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trinketprince · 3 years

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All the Youkaimatsus so far

JExcept sets that have all of them as the same youkais (Nekomata, Tanuki and the various Kitsune sets from Tabimatsu)

Pinup Poster from the Osomatsu Character Book #6 (July 2016)

A classic. The very first iteration of Youkaimatsu. Kind of hard to find since it was a bonus poster from the character book, so unless you were actively looking for the book, you wouldn’t find this.

Osomatsu - Kitsune (unknown how many tails he has but is often depicted in fan artworks as 6 or 9, 9 meaning strongest/wisest a kitsune has been, Spirit Fox)

Karamatsu - Karasu-Tengu (pun on Kara, Bird Man)

Choromatsu - Dodomeki (usually a woman cursed with long arms littered with many bird eyes because of greed. Most popular one imo)

Ichimatsu + ESP Nyanko - Nekomata (Two-tailed cat, legend says that cats who live longer than a 100 years gain a second tail)

Jyushimatsu - Rokurobi (available in two flavors. Long Neck and Floating Head. He is the former. Theorized to not actually be a youkai but created for entertainment. Also used as a literary device for a wandering soul.)

Todomatsu - Yukki Onna (Also a joke on Todo being scared stiff. Yuki Onna pull tricks on humans that usually end on the person’s death via cold. Has a harsh and soft side)

Youkai Units from The Great Youkai War event from Hesokuri Wars (November 2016)

Most popular Youkaimatsu set, this baby could get milked for miles, but for some reason isn’t. Has a lot of variants (Awakened, Darkness, Snow, Sakura and Hyakki Yagyou) and connected to a lot of other sets: Denki Mystery, Colorless Overalls, Mononoke and a bunch of others. She is the top DOGG set.

Osomatsu - Shuten-Douji (Oni Leader with a penchance for Sake, literally carrying a big ass bottle of it on his back, since he is the leader of the sextuplets and the one seen drinking beer the most)

Karamatsu - Aoandon (Summoned after 100 supernatural stories are told. Originated from the blue (ao) paper lanterns (andon) that were sometimes used to give a chilling atmosphere)

Choromatsu - Daitengu (Great Tengu, Tengus were theorized to be ascended souls, but also has its origins in a Dog Beast that looked like a comet. For some reason Dog Beast turned into Bird Man. The bird man’s beak is often anthropomorphized into long noses. Tells humanity to behave by throwing invisible stones at them)

Ichimatsu - Nine-tailed Kitsune (So wise. So powerful)

Jyushimatsu - Inugami (Dog God that possesses people)

Todomatsu - Bake-Danuki (also known as tanuki, mischievous spirits, mostly known in pop culture for their BIG FAT NUTS)

Dayon is a miko, a shrine maiden. Hatabou is an Onmyoji, an exorcist, Dekapan is a kannushi, a shrine priest. Totoko and Iyami are regular civillians

Youkai Hyakki Yagyou merchandise from Animate Girls Festival (September 2017)

One of the lesser known sets, considering that it’s just designs for a line of merch but their designs are so good? Why don’t people use these designs more often.

Osomatsu - Karasu-Tengu

Karamatsu - Nine-tailed fox

Choromatsu - Shuten-Douji (A possible reference to Season 1 Episode 2 where he gets the most drunk?)

Ichimatsu - Mizuchi (Legendary Water Serpent/Dragon)

Jyushimatsu - Kamaitachi (Beast that rides on dust devils. Cuts people using it’s scythe-like nails. The wounds are sharp but painless)

Todomatsu - Ungaikyou (A haunted mirror that can be used to trap spirits. The spirits in the ungaikyou can manipulate the reflection shown on it’s reflection.)

Kitsune Servant Set from Tabimatsu (September 2017)

Ok I know I said I wouldn’t cover the Kitsune sets from Tabimatsu since there are like 5 different Kitsune sets, but this one is noteworthy cause they have secondary Youkai traits other than the regular kitsune traits.

Osomatsu - Oni’s horns

Karamatsu - Tengu’s wings

Choromatsu - Orochi around his neck

Ichimatsu - True Kitsune (Or Nekomata’s paw?)

