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Do not edit without the creator's permission. Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour (Kanji: ポンポコ４兄弟ＷＯＲＬＤ ＴＯＵＲ) was the final OVA produced by Studio XYZ.
It was directed by Akihide Akimoto and features music by Shunya Asano and Waku Hoshino.
Plot
The OVA starts at the Hanazono Kindergarten, where a teacher asks one of her students to mention their favorite place in the world. It's here that Hiroshi, Fukuya and Mitsuru raise their hands, they name their favorite locations: the Roman Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal, respectively.
The teacher congratulates the brothers, brings out a slide projector and uses it to show her students the Big Ben, the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids and Sphynx of Egypt and the Statue of Liberty. The brothers are marveled by these pictures and after classes end, the brothers yell that they want to see the world.
Maruo is seen sweeping around his house as his brothers come running to hug him. They tell Maruo about what they saw at kindergarten, and how they want to travel the world. Maruo claims he always wanted to see the world too. As his brothers ask Maruo if they can go travel, Maruo says they need to ask their father first.
At home, the father is exercising to a workout video featuring female rabbits. As he overhears his children calling him, he rapidly turns off the TV. Hiroshi asks about his father's sweatbands, to which he replies that he has decided to start a diet.
Maruo proceeds to ask his dad about his children being the first tanuki to travel the world. Dad replies that it would be great, but reminds them that world travel requires a lot of time, and that there are oceans to cross and skies to fly through, albeit telling them that if they want to, they can just go. This encourages the brothers to start their world tour, before their dad trying to explain that he had said it sarcastically, only to find a sign reminding people that they had already set off.
The brothers' first destination is France. Fukuya and Mitsuru try to read a sign in french, which they don't understand. Maruo tells them that the sign says "Welcome to Paris!"
The brothers are marveled by the sights they're seeing, but Hiroshi, Fukuya and Mitsuru are petrified by a mime. Maruo tells them that mimes are nothing to worry about, and asks him the way to the Eiffel Tower through miming, the Mime leads them the way.
They arrive to the Eiffel Tower and Maruo thanks the mime, again through miming, as the mime goes away. Mitsuru notices a red balloon flying, and the brothers try and catch it. Hiroshi manages to catch the balloon, but ends up flying all the way to the Eiffel Tower. Maruo goes to save him and tells him that it's okay to be afraid, but that everyone can overcome and learn from their fears. Hiroshi takes his hand and they come down safely. Maruo hasn't forgotten about the balloon itself though, as they try to look for the owner of that balloon.
This is where the brothers meet Louise, a beautiful female cat who Maruo falls deeply in love with. Maruo returns the balloon to Louise and she rewards him with a kiss. A montage shows the brothers being ignored by Maruo as Louise snatches all his attention from him. Later at a cafe, the brothers talk about breaking Maruo and Louise up, with Mitsuru fearing that Maruo might get married and forget about them completely. Maruo comes in and his brothers yell at him: "WE NEED TO TALK!"
Hiroshi and Fukuya accuse Louise of being a "bad girl who ruins everything for [them]" Maruo denies the accusations, claiming that Louise is more than a girl, and begins to praise her for a lot of things, visibly flirty. Hiroshi then asks him rethorically: "Then why don't you get her an ENGAGEMENT RING?!" Maruo goes red with embarassment and Mitsuru breaks into tears, imploring Maruo to not get married. Maruo tells them that even if he gets married, his brothers will always hold a special place in his heart, and they hug it out. Maruo then asks the clerk for one of the roses on a pot as they leave the cafe.
Maruo plans on giving the rose to Louise. On the way, Hiroshi tells Maruo that they could give Louise a chance. Maruo then tries to tell them that they can always trust him, only to find Louise with a male rabbit named Jacq. Heartbroken at the belief that she's betraying him, Maruo bursts into tears and breaks up with her. Hiroshi tries to comfort his older brother, attempting to him that Louise regrets her "affair", only to be shut by Maruo, as he had given Louise all his love, and she "threw it in [his] face". His brothers try to comfort him and Hiroshi claims that he knows what might cheer him up.
This brings the brothers to their second destination: the Easter Island. Maruo questions how a trip to Easter Island could possibly help him get over Louise. Hiroshi then assures that absolutely no one lives there, only to be proven wrong by an Easter Islander who leads them to a very cheap house. When the brothers fall asleep, Maruo has a dream where a Moai explains how Easter Islanders had built Moai for people to remember them and their land. Maruo asks him what happens if he stays to live there, to which the Moai answers that he could meet the same fate as the inhabitants of Easter Island: death.
Maruo wakes up, and tells his brothers that they have to leave, without explaining to them. Mitsuru assumes that his breakup with Louise has finally gone over his head, which only makes Maruo cry. Fukuya scolds Mitsuru for reminding Maruo about her, and they run away.
The brothers' third destination is Italy, where the brothers watch a fashion show on a TV. They are then greeted by an incredibly wealthy woman. This woman is Natasha Milano: the wealthiest, most famous fashion designer in the world. Fukuya's stomach growls, leading him to ask his older brother about the last time they ate. Natasha takes the brothers to a restaurant, where the chef is marveled to see her and the brothers naturally order pizza. As Maruo is about to take his slice, he sees Natasha and offers her a slice, before being told that she doesn't like pizza much, which leaves Maruo to throw his pizza down his mouth.
What Natasha likes is cannoli. Maruo tries it, but immediately finds it disgusting and attempts to swallow it. His brothers try the cannoli as well, only to spit it out after a few seconds. Maruo scolds his brothers, but soon admits that he doesn't like cannoli either. Natasha thinks the situation through, and eventually calls in the butler, to whom she whispers an order.