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Kirin (麒麟 Kirin, lit. Qilin) is a divine beast from China. A variant called Kirin-Jishi (麒麟獅子 Kirin-Jishi, lit. Qilin Lion) exists in Japanese folklore.
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1985 Anime[]
Kakutanjū, a subspecies of Kirin, appeared in the third movie based on the third anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!!.
2007 Anime[]
Nue in the 2007 anime.
Nue in this anime adaptation was depicted to be a Qilin-like character in appearance and personality.
The Great Yōkai War[]
Kirin-Jishi appeared as a symbolic theme of the film.
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The statue of Kirin-Jishi and Shōjō in the Shigeru Mizuki Road.
The Qilin is a holy beast from Chinese mythology. The appearance of the Qilin varies, but is generally some kind of hooved-animal, such as a deer, giraffe, or a draconic-unicorn with a horse tail. It is known as Kirin in Japanese and Korean mythology, where in modern Japanese is used to refer to the giraffe, and Kỳ Lân in Vietnamese mythology.
The Kirin-Jishi is a variant of Qilin created through traditional theatres as a local variant of Lion dance among Tottori and Hyogo Prefectures where the former is the birth place of Shigeru Mizuki. Shōjō is strongly associated with the dance of Kirin-Jishi.