Yokai Attack! is a one-stop guide to Japan's traditional spirits and demons, monsters and bogeymen. Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, and nearly always encountered at night, so everyone has their own take on how they might look in real life and what sorts of characteristics and abilities they might have. This book is the result of collecting data and descriptions from a variety of sources, including microfilms of eighteenth-century scrolls stored in the National Diet Library in Tokyo. All new illustrations, created by the talented Tatsuya Morino, detail the potential visible appearance of each yokai. Alongside each illustration is a series of 'data points', with each yokai's important characteristics at a glance especially handy for any potential close encounters. Forget Godzilla. Forget the giant beasties karate-chopped into oblivion by endless incarnations of Ultraman, Kamen Rider and the Power Rangers. Forget the Pocket Monsters. Forget Sadako from The Ring and that creepy all-white kid from The Grudge. Forget everything you know about Japanese tales of terror. Yokai Attack! will convince any reader that Japan s tradition of fascinating 'monsters' is far from being history.
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Yokai Attack! is essential reading for any fan of monsters, horror and manga! --Steve Niles, Creator, 30 Days of Night
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in J-Horror and Japanese culture; gave me a deeper understanding of what I've been enjoying for so many years. --Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm series and Bubba Ho-tep
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in J-Horror and Japanese culture; gave me a deeper understanding of what I've been enjoying for so many years. --Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm series and Bubba Ho-tep
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Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt are a husband & wife team who run a Tokyo-based translation company that specializes in producing the English versions of Japanese video games, comic books and literature. Matt is co-author of Super No. 1 Robot, and Matt and Hiroko are also co-authors of Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Japanese Characters. They happen to have firsthand yokai experience, having participated as extras in Takashi Miike's film The Great Yokai War (Kadokawa Films, 2005). Illustrator Tatsuya Morino became the assistant of Shigeru Mizuki, one of Japan's most beloved manga illustrators, fresh out of high school. After going independent, he illustrated the graphic novel Kibakichi, which was turned into two movies in Japan. He also works as a character designer. His comic "Legentail Sennenta" is currently being serialized in the comic collection Kero Kero Ace.
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By Ruth Ludlam
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Can't recommend this enough! It's got such a lot of information, but presented in a really easy to digest format. You can just dip in and out, as each yokai is summarised in 1 or 2 pages, and presented with illustrations (some are genuine Japanese woodblock prints or eighteenth century drawings etc., and some are cartoons by the illustrator!) and a fact file. Also, the name of each yokai is written in Japanese and Romaji, and has a pronunication guide as well.
I ended up really knowledgeable about yokai after reading this book, and also really enthusiastic about learning more. The authors give great tips for further reading, and are clearly very passionate about their subject. I also want to lend it to my friends, as there are so many amusing features. One of the yokai is the Tofu-kozo, a spectral little boy who goes around trying to kill his victims with.... a block of tofu. The authors' sense of humour is evident all the way through, making this book fun as well as fascinating.
On the more serious side, it also taught me a lot about a less well-known side of Japanese culture. I am currently reading the Tale of the Heike and I have already recognised several monsters that were featured in Yokai Attack! It just goes to show that the folklore of a culture will resonate throughout its literature, and so it really pays to understand some of it.
You can't go wrong with this book - it's a great price and it's fantastically entertaining. Even if you have absolutely no interest in Japanese culture you will still hugely enjoy this book, and learn a suprising amount about yokai.
I ended up really knowledgeable about yokai after reading this book, and also really enthusiastic about learning more. The authors give great tips for further reading, and are clearly very passionate about their subject. I also want to lend it to my friends, as there are so many amusing features. One of the yokai is the Tofu-kozo, a spectral little boy who goes around trying to kill his victims with.... a block of tofu. The authors' sense of humour is evident all the way through, making this book fun as well as fascinating.
On the more serious side, it also taught me a lot about a less well-known side of Japanese culture. I am currently reading the Tale of the Heike and I have already recognised several monsters that were featured in Yokai Attack! It just goes to show that the folklore of a culture will resonate throughout its literature, and so it really pays to understand some of it.
You can't go wrong with this book - it's a great price and it's fantastically entertaining. Even if you have absolutely no interest in Japanese culture you will still hugely enjoy this book, and learn a suprising amount about yokai.
By Wopha
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Got this for my 14 year old brothers' birthday and was a hit! He absolutely loves it and won't put it down. I really want one too and will no doubt end up getting it for myself :)
It's easy to read, great pictures and information!
It's easy to read, great pictures and information!
By A Reader
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This richly illustrated and highly informative guide takes the reader on a journey of discovery through the various ghosts, spirits and fantastical beings that inhabit Japanese myth and ledgend. From the aquatic to the reptilian right through to the more bizarre, this is funny and fascinating in equal measure.
If you have any interest in Japanese culture, this book is a must!
If you have any interest in Japanese culture, this book is a must!
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