Jyushimatsu - Wanyudo (Flaming Wheel)

Todomatsu - I don’t know, but there’s something around his neck?

Japanese Youkai set from Shimamatsu (January 2018)

Shimamatsu was such a good game, what a shame it ended so soon. The 3D models were so cute. Edit: The two designs are from before and after evolution!

Osomatsu - Enma-san (A wrathful god in charge of judging souls in the afterlife. Resides over hell)

Karamatsu - Yamato no Orochi (Eight headed and Eight-tailed serpent/dragon)

Choromatsu - Kamaitachi (wields an actual scythe)

Ichimatsu - Youkai Catman or a Bakaneko (Catboy, furry)

Jyushimatsu - Yobuko (lives in the mountains, repeats whatevers shouted into the mountain, explains the phenomemon of Echos)

Todomatsu - Yuki Otoko (Snowman, a Yuki Onna basically)

“Inn” Osoma and Choroe from Osomatsu Season 2 Episode 17

A BUNCH OF PEOPLE REMINDED ME AND HOW COULD I FORGET THE BEST YOUKAI EVER. Osoma baby,,,, I’m so sorry..... Srsly, this skit was so good, I hope they make more skits like this where they make entirely new characters out of the framework of the sextuplets.

Osoma - A Zashiki-warashi, child spirits who live in store rooms or extra rooms, they died buried in their homes. Pranksters but meeting one is said to bring good fortunes to families. Osoma gets crossovered a lot with the other Youkai sets in JP fanart. A popular pairing is Dodomeki Chorosuke (from Denki Mystery) and Osoma also Kitsune Osomatsu (from the poster) and Osoma.

Choroe - Not necessarily a youkai, in fact in the episode she’s presented as just a regular human. But is theorized often to be a Yama-uba. An old woman banished to the mountains. She provides shelter to weary travelers (in the myth it’s just a humble shelter but you know. an inn is also considered a shelter) before eating them. In one story she eats the recently birthed baby of a woman who had to give birth in the mountains.

Mononoke from Hesokuri Wars (May 2019)

Technically they are all the same type of being, Mononoke, but they look different from each other. Mononoke can posses individuals and cause suffereing and even death. And technically they aren’t Youkais but Onryos, vengeful spirits. But Onryos can also be used to refer to youkais and truthfully I just wanna include this set cause their designs are so cool looking. This set’s attacks contain glimpses of units of other sets.

Osomatsu - Bear themed

Karamatsu - Wolf themed

Choromatsu - Rooster/Chicken themed

Ichimatsu - Spider

Jyushimatsu - Boar

Todomatsu - Bull or Ox

Edo Rock The Great Youkai Harvest Festival from Tabimatsu (October 2019)

This set is interesting cause rather than youkai alone, they are also musicians. This set also has another set like Hesokuri called The Great Youkai NEET which is basically the awakened versions, properly showcasing more of the youkai traits.

Osomatsu - Shuten-Douji (Again, we need to stage an intervention for you damn)

Karamatsu - Karasu-Tengu (Again)

Choromatsu - Mizuchi (actually riding said serpent)

Ichimatsu - Black Kitsune (Hot Topic, Goth version)

Jyushimatsu - Frog. Just. Frog. (could be a reference to the legend of Jiraiya, the ninja who could shapeshift into a frog/ride big frogs. His mouth is cover just like a ninja is too.)

Todomatsu - Kamaitachi (could be a reference to season 1 where Todomatsu wields a scythe)

Iyami - Oni (not sure if he’s any particular oni but he does have the horns and metal club)

Atsushi - Ibaraki-Douji? (White hair and singular horn, most imporant servant of Shuten-Douji)

Promo Merch from Sega Cafe collab (September 2020)

Edit: Thank you @zenryokubatankyu for notifying me! Another set of promo youkais! You can get them by random by ordering a drink or meal at the now-defunct Sega x Osomatsu collab cafe. And the return of F6? Damn I haven’t seen you since Season 2!

Osomatsu - Oni

Karamatsu - I’m not exactly sure but he seems like a Mizuchi, a water serpent/dragon. He also could be another legendary serpent/dragon though.

