 Streaming platform Netflix announced a new anime project based on titles by horror manga creator Junji Itou on Wednesday, scheduled for a 2023 debut. The anime series, Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre), will adapt 20 stories from a number of Itou's manga for the first time, including Tomie, Souichi, and Kubitsuri Kikyuu (The Hanging Balloons).The Itou Junji: Collection (The Junji Ito Collection) television anime adapted stories from the Itou Junji Kessaku-shuu (Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection) and Ma no Kakera (Fragments of Horror) manga in Winter 2018. The anime series covered stories from Tomie and Souichi no Kattena Noroi (Souichi's Selfish Curse). Itou's Uzumaki (Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror) manga also has an anime in production, scheduled for an October 2022 debut after two prior delays. The four-episode series is being directed by Hiroshi Nagahama (Mushishi) at animation studio Drive, with Aki Itami (Aku no Hana) handling the series composition. Tomie In a high school classroom, students mourn the loss of one of their own: Tomie Kawakami, who has been murdered and dismembered. Shocked by the announcement of her death, the class is puzzled by the cruel fate that has befallen someone so dear to them; such a radiant and beautiful girl did not deserve such a hideous demise. However, a strikingly familiar student suddenly appears at the classroom's entrance. Gorgeous, slender, and with a beauty mark under her left eye, Tomie smiles and apologizes for being late. But this is just the beginning of the mysteries surrounding this seemingly inhuman woman. The men unlucky enough to catch her eye become smitten with her instantly, but also become driven by a dark impulse to dismember her, one they often succumb to. And each time, Tomie returns from the dead to continue her favorite pastime: toying with men. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Souichi Series Souichi Tsujii, lover of all things wicked and occult, returns to do what he does best: casting mischief and curses on those around him. This time, he attempts to capitalize on his mystic powers, play his hand at popularity, pester his grandfather into building him a coffin, and as usual, torment his elder brother Kouchi. And like always, his shenanigans tend to backfire on him, though this time they may have a more lasting effect... Kubitsuri Kikyuu Kazuko's friend, the popular idol Fujino Terumi, has committed suicide by hanging herself in public. As the news of her death spreads around, so does a wave of copycat suicides, giving rise to rumors of Terumi's ghost. With these rumors come strange but detailed reports that Terumi's ghost has manifested as her giant, floating head. As Kazuko starts to investigate, she realizes that these strange incidents are merely the beginning of the end. Announcement Source: Comic Natalie Itou Junji: Maniac on MAL |
VindstotJun 9, 2022 4:41 AM
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| I just started reading Uzumaki. Looking forward to this though, after seeing the previous attempt to adapt his works, I am a bit cautious. Hopefully someone does his works some justice. |
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| Gonna keep my expectations low as for every Junji Ito anime. Translating his extremely detailed art into anime is a massive feat. |
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| I need an announcement for Uzumaki |
| Great news! I am waiting for premiere! OvergrownRover said: I need to know the studio before getting even remotely excited AbelDande said: The draft look nice, but I need to know the staff members and studio before I get excited. Studio DEEN did great work adapting Ito's short stories in their series. SignsOfSuicide said: I just started reading Uzumaki. Looking forward to this though, after seeing the previous attempt to adapt his works, I am a bit cautious. Hopefully someone does his works some justice. Me too, I agree! Mirai said: Gonna keep my expectations low as for every Junji Ito anime. Translating his extremely detailed art into anime is a massive feat. Yes, you are right. Studio DEEN and Ufotable did it, CQLLIST said: I need an announcement for Uzumaki It will air in October 2022, pretty soon. |
MemoreJun 9, 2022 9:44 AM
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| The quality of netflix anime hasn't been too bad as of late,but if they're adapting ito junji, they need to bring their A game. Hope it doesnt turn out like the Deen adaptation |
"Get your tentacles off me or ill make calamari out of your manhood" -Mirai Nikki Dub |
| I'm guessing this will be comparable to how Love, Death + Robots is....Should be pretty good |
| Hopefully they make it with this one, the latest ones weren't really received that well. |
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| This seems pretty neat to me. I hope this does well. |
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| First Uzumaki and now this, so happy to see more of Junji Itou's Manga are getting Anime |
| "When There Is Evil In This World That Justice Cannot Defeat, Would You Taint Your Hands With Evil To Defeat Evil? Or Would You Remain Steadfast And Righteous Even If It Means Surrendering To Evil?" |
| looking forward to this but i also have extremely low expectations - so i will be overjoyed if this is a decent adaption |
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| Will check it out but I really have no expectations of this. |
| I feel like adapting his works is a huge challenge, but it can't be worse than the Uzumaki movie from 2000... right? ( ；∀；) I just hope both this and Uzumaki will do the manga justice and not throw cgi all over the place... gonna keep my eye on it tho, I have huge expectations for the OST |
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| Hell yeah! More anime from Ito Junji manga. I love his works. |
I like them too! yukyuuu said: I feel like adapting his works is a huge challenge, but it can't be worse than the Uzumaki movie from 2000... right? ( ；∀；) I just hope both this and Uzumaki will do the manga justice and not throw cgi all over the place... gonna keep my eye on it tho, I have huge expectations for the OST I hope delay will worth watching it! VivavideoUser2x said: The quality of netflix anime hasn't been too bad as of late,but if they're adapting ito junji, they need to bring their A game. Hope it doesnt turn out like the Deen adaptation I like DEEN adaptation. It is good. |
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