A Yōkai by Any Other Name

Yōkai are Japanese creatures of folklore, and despite showing up everywhere in today’s anime, manga and videogames, they’re often mistranslated and misrepresented in Western localisations. In this video I explore the concept of Yōkai, and delve into a couple of spectacular films featuring them.

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(0:23) An introduction to Yōkai
(2:40) Mizuki Shigeru and Modern Yōkai
(5:41) A Letter to Momo
(9:00) Hotarubi no Mori e
(10:43) Conclusion

Extra-Curricular Reading:
Matthew Meyer [ http://matthewmeyer.net/ and http://yokai.com ]
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai [ https://hyakumonogatari.com/ ]