Choromatsu - Kappa

Ichimatsu + ESP Nyanko - Karasu-Tengu

Jyushimatsu - I’m not sure, at first i thought it might be a crab youkai judging from the legs, but upon closer inspection he has spider webs on his robes, so they may be spider legs instead. Could be a Jorogumo, a youkai that wields fire breathing spiders with it’s spider legs

Todomatsu - Bakaneko (I think? The veil could be the napkin a bakaneko puts on it’s head)

Ayakashi Sextuplet’s Retro Halloween Cafe merch from Web Kuji (October 2020)

Thank you @gradelstuff for telling me about this! Ayakashi are Youkai that appear above nearby bodies of water. Although the youkais they’re dressed up as (or are?) aren’t really what you would call ayakashi? Although it’s cafe themed, it isn’t actually from a cafe collaboration. These designs are merchandise meant to be won through lottery. So if say you really love Kara and Choro’s designs (I do), then tough luck buddy!

Osomatsu - Oni

Karamatsu - Now you may think he’s Dodomeki since he’s covered with eyes, but turns out there are two other eye-relateed youkai! Mokumokuren is a youkai phenomenon where eyes appear from torn paper walls and tatami floors, initially i thought this was it given the checkered pattern he was wearing. But he might actually be a Hyakume, a youkai covered head to toe in yellow eyes specifically. Underneath those eyes is a body of flesh roughly in the shape of a man. This Youkai isn’t particularly malicious, only detaching one of it’s many eyes to follow you and survey you for criminal activiy. He might also be a BackBeard, a youkai allegedly from the US, err that would make him a cryptid I guess? A Backbeard is often characterized as a shadow with a Yellow eye with a red iris in the center. Note: Backbeard’s true origins are not known as there doesn’t seem to be any cryprid called a Backbeard, it first entered the Japanese public eye as an antogonist in the show Gegege no Kitaro. Although ever since then this “yokai” has appeared in other media and games in Japan.

Choromatsu - He isn’t exactly dressed as it (only themed as it) but the youkai he represents is the one he’s holding, a Kasa-obake, One of my favorite youkais and it’s literally iconic. Thought to be a Tsukomogami, an object that gains a spirit after it turns 100 years old.

Ichimatsu - Edit: I’m not sure but he might be a Kuchisake-Onna. In the description attached to his teaser, it makes mention of specifically his wide smile, his dos dagger and his beautiful shirt. A kuchisake onna is a yokai that wanders in the street covering her face with a mask (skull mask for ichi) and a sharp object (his dos dagger). TW GORE DESCRIPTION: She asks you if you think she’s attractive and depending on your answer she muders you with her scissors, plunging it into you OR she takes off her mask showing her wide smile, her mouth slit at the corners to her ears and asks “how about now?” and depending on your reaction she cuts you in half with her sharp object OR she slits the corners of your mouth to look like hers. END DESCRIPTION. Ichi has the mask, sharp object, wide smile and “attractiveness”. Obviously it would be inappropriate to portray ichi in the same fashion as the kuchisake onna so he was probably given the internal organ tattoos to represent the gory yokai. (internal organs usually = gore in japan). This is speculah and he might be another youkai but this is all i can think of rn.

Jyushimatsu - sailor themed Jiangshi. Jiangshi are basically Zombies originally from Chinese culture. They hop around, and crave for life force. this little jyushimatsu has taken to tomato juice instead. (Bonus: the zombie that osomatsu is in the zombie set in hesokuri wars is also a Jiangshi)

Todomatsu - Kitsune (sly fox)

“The Night Path” Youkai from Osomatsu-san Season 3 Episode 6 (November 2020)

The latest and what sparked me to make this post tbh. This set reuses the Rokurobi design from the very first Youkaimatsu iteration! Full circle yo! I like to think of this set as an addition to the original youkaimatsu, since they’re both from the primary sources.

Jyushimatsu - Rokurobi (Again)

Totoko - Amabie (mermaid with three legs? prophesized about either good harvest or an epidemic, trivia: “Amabie” trended when Covid 19 hit the world)

Hatabou - Azukiarai (a youkai that originated from the sound of something like beans being washed near a river, anyone who comes near will fall into the river)

Dayon - Nopperabou (Faceless spirits that take the form of humans. They are harmless usually, they just scare humans)

Dekapan - Kappa (Mischievous River spirits)

That should be all of them!

