Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
A classic when it comes to design, aesthetics, and community degeneracy.
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Nakamura: Personally, I always thought of the Crow Demons as the final forms of humans who were driven insane by their overwhelming desire to fly. Their strong wishes were enough to alter their skeletal structure. I think their eerie shape has more to do with the strange way they pose while trying to convince themselves that they have successfully transformed into birds, rather than their actual bones being warped.
Miyazaki: As for all of its denizens, the Painted World acts as a sort of haven for the Crow Demons after being driven from the normal world. The Crow Demons are supposed to be followers of Velka, the Goddess of Sin, and their powerful delusion has managed to alter their physical form. I quite like the Crow Demons as characters because I feel that kind of overpowering delusion is a pure sort of innocence in a way.
Satake: They’re rooted in the same kind of idea as the Gaping Dragon, I think.
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The trope of undergoing physical transformation based on the object of your worship is quite an overused trope in Japanese media, and FROM is no different, even before the Souls series (Kuon, for example). The Crow Demons are a very cool use of this trope.
00:10 - Idle
00:13 - Roar & Attack
00:18 - Hurt & Death
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A classic when it comes to design, aesthetics, and community degeneracy.
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Nakamura: Personally, I always thought of the Crow Demons as the final forms of humans who were driven insane by their overwhelming desire to fly. Their strong wishes were enough to alter their skeletal structure. I think their eerie shape has more to do with the strange way they pose while trying to convince themselves that they have successfully transformed into birds, rather than their actual bones being warped.
Miyazaki: As for all of its denizens, the Painted World acts as a sort of haven for the Crow Demons after being driven from the normal world. The Crow Demons are supposed to be followers of Velka, the Goddess of Sin, and their powerful delusion has managed to alter their physical form. I quite like the Crow Demons as characters because I feel that kind of overpowering delusion is a pure sort of innocence in a way.
Satake: They’re rooted in the same kind of idea as the Gaping Dragon, I think.
---
The trope of undergoing physical transformation based on the object of your worship is quite an overused trope in Japanese media, and FROM is no different, even before the Souls series (Kuon, for example). The Crow Demons are a very cool use of this trope.
00:10 - Idle
00:13 - Roar & Attack
00:18 - Hurt & Death
Give a tip if you so wish!
➜ ko-fi.com/sneesnee
