From Mononoke to Saint Seiya, these are the best anime series that borrow heavily from mythology from Japan and around the ...

What do they want? The yokai send messages from the depths of forests, the darkness and the far corners of the ocean. Deities are not the only help the Japanese rely upon in times of distress and ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Japanese Folklore, we track down the legend of the ferocious Ushioni, a Yokai with the hulking body of a bull and an ogre-like face. In certain regions of Ehime ...

Yokai are mythical creatures native to Japanese folklore ... The massively popular Dandadan anime series recently used yokai as a major plot element, showcasing creatures unique to a western ...

In ancient Japan, that uncanny "something" was thought to be "yokai," ghouls and hobgoblins lurking in dark and hidden places. In this bright age of digital technology, we now have a "Dr. Yokai ...