Stitches by Hirokatsu Kihara and Junji Ito is a collection of short horror stories and urban legends that are allegedly based on real happenings. It consists of nine prose stories with illustrations from Ito, then you turn the book the opposite way and read a …Read more »
Mimi’s Tales of Terror is an adaptation of Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama’s work adapted into a manga by horror legend Junji Ito. It consists of nine stories with Mimi — “On the Utility Pole,” “The Woman Next Door,” “Rustling in the Grass,” “Grave Placement,” …Read more »
Junji Ito, the master of horror manga, has another award to add to his shelf: Comic-Con International’s Inkpot, which is awarded to “individuals for their contributions to the worlds of comics, science fiction/fantasy, film, television, animation, and fandom services.” Other manga-ka winners of the award …Read more »
Horror mangaka Junji Ito is known for writing manga involving people’s fears. And in an interview with the Japanese site 4Gamer, he revealed one of his fears: that AI will replace artists. He shuddered at the thought of future manga being made by AI instead …Read more »
Junji Ito’s short story “Bloodsucking Darkness” is being turned into a live-action American feature film, and Ito himself is producing. It’s being backed by Fangoria Studios, the recently-made studio that’s an offshoot of the popular Fangoria magazine. Ito shared his excitement about the project. “Fangoria …Read more »
Black Paradox is a self-contained one-volume manga that opens with an unusual scenario: four strangers are meeting in public so they can commit suicide as a group. They get in a car together, share their existential reasons for wanting to die, and plan it out. …Read more »
A new trailer has been revealed for the Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime, and this one brings with it some new stories to look forward to. In addition to previewing the “Tomie: Photo” story, the video reveals plans to adapt “The …Read more »
The Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime was previously announced for a January 19, 2023 premiere, and that date is officially a worldwide launch. Just in time for Halloween, the anime’s website and Netflix Anime YouTube account shared a new video that …Read more »
It was recently announced that Junji Ito has put his unique spin on four Magic: the Gathering cards. The horror manga master and wholesome cat owner drops his Secret Lair contribution for a limited time next month. And what we’ve seen so far is absolutely …Read more »
Another attempt is being made to bring horror master Junji Ito’s manga to the screen in Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, and now we have a date for the premiere. The Netflix Tudum Japan livestream revealed some more details over the weekend, …Read more »
The Liminal Zone is a collection of stories from horror master Junji Ito that he created during the early days of COVID and had serialized on the LINE manga app. In the first story, “The Weeping Woman,” a woman and her significant other see a …Read more »
San Diego Comic-Con 2022 just wrapped up, and there were some great moments for manga creators. Moto Hagio was finally inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame by the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and Junji Ito received the Eisner Award for …Read more »
Fans of Junji Ito’s horror manga just got new information on the upcoming anime Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre. The anime will consist of adaptations of twenty of his different stories, and the anime’s Twitter account announced what five of those stories …Read more »
While we’re still waiting for the Uzumaki anime adaptation to debut, it’s already time to look forward to another new project based on the horrifying works of manga master Junji Ito. Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre was revealed in the way only …Read more »
Yesterday, Valentine’s Day, VIZ Media made a bunch of new licensing announcements to make the hearts of otaku soar. They started with this tweet: Hi! ☀️ Ready for announcements? — VIZ (@VIZMedia) February 14, 2022 Then they gave a whole laundry list of manga and …Read more »
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