The more sophisticated puppets also have moving eyes and eyebrows. And in action, Bunraku has some uncanny Valley stuff. Stop staring at me. Puppet theater stages were big, 36 feet by 23 feet ...

And in bunraku the puppeteers stand around and ... At the edge of the uncanny valley, the puppet and puppeteer dance in a weird embrace.

The performers are from Yamanashi prefecture, Iowa's sister state since the '60s.

The National Bunraku Theatre ... in Goya’s Black Paintings. Each puppet is both itself and a small society, and even the puppets’ materiality is uncanny—they are floating, airy creatures ...

Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe will perform ancient Japanese puppetry Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pardoe Theatre at Brigham Young University. Tickets are $11, or $6 with a BYU ...