Pokemon fans have re-translated a bizarre story of Typhlosion having a child with a human, and it appears aspects were ...

Yokai, also known as mononoke, and other spiritual beings: They are frightening when they suddenly appear, but can also be charming and rather cute. Why do they appear? What do they want?

Oshiyama: As an animator, that's something you think about everyday when you're indoors drawing all day long. When I'm not ...

This being associated with raccoon dogs is known on Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island as both human and animal, yokai and deity. Listening to accounts of a Mujina's trickery on Sado Island ...

Cures Wonderful, Nyammy, and more characters from the hit series are headed to McDonald’s Japan in two batches of toys.

Chris Lucas, the new anime season is underway, and you know what that means: while everyone else has picked out their ...

FUKUSAKI, Hyogo Prefecture--In the hometown of famed folklorist Kunio Yanagita, a female spirit with a monstrous secret has joined the “yokai” ghouls and hobgoblins that await tourists brave ...

More interesting is the new concept trailer released for the next phase of the Yokai Watch franchise, although curiously the new title is dropping the Yokai Watch name altogether. It’s called ...

Dandadan introduced us to Okarun, and in this post, we talked about who the animanga character is and what his powers and ...

Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. In a world that remains highly fixated on outward appearances, the phenomenon of "pretty privilege" awards significant societal advantages to ...

WHEN Spirited Away hit fleapits in 2003, the West finally realised Japan had been hogging all the good animation for itself - ...