Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is composed of two kanji characters...
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Tonari no Yōkai-san (Japanese: となりの妖怪さん, lit. "The Yōkai Next to Me") is a Japanese manga series by noho. It originally began serialization online via...
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with the release of the 2006 Gamera film Gamera the Brave. Yōkai Heaven and its sequel Yōkai Heaven Ghost Hero by Makoto Tezuka in 1986 and 1990, and Sakuya...
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mostly as nationalist narratives, with the native yōkai driving out invading forces, The Great Yōkai War has been read instead for the clash between Japan's...
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Kitarō series "The Great Yōkai War" (妖怪大戦争, Yōkai Daisensō) draws a great deal of influence from this story, with Kitarō and his yōkai friends driving a group...
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Ayakashi (アヤカシ) is the collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of a body of water. In Nagasaki Prefecture, the atmospheric ghost lights...
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Nekomata (category Yōkai)
Nekomata (original form: 猫また, later forms: 猫又, 猫股, 猫胯) are a kind of cat yōkai described in Japanese folklore, classical kaidan, essays, etc. There are...
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formidable yōkai driven by selfish motives, manipulating and engaging in combat. However, as he fights alongside Nūbē and class 5-3, resolving numerous yōkai-related...
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List of legendary creatures from Japan (category Yōkai)
The following is a list of Akuma (demons), Yūrei (ghosts), Yōkai (spirits), Kami and other legendary creatures that are notable in Japanese folklore and...
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The Buson yōkai emaki (蕪村妖怪絵巻) is an 18th century collection of "picture scrolls" (絵巻, emaki) depicting Japanese yōkai by poet and painter Yosa Buson....
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