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Kaibyō (怪猫, "strange cat") [1] are supernatural cats in Japanese folklore. [2] Examples include bakeneko, a yōkai (or supernatural entity) commonly characterized as having the ability to shapeshift into human form; maneki-neko, usually depicted as a figurine often believed to bring good luck to the owner; and nekomata, referring either to a type of yōkai that lives in mountain areas or ...
It depicts a cat in Nagoya that would wear a napkin on its head and dance. Unlike nekomata which have two tails, the bakeneko has only one tail. [1] The bakeneko (化け猫, "changed cat") is a type of Japanese yōkai, or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a kaibyō, or supernatural cat. [2]
Nekomata (original form: 猫また, later forms: 猫又, 猫股, 猫胯) are a kind of cat yōkai described in Japanese folklore, classical kaidan, essays, etc. There are two very different types: those that live in the mountains and domestic cats that have grown old and transformed into yōkai. [1] Nekomata are often confused with bakeneko ...
In the movie The Great Yokai War sunekosuri appeared as yellow and white lumps of hair with cute eyes. [6] In the 2018 anime adaptation of GeGeGe no Kitarō, the sunekokusuri takes the appearance of a small, chubby, tabby cat, having forgotten his true form. It appears as a bakeneko creature feeding on human lifeforce, forced to leave his dwelling.
It is not clear how or when the flaming cart demon and bakeneko were confounded, but in many cases, kasha are depicted as cat demons, often wreathed in flame. [26] [28] This has led to the modern-day conception of the kasha as one variety of bakeneko, or 'monster cats'. [28]
Species: Beast (Bakeneko possessed as Shikigami) Ability: Sorcery (while possessed as shikigami), surprising people (as bakeneko) Residence: Yōkai Mountain; Stage 2 boss and Extra Stage midboss. She has two tails and is a bakeneko yokai. She is also Ran Yakumo's shikigami, but since Ran herself is a shikigami of Yukari Yakumo, she is a ...
Catbus is believed to be based on the Japanese bakeneko (化け猫, “changed cat”), an ancient urban legend where cats that grow old learn to shapeshift. In the original Japanese version of My Neighbor Totoro , Catbus is voiced by Naoki Tatsuta , whilst in the Disney English release, Catbus is voiced by Frank Welker , and by voice actor ...
Bakeneko (バケネコ, 8): A buxom white cat youkai who hates humans for their crimes against cats, able to use scratch attacks and Illusion ninpō along with breathing flame and using a katana. Posing as a young woman, Bakeneko set up a pet shop that serves as a front for a Youkai restaurant her customers eat the children she captured with ...