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Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide Review

Started by tofugu · 9 months ago

Matt Alt from AltJapan sent me this book he and Hiroko Yoda wrote about Japanese monsters. He must have known of my infatuation (perhaps long-term romance is another word) with Godzilla and other monsters, so of course, I enjoyed going through it immensely.
The great thing about this b ... Continue reading »

19 comments

Tofugu_Erin
9 months ago

I love the illustrations in this book.

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WOTDsctoo
9 months ago

Ah! How exciting! :D

I need to order a book off of amazon anyway right now...(school library can't find my copy... >.<). I might just pick this up in the process.

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omareduardo
9 months ago

i was never into godzilla,
sorry.
he's too... monster-like to be like-able.
i think
but i'm glad you enjoyed this book,
and godzilla.

-omar

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Kari
9 months ago

Godzilla is not a yokai.

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Captain_Ron
9 months ago

Not to argue, because I don't know...

Yokai is defined as a "spirit" "demon" or "monster" ... I'm pretty sure Godzilla would fall into that category, but this is of course assuming that my definition is correct.

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Tofugu_Erin
9 months ago

I've always thought of yōkai as naturally supernatural beings.

Godzilla is more of a man-made thing, isn't he?

Anyway, this reminds me that we should continue our yōkai series!

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Captain_Ron
9 months ago

aah, so my cat would fall into the category of yokai then. :) She is certainly NOT normal. haha

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Chimiko
9 months ago

I agree with Erin.

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koichi
9 months ago

You're all right, whoops. See the update!

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Viet
9 months ago

Hmmm.. Looks like it'll be a great addition to my coffee table book collection >.>

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David
9 months ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuES2BO3haA

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Tofugu_Erin
9 months ago

Yeah, I've seen Claytonian's review before.

Not seen, really, but ... known the existence of.

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moshi_moshi
9 months ago

Wow that is so cool! It's a like a Japanese Flanimals! xxx

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Maciel
9 months ago

haha i like the update
and i agree xD

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Caitlin
9 months ago

That looks like a really fun book...I'll add it to my list now.

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emiko
8 months ago

yokai!

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Tonio
8 months ago

I love reading about Japanese stories and fictional characters, and would love this book alot. A few months ago I heard about a great site that does a compilation of yokai that i have been reading on from time to time -> http://www.obakemono.com/

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spacejay4000
8 months ago

that looks amazing!! im always interested in finding out about another culture's monsters and stories!! i'm totally going to get this one! thanks for the review!! and i love the size and feel of japanese books! (much easier to carry and read!)

poor godzilla....and yes he is so much better than any yokai! lol.

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Calan
8 months ago

The art here looks a lot like the stuff found in Hakaba Kitaro. Maybe by the same person? Or is this a certain art style that's fairly common?

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