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Kaibyō (怪猫, "strange cat") [1] are supernatural cats in Japanese folklore. [2] Examples include bakeneko, a yōkai (or supernatural entity) commonly characterized as having the ability to shapeshift into human form; maneki-neko, usually depicted as a figurine often believed to bring good luck to the owner; and nekomata, referring either to a type of yōkai that lives in mountain areas or ...
This is a list of catgirls and catboys — characters with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. The list excludes anthropomorphic cats (e.g. Hello Kitty , Top Cat , The Cat in the Hat ), humans dressed in cat costumes , and characters that fully transform between cat and human and ...
Kinako, Kaoru's cat, obtains Miyo's human face and takes over her human life. She refuses to return Miyo's face, explaining that she is approaching the end of her natural lifespan but wishes to continue living and bring happiness to her owner. Miyo follows the mask seller to the secret island of cats to convince him to turn her back into a human.
The reason that cats are seen as yōkai in Japanese mythology is attributed to many of their characteristics: for example, the pupils of their eyes change shape depending on the time of day, their fur can seem to cause sparks when they are petted (due to static electricity), they sometimes lick blood, they can walk without making a sound, their wild nature that remains despite the gentleness ...
Wikipe-tan (a personification of Wikipedia), drawn as a catgirl. A catgirl (猫娘, nekomusume), sometimes called a neko girl or simply neko, is a young female character with feline traits, such as cat ears (猫耳, nekomimi), a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body.
She often is found goofing around and talking with her master, Iori, who she admires deeply, to the point she has a crush on him despite Iori's being human and calls him her fiancé. She loves adventure, and she is often bullied by Charlotte. She says "meow" ("nya-no") after almost every phrase she says, though she is the only cat who does this.
Form and content align in the uniquely conceived and delightfully offbeat supernatural adventure “Ghost Cat Anzu.” For a movie about a reality where mortals and otherworldly spirits coexist on ...
Reception of her character by English-language media has been mostly positive with writers often calling her a good lead character based on her traits. In both the anime and manga series she is the descendant of a yōkai that was spared rather than being killed by a demon slayer family.