Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide (Yokai ATTACK! Series)

What a great book! It completely submerses you the quirky mythology and folklore of Japan's Yokai. The information covers a wide variety of yokai from all areas in Japan, as well as gives people unfamiliar with the geography a great reference to consult with each entry. Written with a focus on entertainment and fun over academic presentation the information is lighthearted(but doesn't shy away from some cool gory details), engaging, and fluid. This book is the epitome of a page turner. If you don't find yourself loving this book more and more with each page I'd be very surprised. The great illustrations are an added bonus. If you're on the fence about buying this book, buy it!

Helped with my research for my stories that I am writing featuring Yokai such as the tales of the Flatts

Between the beautiful artwork and the way its laid out, I'm a fan for life! Carry this around in my purse everywhere I go because I could read this all day long. The history, the lessons on each yokai and pictures are all stunning. Worth the price!

Most Americans and Europeans know the classical western monsters, but if you want to explore those of other parts of the world, this is a great primer. it's not at all an academic tome; rather, it's simple, visual, fun, and, often humorous. It's not in-dept, but a very good introduction for both adults and children (those who are ok with scary monsters).I like to write fantasy and this adds another dimension to my possibilities of characters.I'd give this five stars except for the fact that it doesn't contain information on some of the more common (and well-known) monsters that I was interested in. Not a big deal, just mentioning that that was my one disappointment.

This is a beautifully illustrated book and the writing is excellent as well. My son checked it out from the library once and liked it so much we bought it for him as a Christmas gift. It's an great read for anyone interested in Japanese Yokai or if you just like cool artwork.

Lots of info on 48 yokai. Color art of the 48 yokai by Tatsuya Morino who was the assistant of Shigeru Mizuki for about 10 years. I heard Shigeru Mizuki had many assistants. Some of the color art are quite different from that of Shigeru Mizuki. The karasu tengu is bluish. The Hanadaka Tengu is reddish and has wings. Nurikabe wall has lots of feet. Obariyon is like a giant child. Nobiagari is a shadow person like the hawkman villain Shadow Thief.

Finding books that are well-written (in English) on Yōkai is not an easy task. This book does that. There are many different yōkai covered and it is thorough. Well done.

I had heard of the older print of this book and had trouble finding it. This is the most recent printing of this book and is a pleasure to read. The stories of the strange and weird folk tales of Japan are a blast to read, some I had known of and others I did not. Each of the Yokai are researched in great depth and have a story where thay come from, I would recommend this book.

Tanto o de Yōkai quanto de Yurei são bem legais. Para quem gosta desses temas, recomendo!

nice introduction to Yokai a bit creepy though, I particularly like the turtle series in general

I really like Japanese Stories about Youkais.This book is really good that peoples who wan too know more about Youkais.Not just the illustrations is very good but they write down so many very good information's about Youkais!

This book is great for someone who just wants to get to know Japanese monsters and myths a bit, without having to google them one by one. This book combines a brief description for each monster along with really great illustrations. A very cool book!

Este libro es una buena introducción al mundo de los Yokai, que vendrían siendo una especie de monstruos, duendes y en general seres fantásticos del folclor japonés. Una guía básica pero bien explicada sobre el orígen de las historias de estos seres, así como consejos para sobrevivir en un posible encuentro con alguno de ellos -ya que algunos pueden causar algún daño-.El lenguaje es muy ameno y hay muchos chistes en el texto, las ilustraciones también son muy simpáticas, acompañadas de ilustraciones de grabados hechos por artistas japoneses, a pesar de que son pequeñas estas lucen bien.En definitiva este es un libro que los amantes de la cultura japonesa van a disfrutar.