KAIDAN is the term used for the Japanese ghost stories, and, extensively, for the J-Horror culture. The Buddhist moralizing stories were rapidly transformed into international shockers; people wanted more frightening monstrosities and oddness, with no direct connection with the Western horror. Manga, anime, movies and the subcultures developed around them competed in shicks and panic. If you really want to know why on the Japanese horror movies is written 18+, take a look at the next issue of Otaku Magazine. Nevertheless, is our duty to warn you that all who looked inside certain pages of this issue have disappeared shortly after. Still, it might be just a story to send the children to sleep for good.

Exhibition: Xenia Stan (RO), Vladimir Taroi (RO) // Interview: Vasile Alboiu (RO) // Article: Kaidan: Traditional Japanese Ghost Tales and Japanese Horror Film. Scott David Foutz (USA) // Kaidan Manga: Kazuo Umezu (JP), Hideshi Hino (JP), Junji Ito (JP) // Kaidan Anime // Kaidan Film: www.sarudama.com (USA) // Kaidan Games: LEVEL (RO) // Aya Kato@115: www.115.ro (RO) // Illustrations: Heliana (RO), Saddo (RO), Aya Kato (JP), Yoskay Yamamoto (JP), Dermot Reddan (USA), The Horror (UK), Yan Wei (CN), More Than a Friend (CAN), Veronica Solomon (RO), Dave MacDowell (USA), Nikiforov Anton (RU), Arisu (PT), Nishi (JP), Mihai Marcu (RO), Sam Gilbey (UK) // Toys: Review Custom Toyz. Vera, Ruxi, Alexandra (RO) // Interview: Liste Noire (RO) // Article: Lolita – Extraordinary Street Fashion, Kyshah Hell (USA), fotos: Marianne Williams (USA) // Article: Hayo Miyazaki (part II). Veronica Solomon (RO) // Interview: Interview with Ryosuke Tei, creative director of Furi Furi (JP) // Return by Inkamon (RO) // Masca by Nicolae Drob (RO) // What have you done to tentoumushi? by Akira, Mimi (RO) // Cain and Abel by Asra, Ruxi (RO) // Article: Japanese Ghosts. Tim Screech (UK) // Kaidan Music: ghOst (UK), Ghost (USA), Ghost of a Flea (CA), Ghost Band (USA), Ghostfog (DE) Jigoku Nohara (BE), Kaidan Eiga (IT), ManiFest (DE), Smm (RO), Likantropika (AD), Makunouchi Bento (RO).

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