http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/02/oil-guzzling-babies-and-suitably-ghost-dogs/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/02/oil-guzzling-babies-and-suitably-ghost-dogs/#comment-385 Chuck Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:30:57 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/teh-intarweb/2006/02/226#comment-385 Yeah, I think the hopping vampires are Chinese-only. I'm pretty ignorant about all this stuff too, since just about everything I know about it comes from Pom Poko. But I <em>think</em> that ghosts and vampires and ex-human type monsters are Buddhist-influenced, while traditional Japanese monsters are based more on Shinto and animism. So you get more spirits of animals and water and animals and household objects. Yeah, I think the hopping vampires are Chinese-only. I’m pretty ignorant about all this stuff too, since just about everything I know about it comes from Pom Poko. But I think that ghosts and vampires and ex-human type monsters are Buddhist-influenced, while traditional Japanese monsters are based more on Shinto and animism. So you get more spirits of animals and water and animals and household objects.

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/02/oil-guzzling-babies-and-suitably-ghost-dogs/#comment-384 Drella Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:50:20 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/teh-intarweb/2006/02/226#comment-384 What incredibly cool artwork, thanks for the link! I didn't see any of those hopping vampires in the online monster manual though. Are those Chinese? I'm certifiably retarded when it comes to Asian culture. What incredibly cool artwork, thanks for the link! I didn’t see any of those hopping vampires in the online monster manual though. Are those Chinese? I’m certifiably retarded when it comes to Asian culture.

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