TOKYO – “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” took $2.5 million on 186,000 admissions to be the highest earner in Japanese theaters over the three day holiday weekend. (Local charts show which count ...

Three-eyed monsters, a serpent with eight heads, a monster cat, slimy fish creatures and a freaky bugged-eyed spider. Not to forget a kimono-clad woman with a stretchable head. The roster of folk ...

Dandadan boasts a strange and unique roster of characters. 170 chapters and 3 episodes in, we have already been given a glimpse of what it is to come through Turbo Granny, the aliens, Momo Ayase's ...

Being in the dark can cause people to feel terrified, but it can also spark imagination. In Japanese folklore, yokai, or imaginary monsters, emerged at a time when the only light available at night ...

A prototypical computer nerd, Usaid loves to talk and write about subtle game design elements that make good games great. Tango Gameworks' upcoming Ghostwire: Tokyo seems to be a bold step in mixing ...

Sometimes they’re mischievous foxes or long-necked women, sometimes a sandal or a teapot that suddenly develops eyes and limbs. Edo-period artists such as Toriyama Sekien catalogued these yōkai into ...