I see now that Miyazaki is credited with the idea for the story. I also see that it's about tanukis, which I believe are Japanese raccoons. I know the word from Seijun Suzuki's Princess Raccoon (Operetta tanuki goten), and I just noticed last night while rewatching part of Nausicaa that the evil princess calls her councilor "tanuki", which is translated in the subtitles as "You sly fox."
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