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Kowai Japan!
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The darker side of Japanese culture: dark anime, manga, dramas, folklore, urban legends and more!
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Youkaitama: Cute Youkai Monsters Galore!
I found these adorable and well-executed yokai illustrationsn in the midst of prowling through a Google.jp image search (my favorite pastime!) for yokai I’ve got no idea who the illustrator is, but there are tons more on their site, and you can s...
A Selection from Yoshitoshi’s “New Forms of Thrity-Six Ghosts” Part One:
A new thing I’ll be doing is a series of posts about Ukiyo-e master Yoshitoshi Tsukioka’s (芳年月岡) New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts series. When I see ukiyo-e prints, I always wonder about the story behind them, so I di...
Umineko 22: IV-IV: Problem Child or Kinzo, the Badass-est Grandpa Around
I’ve had high hopes for this episode ever since I saw the preview, and I think it lived up to those hopes pretty well. Kinzo gets his star turn as Lord Goldsmith, the badass-est grandpa around, announcing that his children are all failures, a...
Umezu Kazuo Documentary Trailer: Gwashi! Kazuo Umezu Desu
A new documentary film entitled Gwashi! Kazuo Umezu Desu, about the strange and wonderful manga author/artist Umezu Kazuo, started a limited run in Tokyo theaters on 11/23. This trailer is untranslated, but still gives a good idea of how great it...
†13th MOON†: Japanese purveyors of Deathrock!
I find that I’m usually disappointed by newer deathrock*-revival bands: they often don’t have the right scratchy-spidery guitar style, tribal drum beats, and distinctive bass-line driven melodies that made the original deathrock/Batcave ba...
Hello Kitty Test of Courage Yokai Cell Phone Charms
Rokurokubi (ろくろ首) are monsters (usually female) who appear as normal humans during the day, but whose heads can travel long distances from their body at night, due to their long stretchy necks. They are usually not content to merely scar...
