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What the pocket monsters of Pokémon can teach us about Japan’s Shinto faith – ABC News
For those familiar with Japan’s oldest religion, Pokémon is more than a cartoon fantasy — it takes place in a universe full of Shinto elements, where the natural and the supernatural meld together.
With its cute, mousey mascot and the rousing catchcry “gotta catch ’em all”, Pokémon has won the hearts of gamers globally since it was released in 1996.
But for Japanese players, raised with a knowledge of Shinto the country’s oldest and largest faith the Pokémon universe is more than a cartoon fantasy.
What is Shinto?
- An animistic, folkloric belief system, native to Japan
- It coexists with other religions many Japanese are Shinto and Buddhist
- The word is a translatio…
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