Hyakki yagyo at midnight
A procession of one hundred yokai winds down a moonlit Edo street, lanterns held high, oni and tanuki and rokurokubi and kasa-obake walking single file.
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Yokai AI Videos
Direct Japanese folklore spirits in your browser with Morphic's Yokai AI video generator. Generate the hyakki yagyo down a moonlit Edo street or a jorogumo among maples, add narration and koto with Speech and Music, and stitch a folklore episode on the Canvas.
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Kappa at the river bank
A kappa squats at the shallow bend of a forest river at dusk, dish on the head still full, eyes fixed on a child playing on the far bank.
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Tanuki festival under the moon
A clearing in a pine forest at full moon. A circle of tanuki drums on their bellies, sake jars at the centre, lanterns swinging from the branches.
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Jorogumo in the autumn forest
A jorogumo in court robes drifts between maple trees in the gold of late autumn, silk thread trailing from her sleeves, a traveller frozen at the path’s edge.
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Make Yokai videos in three steps
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Describe your Yokai scene
Write the Yokai scene you want, in plain words.
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Generate the video
Morphic generates a cinematic, frame-ready clip on your canvas in seconds.
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Refine your Yokai video
Tweak the prompt, regenerate variations, then download or share the shot.
Cinematic storyboard
Share a scene description with character references. Get a full storyboard with shot angles and mood.
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3x3 storyboard
Feed in a single image. Get 9 cinematic beats laid out as a 3x3 storyboard grid.
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One image to a 9-scene cinematic video.
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Expressions
Take any character image and generate 6 distinct facial expressions on a single reference sheet.
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Cinematic time-freeze short film for any scene
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Put yourself in a movie
Drop in a photo of yourself. Get a 12-second cinematic movie with animation and a matched soundtrack.
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FAQs
Where can I make yokai videos with AI?
You can create yokai scenes directly in your browser on Morphic. Open the Text to Video tool, describe the scene you want, and Morphic produces the clip. No installs and no specialist software needed.
What kinds of yokai scenes work best with AI video?
Single-shot moments with strong composition tend to work best: the hyakki yagyo procession, a kappa at the river bank, a tanuki festival under the moon, a jorogumo in the autumn forest, a kasa-obake on a rainy street, and a yuki-onna at the mountain pass. Anchor each yokai scene to a specific moment, location, time of day, and mood.
How do I keep my yokai consistent across scenes?
Use the Character Lineup workflow to lock each yokai’s look, then reference those character cards in every prompt. Morphic preserves the silhouettes, the colour palette, and the signature details (kappa dish, tanuki leaf, jorogumo silk) from scene to scene.
How do I write a good prompt for a yokai scene?
Name the moment, the location, the time of day, the lighting, and the camera direction. Lean on the folklore palette: lantern-lit indigo, sumi-ink shadow, vermillion accents, the wet stone of a rainy back street. For example: "A kappa at the shallow bend of a forest river at dusk, dish on the head still full, eyes fixed on the far bank, slow low-angle push-in." The more specific your imagery, the closer the output matches your imagination.
Can I add narration and music to my yokai videos?
Yes. The Speech tool generates a voiceover from your script in the voice you choose, and the Music tool produces an original soundtrack to score the scene. Shamisen and shakuhachi sit beautifully under yokai footage.
What visual style works best for a yokai video?
Ukiyo-e woodblock in the Toriyama Sekien tradition is the iconic choice. Painterly photoreal in lantern light works hardest for the night-procession scenes. Sumi-e ink wash captures the strangeness of the rarer yokai. Cinematic Anime film-still composition lands for action beats. Name the style in the prompt.