Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00E257W46 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 195 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book is the result of long hours spent poring over data and descriptions from a variety of sources, including microfilms of eighteenth-century illustrations from the national Diet Library in Tokyo, in order to bring you detailed information on almost 50 of these amazing creatures for the first time in English.Illustrations, created by the talented Tatsuya Morino, detail the potential appearance of each yokai. Yokai Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional monsters and creepy-crawlies.Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, like ghosts, nearly always encountered at night; everyone has their own take on how they might look in real life and what sorts of specific characteristics and abilities they might have. Alongside each illustration is a series of "data points," with each yokai's important features at a glance—especially handy for any potential close encounters.Yokai Attack! will surely convince you that Japan's tradition of fascinating monsters is a long one—yet far from being history.
Best looking Yokai guide I have seen! I really like it! Best looking Yokai guide I have seen! Good production value. I missed it was the revised edition with extras so that was an added bonus.Side note:I am not sure why, but I expected this book to be a little larger. Its about the size of . We both love Yokai! Kelley Jordan My daughter enjoys reading this book. We both love Yokai!. "Great series." according to Andrea Castillo-McAleer. Great series, wonderful images and details.
Action-packed tales of vengeful spirits and shape-shifting badgers are accompanied by historical background, regional origins, and related trivia, while profiles of well-known ninja are interspersed with details of their daily lives, such as housing and food. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Ninja Attack! dispels stereotypes while filling in the real history of these infamous spies and assassins. Yokai Attack! catalogs demons and monsters, and Yurei Attack! focuses on gruesome ghost stories. From School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-For anyone who's ever wondered how they would fare against a kappa, kitsune, or the dreaded kuchisake onna, these
. Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda are a husband and wife team who run a Tokyo-based translation company that specializes in producing the English versions of Japanese video games, comic books, and literature. They are the co-authors of Ninja Attack! and Yurei Attack!, both originally published by Kodansha International and with new expanded editions from Tuttle Publishing