the kodama, the yuki onna, the kappa—all of these are yokai. I am as guilty as the next person for using yokai as a generic term for “Japanese monster.” It works. It fits. But that’s not the whole story.
However, they can make cost-cutting moves to translate more of their revenues into actual profit and (once the insiders take their piece) cash flow.So that's reason one, notably absent from Axios: big tech firms are now too big to grow as quickly, so they are looking to be more ...
52 (Buu?)– You can say a lot about this one right away. Its design is sure to bring up some… conversations. The missing ‘Ice Punch Yokai’, and possibly Jynx’s male counterpart, MissingNo. 52 is very unfortunate. We think it was inspired by “Woo”, a similar yeti-like kaiju ...
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such as tokusatsu/super-hero Zebraman and encounter with the supernatural Great Yokai War. This time, the notoriously unrestrained Miike is tackling a pre-existing franchise. Presumably because the people who grew up loving the toys are now in significant corporate roles, it's a, maybe "classic...
A Gashadokuro is a type of Japanese yokai (spirit) that takes the form of a giant skeleton. It is made up of the skulls of those who died in battle or did not receive a proper burial, and it roams the countryside in the middle of the night, looking for humans to eat. Gashadokuro...