10. The development of media and Yokai

     Today, the folklore and the pictures of yokai are passed down by media. Because of the development of media, yokai are devided from tales and traditional context, and they are just represented visually. Yokai culture has been developing as common-people based culture and that makes yokai animated characters.

     As the media were developed, television, radio and mobile phones come into wide use, and yokai or ghost are changing because of that. Some yokai and ghost appear and spread from TV, or mobile phone. Yokai are adaptable to the change of culture.