Japanese folklore has been a mainstay in anime for ... to name-dropping the Loch Ness Monster; Dandadan is no stranger to ...

The rampaging monster terrorizes the land ... own eyes the appearance of the great serpent.” Snakes appear in Japanese folklore in myriad forms: as gods, symbols of raging rivers, and the ...

A Japanese feudal-era folklore sea monster with the power to fend off plagues has gone viral as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. People in countries as far away as Italy ...

Japan-based illustrator Matthew Meyer has drawn over 500 varieties of yokai―supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore. We ask him about his fascination with the phenomenon of yokai.

FUKUI--Amabie, a folklore sea monster with the power to ... and he came up with the idea of drawing Japanese monsters during the Halloween season in October that year. “I learned there were ...