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Anonymous
The characters down the side read "amaterasu ookami" Amaterasu is the name of the main kami in Shinto. The last two characters mean "big kami", but are pronounced the same as the word wolf (oukami).
The picture's from a PS2 game called Amaterasu in which the kami in question has incarnated into the form of a wolf. It won all kinds of awards and such for being highly original, especially in terms of it's artwork (it's all done to look like traditional Japanese brushwork). I'm pretty sure it's been released in english.
Incidentally kami usually get translated as "god", though it's actually a pretty bad translation, as the western idea of godhood and the japanese idea of kamihood are completely differant. "Spirit" is usually better. Just saying kami is the best.
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