Knowing Your Japanese Folklore Monsters

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:12 pm

Recently, I stumbled across The Obakemono Project, and thought I'd share. It's a wonderful Gaijin's guide to the fantastic folklore monsters of Japan (as well as a helpful resource for the many Inuyasha fans out there

). Being an FMA fan (of course), I was also fascinated to learn of the fantastic chimera creatures of the legendary Himmapan (or Himapan/Himaphan) Forest of the Himalayas over at Himmapan.com, featuring several illustrations and photos. Fun stuff!

Post by **JWR** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:20 pm

That's a good book.

I found that Myths & Legends of Japan written by F. Hadland Davis to also be a great help understanding a lot of stories in verious Anime's such as Blue Seed that use the Myths in their stories. That book also has some fabulous illustrations by Evelyn Paul.

klet · Post by **klet** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:09 pm

Heh. I kind of like that site. It's interesting to see the roots of some of the little goblins you find in anime.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:14 am

This is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!!! I used to know youkai more but they are very interesting!!

birdie · Post by **birdie** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:35 am

I love this site!

I find folklore of any kind endlessly facinating. It reminds me of an episode of Kamichu! where the gods of VHS, Laserdisk and DVD are gathered and VHS and Laserdisk are complaining that they are not as revered as before..... It is certainly an eye-opener.

Zag · Post by **Zag** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:21 am

Very awesome. I forwarded the links to Cam, who is a huge monster/spirit of japan buff. (Joe, we have that book too!)

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:22 am

Not really that much. I'm glad you liked it Zag.

klet · Post by **klet** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:39 pm

birdie wrote:It reminds me of an episode of Kamichu! where the gods of VHS, Laserdisk and DVD are gathered and VHS and Laserdisk are complaining that they are not as revered as before..... It is certainly an eye-opener.

*giggle* I love that one! Even though it took me a minute before I got it. LD? Huh?

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:57 am

klet wrote:
birdie wrote:It reminds me of an episode of Kamichu! where the gods of VHS, Laserdisk and DVD are gathered and VHS and Laserdisk are complaining that they are not as revered as before..... It is certainly an eye-opener.
*giggle* I love that one! Even though it took me a minute before I got it. LD? Huh?

Tut. Youngsters.

*grin*

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:57 am

I am surprised it took so long.

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:28 pm

klet wrote:...Even though it took me a minute before I got it. LD? Huh?

I still have my LD player because I own the entire Star Trek animated series on LD.

Elfstalker · Post by **Elfstalker** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:23 pm

After watching '12 kingdoms' I have become more fascinated with Japanese supernatural beings. There seems to be a few missing on the site, I hope they add more soon!