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Zoku (族) is a Sino-Japanese term meaning tribe, clan, or family. As a suffix it has been used extensively within Japan to define subcultural phenomena, though many zoku do not acquire the suffix (e.g. cosplay).
A zoku may be labeled with a Japanese stem (e.g. kaminari zoku) or a foreign language (gairaigo) stem (e.g. saike zoku, where saike comes from "psychedelic").
As with the usual practice elsewhere, subcultures in Japan have almost certainly been labeled by an outsider to the group, often an influential person in the media.
phenomena, though many zoku do not acquire the suffix (e.g. cosplay). A zoku may be labeled with a Japanese stem (e.g. kaminari zoku) or a foreign language...
Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki (今昔画図続百鬼, "The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past") is the second book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's...
Nohohon Zoku (のほほん族) are a range of fist-sized bobble head figurines made by the Japanese toy company Tomy. They first went on sale in Japan on July 18...
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Zoku: The Legend of Bishin (美神伝説Ｚｏｋｕ, Bishin Densetsu Zoku) is a hybrid racing and beat 'em up video game that was developed and published by Magifact...
Blu-ray on April 23, 2014. A second anime television season titled Mushishi: Zoku-Shō (蟲師 続章) started airing on April 5, 2014, on Tokyo MX and other channels...
featured in the Japanese collection of Yōkai pictures, the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki by Toriyama Sekien published in 1779. Its picture has the explanatory...
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were adapted as Tsukimonogatari, Owarimonogatari, Koyomimonogatari, and Zoku Owarimonogatari which aired from December 31, 2014, through June 22, 2019...
in the manga magazine Shōjo Comic. There are two sequels to this manga, Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari and Shishunki Miman Okotowari Kanketsuhen. Following...
that they are meant to threaten human existence or defy the gods, while -zoku (族 – tribe, clan, family) indicates that they are a family. Maō (魔王) is a...
bandaged torsos and matching baggy pants tucked inside tall boots. Karasu-zoku (烏族) was a Japanese subculture during the 1980s that consisted of wearing...
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published in 1985 by Shueisha. The same publisher also published a sequel, Zoku Gakumonogatari, in 1986. The title character, Gaku, is modelled on Shiina's...
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