:3 i found a new youkai! yay for me!!! I SUCCEEDED AT WINNING THE MISSION!

ahem...anyways, after watching the 2005 version of Youkai Daisensou, i did a little research on some of the creatures seen within the film. one of them was this cow with a human head that could speak Japanese. It prophesied that there would be a horrible war coming before rolling over and dying.

As it turns out this is a true youkai known as Kudan. It seems this youkai is always born of a female cow, and always lives three days, prophesying coming traumatic events while it can. >.> Additionally, it serves as the insperation for an animated film called Kudan. :3 if anyone has seen it please let me know.

Nice find YA! Sorry but I can't find additional information regarding that youkai.

Hey, YA. The 'kudan' was on my kiddy-youkai site, so I quickly translated what was there. Unfortunately, it doesn't add much to your own information. If I come across anything more, I'll be sure to report back.
Kudan
The Kudan is a youkai born from a cow. It is a cow - the body is a cow and the face is a human face.
As soon as it's born, it says some sort of prediction. For example, it will inform about things like "This year, there will be an abundant harvest", "there will be a major earthquake in a nearby town", etc.. After that, three days later it will die.
Because the Kudan's predictions are usually correct, if people are informed of a bad prediction, they supposedly carry with them a picture of the Kudan to try to ward off evil.
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~youkai-kids ... i124-.html

Sorry I haven't been on for a while; I've been really busy ^^;. And I hope this gives you a little more information. There's also this blog entry by someone else who has looked into the Kudan (it's in Japanese, so I'm sorry if you're not up to it ^^; : http://ep.blog12.fc2.com/blog-entry-722.html#more ). I might translate it another time; it's almost 1am here and I should sleep ^^;.

Thank you for the information Yamazaki! Don't worry everyone here is busy. XD

:3 interesting lil critter, isn't it? I wonder if there are any other such beings in folklore.