If you plan to watch wildly popular anime and manga series like Death Note and Bleach, you're going to run into one of these guys. Tradtionally associated with "Rakugo," a spoken word storytelling performance art, Shinigami or "death gods," are experiencing a modern day renaissance, wreaking havoc on the living, while making the occasional convenience store stop along the way. Find out why these doom and gloon deities are popping up everywhere and what they say about the Japanese approach to death and dying, in their own NYAF panel.
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