Recap:

Osomatsu has been a Kitsune, Shuten-Douji (twice), Karasu-Tengu, Enma-san and an Oni

Karamatsu has been a Karasu-Tengu (twice), Aoandon, Kitsune, Yamato no Orochi and a Mizuchi (?)

Choromatsu has been a Dodomeki, Daitengu, Shuten-Douji, Kamaitachi, Mizuki and a Kappa (No repeats!)

Ichimatsu has been a Nekomata, Kitsune (twice), Mizuchi, Bakaneko and a Karasu-Tengu

Jyushimatsu has been a Rokurobi (twice-ish), Inugami, Kamaitachi, Yobuko, a Frog from Jiraiya and a Jorogumo (?)

Todomatsu has been a Yuki Onna (twice), Bake-danuki, Ungaikyou, Kamaitachi and a Bakaneko

You can definitely see a trend (lmao), I’m looking forward to more Youkaimatsus from Osomatsu-san!

bonus:

Osomatsu-san cameo from Yokai Watch!!!

#Osomatsu san #Youkaimatsu #Yokaimatsu #妖怪松 #Hesokuri Wars #Shimamatsu #Tabimatsu #I'm not tagging all the matsus lmao #long post

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burlveneer-music · 2 years

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My WVUD playlist and stream, 6/4/2022

Alabaster Deplume - I'm Good at Not Crying Huntertones - Clarendon (feat. Lionel Loueke) Shawn Lee - Are We Having Fun Daniel Villareal - 18th & Morgan Brian Jackson - Force of Will Jeb Loy Nichols - What Does a Man Do All Day? Yama Warashi - Dividual Individual Alune Wade - Djolof Blues Lance Ferguson - Mango Meat Lettuce - Keep That Funk Alive (feat. Bootsy Collins) Lenny White - Kashmir (feat. Donald Blackman & Foley) Bright Dog Red - Pardon Me Zeal & Ardor - Feed the Machine Ganser - People Watching Special Interest - (Herman’s) House Storm Ross - Dream of Aphelion Holodrum - No Dither Eccodek - I Wanna Talk To You (feat. Oranmiyan Ajagundade) Marconi Union - Cycles Repeat Radiohead - Reckoner Jean Carne, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Black Rainbows OJKOS & Andreas Rotevatn - Fjordingen I & II Us, Today - Greetings from the Master

(listen on Mixcloud)

#wvud #permutations #playlist #mixcloud

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maquina-semiotica · 9 months

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Yama Warashi, "Makkuroi Mizu (まっくろい水)" #NowPlaying

#Yama Warashi #Spotify

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seen-live · 7 years

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#arnolfini summer cuts #summer cuts #young echo #ishan sound #jabu #kahn #o$vmv$m #big jeff #jesuits #yama warashi #arnolfini #bristol #2017

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culturedarm · 2 years

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Mitch Stahlmann summons sacred incantations on the flute for the Polish label Mondoj, Tekla Peterson strives for ecstatic release through eighties pop forms on Geographic North, and Sontag Shogun and Lau Nau send missives from the halcyon summer of 2019 and the Finnish island of Kimitoön. Tracks by Arca, Susanna, East Portal, Yama Warashi, Ohyung, Ethel Cain, and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch complete the roundup of best new music.

https://culturedarm.com/tracks-of-the-week-09-04-22/

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chetrax · 6 years

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#chetrax #yama warashi #wild

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kaialone · 5 years

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Yokai Watch News: Forever Friends

Doing my monthly summary of recent Yokai Watch news once again.

Like always, information is taken from various website updates and Corocoro, and translated by me.

Beware of spoilers, naturally!

We got news about:

5th Yokai Watch Movie - Forever Friends

Merchandise (showing off some new characters, too)

A bit of Puni Puni and World

Like with the past few times, I’ll only show information from Corocoro if it’s not shown anywhere else.

And due to time reasons, I won’t be doing full translations for everything, especially if it’s just repeated information that I already covered.

