Discussion on Weir Things -- Traditional Monsters in Japanese Animation

The monster culture is neither the culture of terror, nor the culture of seeking novelty. When we say why the monster culture still values, it's not because we are dazzled by the lustrous and dazzling stories, but that we can clearly feel through the absurd surface the serious content included, and by skimming off the scum, we can clearly see the true sense of its implication. The Japanese Banshees dare to love and hate, and it is this strong emotion that makes the Banshees vividly portrayed as humans full of substantiality and fierce temperament. Because of "e;hatred"e;, they can revenge and resist at all costs. These obsessed people could neither resolve the tangle in their hearts, nor drag out an ignoble existence in the world, so they would in the end find a place in another world, or wander in the vast world in pleasure or in desperation. A Discussion on Weir Things -- Traditional Monsters in Japanese (Second Edition) introduces the traditional monsters in Japanese animation illustratively.