Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Animated skeletons have been featured in many dark myths and horror stories, but Japanese mythology has skeletons that are taller than a tree...gashadokuro! Born from a mass grave of victims denied funerary rites, gashadokuro roam about the countryside after dark, consuming any human that they come across. However, they never eat humans for the sake of food, but out of supernatural, unbridled hatred of humankind! They have no weakness, there is no fighting them, if it sees you, your final page is writ!
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MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
"Gashadokuro" by Lantern
CLIPS:
Stock footage of mist
OPENING:
fiverr.com/saif_edits
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Imad Awan
Boris Groh
George Kavallines
Sasha Lozaic
Me Digital
Matthew Meyer
JungElf art
Nora Zhang
REFERENCES:
yokai.com/gashadokuro
oldworldgods.com/japanese/gashadokuro-yokai
intricatecantrips.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/the-doubly-mythical-gashadokuro
japanpowered.com/folklore-and-urban-legends/the-gashadokuro
mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Gashadokuro
pen-online.com/culture/gashadokuro-the-legend-of-the-starving-skeleton
If we used your artwork please let us know so we can give proper credit!
Animated skeletons have been featured in many dark myths and horror stories, but Japanese mythology has skeletons that are taller than a tree...gashadokuro! Born from a mass grave of victims denied funerary rites, gashadokuro roam about the countryside after dark, consuming any human that they come across. However, they never eat humans for the sake of food, but out of supernatural, unbridled hatred of humankind! They have no weakness, there is no fighting them, if it sees you, your final page is writ!
Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/mythologyunleashed
MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
"Gashadokuro" by Lantern
CLIPS:
Stock footage of mist
OPENING:
fiverr.com/saif_edits
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Imad Awan
Boris Groh
George Kavallines
Sasha Lozaic
Me Digital
Matthew Meyer
JungElf art
Nora Zhang
REFERENCES:
yokai.com/gashadokuro
oldworldgods.com/japanese/gashadokuro-yokai
intricatecantrips.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/the-doubly-mythical-gashadokuro
japanpowered.com/folklore-and-urban-legends/the-gashadokuro
mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Gashadokuro
pen-online.com/culture/gashadokuro-the-legend-of-the-starving-skeleton
If we used your artwork please let us know so we can give proper credit!