Yokai Watch Movie 5 News:

The official website for the movie has gotten some updates again.

I’ll go over the minor ones first.

The main page got this new cover image that we had previously seen in Corocoro:

The general information page now also uses this image as a background for the “story” section, but the text seems unchanged.

It also has an added bit about Enma in this movie, among other things, but it doesn’t have any new information in there.

One thing of note is that the added cast list finally seems to confirm the name of this Whisper-like character:

Previously, it was unclear if he is supposed to be Whisper or not, since it was hard to understand him when he said his name. But now it seems confirmed that his name is 臼田さん/Usuda-san, so he’s probably not Whisper.

(Which makes sense, considering Whisper should be sealed up around this time.)

The character page had some characters added, but no new information about them.

They did fix the apparent typo in Itsuki’s bio, so he’s no longer called a “yokai” here. Seems like it really was a mistake after all. I mentioned that typo in this post here, back in July.

The design contest page now shows all winning entries. Note that, as far as I know, this information especially isn’t documented forever on these pages, so back it up if you’re interested.

Now, onto the actual news page of the site.

There’s been a comment by TVXQ, the band behind the movie’s main song 大好きだった/Daisukidatta (”I loved you”) . But it doesn’t really have any notable information in it, so I won’t cover it unless I see people who really want me too.

Same with the short interview videos that Corocoro’s youtube channel did with Chiemi Blouson and Shun Oguri, which you can see here and here.

They all talk about the basic points of “this movie is about friendship”, and “please watch it with your parents”, which is nice, but something they went over before, like these comments from last month.

Actual news is this section, where they introduce ”Yasha Enma”, a character that was name-dropped before, but we hadn’t fully seen him yet.

(Check out this post about the news from last month if you want to know the context of that.)

Here’s what they say about him:

"Yasha Enma", the ultimate king who controls fire and ice, unveiled!

The "Great King Enma" is a super popular character of the Yokai Watch series. His ultimate form, "Yasha Enma" which no one has ever seen yet, will appear in this work!! Wielding the strongest weapon, the "En Ma Rod" (1), and using the "Dragon of Ice" and "Dragon of Fire", he displays power like that of a fierce deity! Will fierce fights unfold at the "Enma Butōkai" where the next Great King Enma will be chosen?! Please look forward to the battles of the coolest Great King Enma to date!!

"Yasha Enma" Enma, bearing the name of fierce deities that appear in mythology, the "Yaksha" (2). In his hand, the strongest weapon, the En Ma Rod. He won't just appear in his regular form, but also forms in which he controls the "Dragon of Ice" and the "Dragon of Fire".

Notes:

I had previously translated the name of his weapon 炎魔棍/Enmakon as “Enma Rod”, but I decided to spell it as “En Ma Rod” now, to make it more clear that it’s not spelled the same as the name “Enma”.

“Yasha” is the Japanese spelling of “Yaksha”. I use the Japanese spelling for his name, since we also spell “Enma” like in Japanese, rather than calling him “Yama”.

Corocoro has some more information on Yasha Enma that the website hasn’t covered yet. So I will go over those next.

Corocoro introduces Yasha Enma with this two-page spread:

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In addition to his regular form, it also shows the two other forms that the website only hinted at.

悪の妖怪と戦うシンとイツキたちは妖魔界へ行き、次の閻魔大王を決める「エンマ武闘会」に出場。そこで夜叉エンマと出会うのか！？ Fighting evil yokai, Shin, Itsuki, and the others participe in the"Enma Butōkai" where the next Great King Enma will be chosen. Will they encounter Yasha Enma there?!

夜叉エンマ最強の武器・炎魔棍をあやつる。右目に特別な力を秘めている！？ Yasha Enma He wields the En Ma Rod, the strongest weapon. There's a special power hidden in his right eye!?

羅雪氷の龍を宿し、すさまじい冷気を発す��！！ Rasetsu Harboring the dragon of ice, he emits terrible cold!!

絢爛・羅雪!! Shine brightly, Rasetsu!!

紅華炎の龍を宿し、紅蓮の業火を巻きおこす！！ Benibana Harboring the dragon of fire, he creates crimson fireworks!!

