Yakanzuru”(Animation, 3min, Loop )

Kitaro EXPO: Gegege no Kitaro Tribute Art Exhibition in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki’s birth Kitaro EXPO 2023.8.11-8.27. Exhibited

Yakanzuru (kettle hanging) is a yokai of Nagano Prefecture.

According to the original legend, a kettle hung from a kettle suddenly falls down while walking in the night forest, which is a mysterious yokai,

In Shigeru Mizuki’s manga works, it is sealed in Ama-no-Iwato as the strongest yokai that sucks in anything into its stomach in another dimension.

In this animation film, as a tribute to Gegege no Kitaro, Yakanzuru that sucks up everything in Kitaro’s world and its anatomy are animated in the style of “The Great Illustrated Guide to Specters by Shigeru Mizuki,” which I became familiar with as a child.