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[telophase]

From a post to the very low-traffic yokaimonsters, an LJ comm about traditional Japanese monsters. These two links are the 2007 Kawasaki Halloween parade. There's lots of nifty costumes in them, but the best part is about halfway down the second page, where you get a bunch of costumers dressed as traditional Japanese monsters: oni, tengu, kappa, etc.

http://www.hellodamage.com/tdr/archive/cosplay/2007haloween.htm
http://www.hellodamage.com/tdr/archive/cosplay/2007haloween2.htm

I think my favorite is the picture, near the end, with a tengu (crow demon), a rokurokubi (woman with extendable neck), and a child nopperabou (faceless person).

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[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

You'd like it. It's live action, with a kappa and a variety of other yokai helping a little boy become the kirin rider to fight a sharp-dressed villain and a beautiful yokai played by the schoolgirl murderer in Kill Bill.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It's now on my Netflix queue. :D