Bunraku Puppets

I think I've finally realised what I should do for my practical!! I have been looking at the uncanny valley and what falls within it, this being:
>Robots, zombie, corpse, prosthetic hand, stuffed animal, bunraku puppet

I've never heard of a bunraku puppet before, but was very intrigued. Basically they're traditional Japanese puppets and can change into two states by pulling the lever like so:

I think these puppets is something that I should specifically focus on, as they are very human like and the change into a weird demon thing links to having the uncertainty of it's human form. For now I'm just going to experiment with drawing to refine my understanding of the puppet and where i should go with it.