and he came up with the idea of drawing Japanese monsters during the Halloween season in October that year. “I learned there were many varieties of yokai, such as ‘hyosube’ and ‘nurarihyon ...

A Japanese feudal-era folklore sea ... black plague and other epidemics as something similar to yokai. The origin of the English word "monster" derives from the Latin word "monstrum," but in ...

One Piece's terrifying Five Elders have revealed themselves and their transformations, and they are each based on a Japanese yokai or another legendary beast ... a double spread of all Five Elders in ...

Japanese folklore has been a mainstay in anime for ages. Inuyasha, Natsume's Book of Friends, and Mushishi are some of the many anime shows that showcase yokai from Japanese mytho ...