First of all, this story is based on the traditional monster story "eight hundred and eight raccoons" from the Edo period in Japan. At first it was about a story about a battle between a civet cat and a fox in Shikoku. Moreover, Shikoku is also the distribution area of civet cats among the ancient Japanese monsters, so there is a section in the story that goes to Shikoku to find elders.
The second part of the transformation began to become something similar to an iron pot, based on the story of "Wen Ke Teapot". It tells the story of a raccoon who turned into a teapot and tried to play tricks on human beings, but was scalded and ran away.
The origin of the testicles of a civet cat is based on the story of the belly drum of a raccoon. Ancient Japanese believed that the larger the testicles of a civet cat, the more it can attract wealth.
And the most exciting part of the story, "The Great Battle of Youkai" is based on the "Hyakki Yayuki Scroll" by Toriyama Ishiyan, the master painting master of the Edo period. If you have read the book "Illustrated Hyakki Yakou", you can find all the monsters in the story. Each one is Japan's most traditional image of monsters, not fabricated out of thin air.
Furthermore, this animation was supervised by Shigeru Mizuki, the president of the Japan Yokai Association and the author of the famous "Onitarou", so many monsters can also be found in the animation of "Onitarou" (because this animation itself is a narrative of Japan The story of traditional monsters), such as the "big heads" that the civet cats have turned into blocking the way everywhere. Isn't that the same thing as the "youkai Yokai Yokocho" in "Cough and Cough". There is also that the facial features of the old raccoon monk are completely a copy of the old Mr. Mizuki Shigeru. And in a section of the story, when humans were talking about whether there are monsters on TV, someone also said: "Mr. Mizuki, what do you think of this question." Then the person who talked was Mr. Shigeru Mizuki.
In fact, there are many details, such as "fox marries", "skeleton demon", "Seven Fortune Treasure Ship", and "Eight Hundred Eight Gods". There are too many details, so I won't say more.
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