Tag Archives: culture
Japanese Horror Month: Japanese Halloween?
Well, Halloween isn’t really a global holiday, but MAN is it popular. Halloween, as many of you know, was not always the candy fest it is today. Halloween is really influenced by two holidays: Samhain and All Saint\’s Day (Also … Continue reading
Japanese Horror Month: Ningyo
A little late this week, but here is the weekly Japanese Horror Monster from The Obakemono Project: Ningyo. Ningyo are also called Mermaids. Yes, the Ningyo are the Japanese form of mermaids. Lets see how they look huh? So, the … Continue reading
Japanese Horror Month: Doro-ta-bo
This week, our Japanese spook from Obakemono is: Doro-ta-bo. Now, imagine this, you’re a poor farmer. You get a small patch of land, and at first it’s completely worthless land. It’s in shabby shape, and it doesn’t look like it … Continue reading
Japanese Horror Month: Rokuro-kubi
Another day in October, and it’s the next posting about a Japanese monster/spirit/Demon from www.obakemono.com. This times it’s: The Rokuro-kubi The Rokuro-kubi are yokai (demon) that used to be normal human beings, but after death their ghostly bodies have an … Continue reading
Japanese Horror Month: Bake-Kujira
Well, it’s the first of October, and it’s Halloween time! So, this month, I’m going to look into some Japanese Horror, and it’s impact in the things we love: Anime, Comics, and Games. But… As it’s the first, I went … Continue reading