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Japanese cartoon "Oni: Thunder God's Tale" wins 2 prizes at Annies

Daisuke Tsutsumi, director of the Japanese cartoon "Oni: Thunder God's Tale," speaks to reporters on Feb. 25, 2023 in Los Angeles after the film won two prizes in the TV and Media category at the annual Annies.

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Unique Japanese speech contest trophy in China

BEIJING, China - The "Onikawa" Cup, awarded to the winner of a Japanese speech contest organized by Koji Oikawa, a Japanese-language teacher in China, is seen in a classroom in Beijing on May 12, 2014. The character "Oni" in the word "Onikawa" means fiend in Japanese and the play on the word reflects the former comedian's unique and intense way of teaching the language.

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Ehime town bucks cute mascot trend with scary "oni" demon figure

A woman and a child check out a big "oni" demon monument in the town of Kihoku, Ehime Prefecture, in western Japan on April 2, 2015. The town, the only municipality in Japan to have the "kanji" Japanese character for "oni" in its name, opted for employing the scary-looking character "Oniomaru" as its symbol, bucking the trend of using cute mascots among other municipalities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goblin-mask divers delight kids at aquarium in western Japan

Divers wearing "oni" (goblin) masks play paper-scissors-rock with kindergartners on Jan. 23, 2015, from inside a whale shark tank at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka, western Japan, ahead of the "setsubun" day in early February marking the end of winter according to the old lunar calendar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Divers posing as "oni" demons appear at western Japan aquarium on bean-throwing day

Divers wearing "oni" demon masks wave to visitors from inside a fish tank at Kaiyukan aquarium in Osaka on Feb. 2, 2021, a day when a traditional bean-throwing ritual is held in Japan with people shouting "devils out, fortune in" to symbolically purify the home by throwing roasted soybeans at a family member posing as "oni."

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A wisteria trellis at Kameido Shrine

Many festivals are celebrated throughout the year at Kameido Tenjin Shrine. While the Wisteria Festival is well-known, Usokae Shinji is also popular. This event is based on the belief that the mythical uso bird returns from the previous year and brings good luck with it. The conversation staged between the shrine priest and an oni (devil) at the Setsubun Tsuinasai Festival in February is also interesting. Since the oni has four eyes, the roof of the shrine office is embellished with ceramic tiles showing a devil with four eyes.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐4‐0]