HALLOWEEN CONTEST! UPDATE Part.2
Happy Halloween!! We hope you're all dressing up as Yokai tonight. Make sure you send us photos and enter our competition! If you still need something to get you fired up, check out the Yokai Attack! video on Boing Boing TV (click here) or see what Hiroko and Matt have to say about Yokai and Halloween in this video from the Washington Post:
It looks like Yokai are going to be a popular costume choice this year! So make sure you send us those photos of yourself dressed as a Japanese yokai (refer to Yokai Attack! for inspiration, but feel free to draw on other sources from Japanese mythology). We'll select the best one and award the winner a full poster-sized print of their favorite yokai illustration from Yokai Attack!, signed by Hiroko Yoda, Matt Alt, and Tatsuya Morino.
It's your chance to own a one of a kind piece of yokai history, so act soon! The deadline for submissions is November 3rd 2008, and we'll announce the winner by November 10th 2008.
To enter send an email with the photo to info@yokaiattack.com
Legal stuff: by submitting a photo, you give us the right to use the image online for promotional purposes. Thanks for understanding, and happy haunting!
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Forget Godzilla.
Forget the giant beasties karate-chopped into oblivion by endless incarnations of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and the Power Rangers. Forget the Pocket Monsters. Forget Sadako from The Ring and that creepy all-white kid from The Grudge. Forget everything you know about Japanese tales of terror. The yokai are the spookiest Japanese creatures you've never heard of, and it's high time they got their due.
"An invaluable resource for anyone interested in J-Horror and Japanese culture; gave me a deeper understanding of what I've been enjoying for so many years." Don Coscarelli, director, "Phantasm" series and Bubba Ho-tep
"Yokai Attack! is essential reading for any fan of monsters, horror and manga!" Steve Niles, Creator, 30 Days of Night
"Move over, Cloverfield! I'm boarding the S.S. Yokai Attack for a THRILLICIOUS CRUISE TO WOW-VILLE!" Chris Baker, WIRED magazine.
"I adore this book." Scott Green, Ain't It Cool News
