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pull on what? That may make me shapeshift too, at least my voice. Lordy.

  • @chelseaajanel8770
    @chelseaajanel8770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When the add isn’t skip-able 0:35

  • @angrynoodletwentyfive6463
    @angrynoodletwentyfive6463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    to be clear it is the Racoon Dog that the myth is about, a species that isn't even in the same family as a true racoon which are native exclusively to North America and weren't a part of japanese culture until sometime around the 1970's.

  • @004ask
    @004ask 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this story told as BunBuku-Chagama.chagama is tea kettle in japanese.
    But, bunbuku has some theory,
    for example,
    分(separate )福(happiness, or lucky) or sounds of boiling
    water.
    tanukis sometimes appear in Japanese fairy tales, however,
    foxes appear and shape-shift too.
    :-)

  • @foureyes840
    @foureyes840 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From the story I grew up, the Tanuki actually have a family and they are starving because failed crops in the village and they can't steal food from the poor. So when he see the traveling merchant, the tanuki's wife turn into a human and the Tanuki turn himself into pot so she can sell it to the merchant for quick money and flee when the night come. The rest is more or less the same

  • @brirzet
    @brirzet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The last time I was this early to a TED Ed video, the Tanuki was still a kettle

  • @manpreetsharma5695
    @manpreetsharma5695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So useful 🙏👍

  • @kelly8859
    @kelly8859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When the tanuki was screaming and running around the monk was like
    :cool

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Those Raccoons could be as sneaky as Possums

    • @elofkjellson3906
      @elofkjellson3906 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Possums, or Opossums? They are completely different animals. And these aren't raccoons haha, they are Japanese raccoon dogs.

  • @thewhovianhippo7103
    @thewhovianhippo7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i rember this from when i was younger and doremon it funny when you hear about a myth from your country well my mum's

  • @SM-zw3on
    @SM-zw3on 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved the narrator and the Animation style, so.... Vintage and scribbling. Great choice overall.

  • @AyubuKK
    @AyubuKK 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a nice story

  • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
    @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Tanuki looks so adorable in the kimono at the end.

  • @b0gdyb0ta
    @b0gdyb0ta 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great story, thank you.

  • @mikshinee87
    @mikshinee87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We do have tanukis (raccoon dogs) in our country as an invasive species. Quite cute if you ask me.