乱舞・紅華 Dance wildly, Benibana!!

Note that last month, I had mistakenly romanized “Benibana“ as “Kōka”, since it was really hard to read the furigana for the names.

It also seems that “Rasetsu” and “Benibana” are supposed to be the names of the two dragons themselves, so it’s a bit confusing about how those names also seem to refer to these two forms of Yasha Enma.

Notably, the merchandise I’ll go over in the next segment seems to call the forms “Yasha Enma Rasetsu” and “Yasha Enma Benibana” instead.

Yokai Watch Merchandise News:

Boys Toy Web has added two new Yokai Watch items to their list.

First we have the “Yōseiken Series 04: DX Ashura Goen-maru Yōseiken & Yōkai Ark Set”.

In other words, the 4th Yōseiken toy, and as always it comes with a special Yokai Ark.

The Yōseiken in question is of course the Ashura Goen-maru, which has actually been in the Shadowside anime for a long time, where it’s wielded by Dōketsu.

For a while it’s been unclear if Dōketsu was its Kenbumajin, but now it seems that he is not, and that it’s actually Ashura (Asura).

The special Yokai Ark that comes with it is an Extreme Rare-ranked one of “Sekka no Fubuki-hime”, following the trend of these bonus Arks seemingly always being a special form of a yokai who debuted in the original series.

This set will be released in December.

Next is the “Yōkai Arc Zero ~The Other Side of the Silver Screen” pack.

This is a special Yokai Ark booster pack related to the upcoming movie.

As always, each pack has 1 random Ark in it. There’ll be 13 Arks included in this series:

We got 3 Ultimate Rare ranks: Nekomata, Kappa, and Zashiki-warashi.

This time around, their backsides feature their Godside forms: Cat King Bastet, Kappa King Sagojō, and Tengu King Kurama.

Then there’s 4 Extreme Rare ranks: Yasha Enma Benibana, Yasha Enma Rasetsu, Shien, and one that’s secret.

We got 2 Rare ranks: Kukuri-hime and Karasu-tengu.

Karasu-tengu was seen in the most recent trailer, but I don’t think Kukuri-hime has been shown before. She is presumably based on the mythological Kukurihime, but her name is spelled differently.

And 3 Normal ranks: Yamata no Orochi, Tamamo no Mae, and Yamambā.

Interestingly, Tamamo no Mae is just referred to as “Tamamo” in her Lightside form here.

Yamata no Orochi is a legendary dragon, whom Orochi/Venoct seemed to be slightly based on, but we had never seen the real deal in Yokai Watch. Yamambā is one of the names of the yokai Yama-uba.

Curious that these guys are all Normal-ranked, Tamamo no Mae especially seems like she should be more special, right?

This booster pack will also come out in December.

Corocoro has also shown off a black Yokai Ark of Yasha Enma, and announced that they will be giving away 10000 of them in their January issue.

I think, because of how the issue naming works with this magazine, that might actually be the issue that comes out in December, but I am not sure.

Corocoro mascot/employee “Kaa-kun” made this tweet, showing off the Ark in question:

With the three Yasha Enma Arks, and the Ark of Shien, we’ve been shown a new tribe symbol, resembling a sun:

It seems reasonable to assume that this symbol could possibly represent the Enma Tribe, but it doesn’t seem to have been confirmed as of me writing this.

But it is reminiscent of the moon-like symbol of the Izana Tribe that Kaira belongs to:

And lastly, Yoroz Mart is going to release plush toys of Junior, Nekomata, and Yasha Enma in December, as seen in this tweet.

Yokai Watch Mobile Games News:

This is just going to be really minor, but I wanted to go over it in some form regardless.

Corocoro revealed that the Great King Enma, in his original, young form that first showed up Blasters, will be added to Yokai Watch World soon.

And, you have probably heard of it already, But Yokai Watch Puni Puni is currently having a crossover with Dissida Final Fantasy, adding many characters originally from the Final Fantasy franchise as puni.

The offical Level-5 youtube channel has also re-uploaded their trailer for the mobile game “Yokai Daijiten”, which you can see here.

