Eyes on Yokai: Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away
Studio Ghibli was established in 1985, following the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the...
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Category: Eyes on Yokai
Eyes on Yokai: Mushi-shi
The titles I have covered thus far contain explicit references to Japanese folklore and their...
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Eyes on Yokai: Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
Between 2008 and 2012, Weekly Shonen Jump serialized manga series Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan...
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Eyes on Yokai: InuYasha
In a previous article, I took a look at Rumiko Takahashi’s first major work, Urusei Yatsura. The...
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Eyes on Yokai: Urusei Yatsura
Anime fans who watched shows during the 1980s and 1990s may be familiar with the name Rumiko...
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Eyes On Yokai: Natsume’s Book of Friends
sit him to help restore their names. The first yōkai he meets is a cat-like being known as...
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Eyes on Yokai: Gegege no Kitaro
In Japanese history, the postwar period consisted of economic and cultural recovery from the...
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Eyes On Yokai: An Introduction to Yokai in Anime
In 1910, scholar Kunio Yanagata published published a collection of stories, entitled Tono...
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