 An official website has opened for a TV anime adaptation of works by horror manga author Junji Ito on Thursday, revealing partial staff and a key visual (pictured). Tentatively titled Itou Junji: Collection, the series is slated to premiere in Winter 2018.The adaptation will cover stories from both the Itou Junji Kessaku-shuu (Junji Itou Masterpiece Collection) series, which spans over 11 volumes, including popular works such as Tomie, Souichi no Kattena Noroi (Souichi's Selfish Curse), Kubi no Nai Choukoku (Headless Statues), and Frankenstein, as well as the Ma no Kakera (Fragments of Horror) story collection. Stories to be adapted by the anime will be announced at a later time. Staff Director, Character Design: Shinobu Tagashira (Diabolik Lovers) Studio: Studio Deen This year marks the 30th anniversary of Junji Ito as a manga author. In commemoration of the anime project, Asahi Shimbun's comic website Sonorama+ is distributing Ito's works free of charge until the end of August. Teaser site: http://itojunji-anime.com/ Source: Comic Natalie Ito Junji: Collection on MAL |
VindstotJun 8, 2022 11:31 PM
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| Can an anime adaptation of Junji Ito's work be able to capture the feel of the original source material? The creepy art in his work seems like it would be very difficult to animate. |
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| This made my day. I love everything Itou Junji and can't wait to see Souichi and his family animated. They're fantastic. As long as they don't do what the anime version of Gyo did, I think this might be a good. Hopefully..... |
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| Really nice! So far I've only seen two of his short stories but i liked them a lot and I'm definitely planning to read more of ito's work. I'm certainly excited to see this adaptation. |
| Sup |
| Great news. I hope Deen doesn't skimp on the visuals, because Ito's horror is all about weird and disturbing sights. |
| please don't be a short. |
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| >Director of Diabolik Lovers >DEEN Dead on arrival. |
| You do know that Deen's made some really good stuff recently, right? And the director has worked on more stuff then just Diabolik Lovers (though he's a better animator than director). |
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Acernos said: MonoJuMal said: This made my day. I love everything Itou Junji and can't wait to see Souichi and his family animated. They're fantastic. As long as they don't do what the anime version of Gyo did, I think this might be a good. Hopefully..... Gyo has an ova by studio that did Fate Zero. While that's true, I found it to be a poor adaptation to the manga. I didn't mind changing the lead to the girl and having the boyfriend suffer instead, but I hated the addition of the two friends who served no real purpose other than to give us an unnecessary threesome scene and frenemy garbage. If they stick to the material, then I have high hopes for this. But I'm also worried because Gyo wasn't good. And even though it was done by a different studio, I still have that worry at the back of my head. |
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| how is this even works? what next? shintaro kago? |
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| oh! I'm really excited about this, I hope they make a good adaptation. |
| Have a feeling it'll probably be a short. |
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| I'm actually really excited for this, really looking forward to it |
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| After the announcement of Devilman Crybaby, an adaptation of a Jiro Taniguchi manga and now this i'm starting to think that maybe Japan is getting some good taste recently. |
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| Wow adapting Junji Ito's works in 2017. Expect some half assed animation, probably a short, and a comedy OST in the back. |
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| Junji Ito's grotesque stories work with his amazing, detailed artstyle, I really can't see it working with any kind of animation... Plus I still remember Gyo ;( |
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| I just want more of Junji Ito's work to be animated so i'm happy. |
| I wonder if they will adapt Tomie too. |
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| Why? And how will this work? Not everything needs to be adapted into a TV series (or is even suitable for one). I think most (if not all) of Itou Junji’s works would fall into that category... I honestly can’t see this ending well, but hey! good luck to anyone involved in the project. Also... Couldn’t they choose someone more fitting to direct horror instead of the first person they stumbled across?... Nothing in Shinobu Tagashira’s work resume says good things anything about her ability to direct a series like this. I guess they had to pick up from the few ones available that were willing take on this absurd project... So be it then... |
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| January 7 at 22:00 premiere via Tokyo MX. The content will kept secret until broadcast. http://natalie.mu/comic/news/252461 |
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| Oh yes Tomie. Maybe Deen can adapt Ito better than Ufotable. |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| This could be either really really good or go horribly wrong. Honestly Ito work could be made into a cinematic piece, why it hasn't yet is beyond me. |
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| Oh boy, I hope they put a lot of effort into this. Can't wait. |
Wrapply_FaeSaef said: I hope they'll be able to capture the "Junji Ito" in their art. You're a bit late to the party, my friend. :( |
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