Though they still haven’t added a proper release date for it, in fact, it only seems to say “release date to be determined” now.

In case you don’t know, this game was first announced back in 2016, I believe, alongside a smartphone version of the first Yokai Watch game.

If I recall correctly, they were scheduled to be released in 2016, but when that year came and went, the release date was updated to 2017, and now, as 2018 draws to a close, many people thought they got cancelled, but this re-upload implies that Daijiten is still being worked on in some form.

The official website for Yokai Watch 1 for smartphone says that it will be released in 2019 now, but I haven’t seen anyhting else from it.

And that’s it for the general Yokai Watch news in November of 2018.

As always, I hope you’ve found this to be interesting and/or helpful!

#yokai watch #youkai watch #yo kai watch #yokai watch movie 5 #yokai watch forever friends #yokai watch news #corocoro leaks #yokai watch translations

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yamamiya · 2 years

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Yama Warashi (YOSHINO SHIGIHARA)

Yama Warashi – Makkuroi Mizu (まっくろい水） YOSHINO SHIGIHARA is a London-based Japanese artist and musician. She often improvises hand drawings and constructs them afterwards. She plays music as ‘Yama Warashi’ and been creating artwork, costume and comic books for the project. This song is about walking on my own trying to find nature in London. My dear friend Rozi Plain filmed the video in Hackney…

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#Alternative #busu

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twistedsoulmusic · 2 years

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We’re in love with this one! Yama Warashi’s beautiful third album is a dreamy psychedelic folk, pop and jazz experimentation that features Cathy Lucas of Vanishing Twin, Aletta Verwoerd on drums and Mermaid Chunky’s Moina Walker on sax. In contrast to early releases such as Moon Zero and Moon Egg, which had a lo-fi, homespun feel, this album is grander in its sound and possesses an understated yet confident grandeur. Well recommended.

#alternative #alternative pop #dreamy folk #jazz #Bandcamp

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robinallender · 5 years

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2018 albums of the year

I’ve been doing my albums of the year since 2004 (Brian Wilson’s Smile topped it since you ask... somewhat regrettable), but this is the first time where I don’t have a specific number one album. Just lots of great records that came out in 2018 which I love equally. And besides, Cass McCombs didn’t release an album this year.

In the heady days of 2004 my album list was just an email to friends. Who would have thought that by 2018 I would have graduated to Tumblr (via MySpace, Twitter and a brief foray into WordPress)? Makes you think doesn’t it...

Anyway, grab a beer, pull up a beanbag and list, list o list!

O Zomer! – Cassandra Miller

Fantastically difficult to get hold of album of hypnotic/demented chamber music.

Minus – Daniel Blaumberg

Was absolutely knocked for six by this performance, reminded me of early Will Oldham weirdly.

What News – Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness

Beautiful folk songs with a light electronic garnish.

Sleep Like it’s Winter – Jim O’Rourke

Not a ‘songs’ album but you can still tell it’s Jim. Wonderful ambient record.

The Dream My Bones Dream – Eiko Ishibashi

Speaking of which... O’Rourke produced this beguiling, dream-like album

May – Benoît Pioulard

One of my all time favourite artists. Hypnagogic melodic tape noise. The beers are kicking in.

I’m All Ears – Let’s Eat Grandma

Brilliant pop music that is almost irritating but that’s sort of why it’s good? Does that make sense? Also, they remind me of The Cure.

Kill All Children – Prison UK

Sad music from the future

Age Of – Oneohtrix Point Never

More sad music from the future.

Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves

One of the best gigs I saw this year, superbly written country songs.

Volume Four – Kosmische Läufer

Another volume of cosmic exercise music.

Selva Oscura – William Basinski, Lawrence English

Run a deep bath.

Boiled Moon – Yama Warashi

Exquisite. And from Bristol!

Lightsleeper – Neil & Liam Finn

Two expert songwriters tear up the rule book in very subtle ways.

DAYTONA – Pusha T

If you know you know!

The Joy of Living – Jackie Oates

Extremely moving collection of folk songs.

Stravinsky: Perséphone (Live) – Finnish National Opera Orchestra

If you know you know!

The Long Sleep – Jenny Hval

Only an EP, but ‘Spells’ is one of the songs of the year.

