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The reason that cats are seen as yōkai in Japanese mythology is attributed to many of their characteristics: for example, the pupils of their eyes change shape depending on the time of day, their fur can seem to cause sparks when they are petted (due to static electricity), they sometimes lick blood, they can walk without making a sound, their wild nature that remains despite the gentleness ...
Patrick Drazen: A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition: from Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga. iUniverse, New York 2011, ISBN 1-4620-2942-6, page 114. Elli Kohen: World history and myths of cats. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press 2003, ISBN 0-7734-6778-5, page 48–51. Carl Van Vechten: The Tiger In The House.
A Whisker Away (Japanese: 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる, Hepburn: Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu, lit. ' Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat ') is a 2020 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film produced by Studio Colorido, Toho Animation, and Twin Engine.
In Kenji Miyazawa's 1924 work, Suisenzuki no Yokka (水仙月の四日, literally The 4th of Narcissus Month) is the first modern day example of a beautiful, cat-eared woman. [4] In 1936, the nekomusume experienced a revival in kamishibai. [3] The first anime involving catgirls, titled The King’s Tail (Ousama no Shippo), was made in 1949 by ...
The Cat Returns (Japanese: 猫の恩返し, Hepburn: Neko no Ongaeshi, lit. ' The Cat's Repayment ') is a 2002 Japanese anime fantasy film [2] directed by Hiroyuki Morita from a screenplay by Reiko Yoshida, based on the 2002 manga Baron the Cat by Aoi Hiiragi.
Cool Japanese Cat Names. Japanese pop cultural exports like anime, fashion, video games, and even food are so enormously popular worldwide that in Japan, this fad phenomenon is referred to as ...
Neko ni Tensei Shita Oji-san (ねこに転生したおじさん, "The Guy That Got Reincarnated as a Cat") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yajima. . Originally published as a web manga on Twitter and Instagram since February 2023, it was later picked up for serialization by Kadokawa Corporation, who then began serializing the series on their KadoComi website in October of ...
The Japanese beckoning gesture is made by holding up the hand, palm down, and repeatedly folding the fingers down and back, thus the cat's appearance. Some maneki-neko made specifically for some Western markets will have the cat's paw facing upwards, in a beckoning gesture that is more familiar to most Westerners.