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  2. Bakeneko - Wikipedia

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    In this story, the bakeneko took the shape of Nabeshima Katsushige's wife and sought Katsushige's life, but his retainer, Chibu Honuemon, slew it. However, after that the Chibu family was unable to produce a male heir because of the cat's curse. It is said that the bakeneko was deified at the shrine of Shūrinji (now Shiroishi Town) as a ...

  3. Kaibyō - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of Monogatari characters - Wikipedia

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    She is Koyomi's classmate and the class representative. Koyomi describes her as "the class representative of all class representatives." Prior to the novel's beginning, she was possessed by a bakeneko during Golden Week due to family stress. Although it has since been resolved with the help of Shinobu and at the cost of her own memories ...

  5. Ghost Cat Anzu - Wikipedia

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    Ghost Cat Anzu (Japanese: 化け猫あんずちゃん, Hepburn: Bakeneko Anzu-chan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Imashiro. It was serialized in Kodansha's Comic BomBom magazine from 2006 to 2007 and published in a single volume.

  6. Ghost Cat Anzu (film) - Wikipedia

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    Ghost Cat Anzu (Japanese: 化け猫あんずちゃん, Hepburn: Bakeneko Anzu-chan) is a 2024 animated film directed by Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita and produced by Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions.

  7. Himari Noihara - Wikipedia

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    Himari's character design was created simply, but Matra became bogged down on other things such as naming of the main heroine. In the story, Himari is shown to be a bakeneko or demon cat, a type of Japanese spirit known as a yōkai. Reception of her character by English-language media has been mostly positive with writers often calling her a ...

  8. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    Bakeneko A shapeshifting cat spirit, different from the nekomata in that it doesn't have two tails and is marginally less malevolent. Bakezōri A straw sandal that has come to life as a tsukumogami and now causes a ruckus at night. Bakotsu A demonic flaming skeletal horse that is believed to be the spirit of a horse that died in a fire. Baku

  9. A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse - Wikipedia

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    A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (Japanese: 怪猫トルコ風呂, Hepburn: Kaibyō Toruko furo) is a 1975 Japanese erotic horror film directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. [2] [3] More specifically, it belongs to the kaibyō eiga or bakeneko mono subgenre of horror films, in which the spirit of a vengeful woman manifests in the form of a "Monster cat" or "ghost cat", [4] as happens in this film.