Safe in the Hands of Love – Yves Tumor

I can’t make head nor tail of this to be honest, but I like it and maybe that’s the point.

Homes – Shida Shahabi

Melodic treated piano. Reminiscent of Nils Frahm I guess, but I much prefer this. Beautiful stuff. Do I over-use the word ‘beautiful’?

Bringing the backline – Trust Fund

Why do I only find out about good Bristol bands when they break up?

Compro – Skee Mask

Did some really fierce admin to this. Beautifully produced techno/electronica (I think?).

Shelter – Olivia Chaney

Absolutely stunning voice. Maddy Prior... Joni Mitchell... Chaney is up there.

Hell-On – Neko Case

Speaking of amazing voices. Neko Case is such an under-rated writer, one of the finest lyricists around. ‘In the current of your life I was an eyelash in the shipping lanes’.

Wide Awake – Parquet Courts

I really like this album. But is it just me or does it sound like a lot of bands around now are sort of just doing an impression of ‘indie rock’. Like it’s a homage to a genre that wasn’t particularly good in the first place? I’m damning with faint praise. I did lots of physio to this album after I broke my leg. That’s more damning with faint praise isn’t it? I like it, OK? Just off to grab a beer, do you want anything?

Knock Knock – DJ Koze

I was young once.

A Broke Moon Rises – Papa M

David Pajo on glorious form.

Yes I Jan – Bas Jan

Kings of the Holloway Road.

Pastoral – Gazelle Twin

The sound of Brexit.

Collapse EP – Aphex Twin

Reassuringly bonkers/banging.

Skiff – The Skiffle Players

More rootsy meanderings from a side project of Cass McCombs (hence its inclusion in this list).

BASIC VOLUME – Gaika

Totally brilliant UK hip-hop, and well done Warp for putting it out.

Phantom Thread (OST) – Jonny Greenwood

I saw a good tweet which said this film should have been called ‘the weird guy’.

Hundreds of Days – Mary Lattimore

Beautiful looping harp music.

Yolk in the Fur – Wild Pink

If you’re looking for a replacement for Mark Kozelek in your life because he doesn’t write good songs any more (actually I’m not sure he even writes songs any more), then I can recommend Wild Pink. That’s doing them a disservice. This is a great album.

And there you have it! My albums of 2018! Although I think I might have forgotten a few...

I think I don’t have a number one because this year has been more dominated by ‘older’ music for me. These are a few albums that I got thoroughly into this year (but which didn’t come out this year).

DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar (2017)

I mean obviously.

Spark of Life – Marcin Wasilewski Trio (2014)

Not the footballer. Wonderfully melodic, melancholy jazz record.

Magma – Gojira (2016)

I’ve probably listened to this album more than anything else this year. It’s a perfect metal album: concise, brutal, melodic, imaginative. And they seem like really nice guys!

The Uncle Sold – Ed Dowie (2017)

If I’d have heard this record last year it would have been my album of the year. Unique, funny, wistful, beautiful songs. Reminiscent of Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Wim Martens... but really it’s its own thing.

Suburban Light – The Clientele (2000)

Soft-focus, autumnal pop. Like someone taking a blurry photograph of The Velvet Underground.

The Meadowlands – The Wrens (2003)

Absolutely classic overwrought indie rock.

Against the Streams (1994), At the Wood’s Heart (2005) – June Tabor

One good thing about Spotify is that if you feel like dipping into an artist’s back catalogue, it’s all there for you. What a privilege it is to be able to bathe in the exquisite melancholy of June Tabor’s 19 (!) albums. These two are my particular faves at the moment.

And (bonus feature!) here are a few individual songs I enjoyed that came out this year (2018):

‘thank u, next’ – Ariana Grande (of course... I’m not mad) ‘Slow Fade’ – Daniel Avery ‘Sleeping Volcanoes’ – Cass McCombs (I love him I love him I love him) ‘Wealth’ – Modeselektor feat. Flohio ‘Into the Fire’ – These New Puritans (featuring Current 93, what’s not to like?)

OK that’s it. See you next year!

#2018 albums of the year #albums of the year

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