Ōkami is an action-adventure game for PlayStation 2 set in classical Japan. Players control Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess who transforms into a white wolf, as she restores life to a land consumed by darkness. The game incorporates Japanese mythology and features a unique cel-shaded art style inspired by sumi-e painting, alongside the Celestial Brush mechanic for performing various actions.
Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf with celestial markings covering its fur. It features a distinct sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system used to perform miracles.