Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Drama / Horror

Vol 1: Tomie (富江) [1997.10] 1. Tomie 2. Tomie • Shashin (Photograph) 3. Tomie • Seppun (Kiss) 4. Tomie • Yashiki (Mansion) 5. Tomie • Fukushuu (Revenge) 6. Tomie • Takitsubo (The Basin of the Waterfall) Vol 2: Tomie Part 2 (富江Part2) [1997.11] 1. Tomie Part 2 (Morita Hospital) 2. Tomie • Chikashitsu (Basement) 3. Tomie • Gaka (Painter) 4. Tomie • Ansatsu (Assassin) 5. Tomie • Mouhatsu (Hair) 6. Tomie • Youjo (Adopted Daughter) Vol 3: Niku-iro no Kai (肉色の怪, Flesh-Colored Horror) [1997.12] 1. Yaneura no Nagai Kami (Long Hair in the Attic) 2. Yurushi (Approval/Permission) 3. Hachi no Su (Beehive) 4. Hakumei (Dying Young) 5. Kubi no Nai Choukoku (Headless Sculptures) 6. Niku-iro no Kai (Flesh-Colored Horror) Vol 4: Kao Dorobou (顔泥棒) [1998.01] 1. Kao Dorobou (The Face Burglar) 2. Kakashi (Scarecrows) 3. Rakka (Falling) 4. Akai Ito (Red String) 5. Gosenzo-sama (My Dear Ancestors) 6. Kubitsuri Kikyuu (The Hanging Balloons) Vol 5: Souichi no Tanoshii Nikki (双一の楽しい日記) [1998-02] 1. Fun Summer Vacation 2. Fun Winter Vacation 3. Souichi no Tanoshii Nikki (Souichi's Diary of Delights) 4. Souichi's Home Tutor 5. Cloth Teachers 6. Souichi's Birthday Vol 6: Souichi no Noroi Nikki (双一の呪いの日記) [1998-03] 1. Souichi's Selfish Curse 2. The Silent Room 3. The Coffin 4. Rumors 5. Fashion Model Vol 7: Namekuji no Shoujo (なめくじ少女) [1998-04] 1. Namekuji Shoujo (Slug Girl) 2. Hyouchakubutsu (Out of Its Element/Thing that Drifted Ashore) 3. Kabi (Mold) 4. Samuke (Shiver/Coldness) 5. Ryokan 6. Umeku Haisuikan (The Groaning Drain) 7. Bio House Vol 8: Chi Tamaki (血玉樹) [1998-05] 1. Chidamagi (Blood-bubble Bushes) 2. Taegatai Meiro (Unbearable Labyrinth) 3. Re-Animator no Tsurugi (Sword of the Re-Animator) 4. Isho (The Will) 5. Hashi (The Bridge) 6. Akuma no Riron (The Devil’s Logic/Demonology) 7. Aibeya (The Conversation Room) Vol 9: Kubi Gensou (首幻想) [1998-06] 1. Hallucinations 2. Bog of the Living Dead 3. Penpal 4. Intruder 5. Further Tales of Oshikiri 6. Further Tales of Oshikiri: The Wall Vol 10: Ayatsuri no Yashiki (あやつり屋敷) [1998-07] 1. Ice Cream Bus 2. Nakama no Ie (Clubhouse) 3. Tobacco-kai (The Smoking Club) 4. Chuuko Record (Used Record) 5. Suima no Heya (Den of the Sleep Demon) 6. Okuru Hito (The Gift Bearer) 7. Ayatsuri Yashiki (Marionette Mansion) Vol 11: Michi no Nai Machi (道のない街) [1998-08] 1. Michi no Nai Machi (The Town Without Streets) 2. Near Miss! 3. Chizu no Machi (Maptown) 4. Siren no Mura (Village of the Siren) 5. Choushizen Tenkousei (The Supernatural Transfer Student) Vol 12: Ijimekko (いじめっ娘) [1998-09] 1. The Bully 2. House of the Deserter 3. Father's Heart 4. Memory 5. The Back Alley 6. Love by the Book 7. In the Soil Vol 13: Circus ga Kita (サーカスが来た) [1998-10] 1. The Circus is Here 2. Gravetown 3. The Adjacent Window 4. Sleuth Kids: The Second Daughter's Lover 5. Sleuth Kids: The Assembly of Fallen Ghost Vol 14: Tunnel no Tan (トンネル奇譚) [1998-11] 1. Long Dream 2. The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel 3. The Bronze Statue 4. Drifting Spores 5. Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village Vol 15: Shibito no Koiwazurai (死びとの恋わずらい) [1998-12] 1. Yotsutsuji no Bishounen (四つ辻の美少年, The Beautiful Youth of the Intersections); Nemuki 1996-05 2. Nayamu Onna (悩む女, The Anxious Woman); Nemuki 1996-07 3. Kage (影, Shadows); Nemuki 1996-09 4. Zekkyou no Yoru (絶叫の夜, Screams in the Night); Nemuki 1996-11 Vol 16: Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン) [1999-01] 1-3. Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン); Halloween 1994-09~11 4. Jigoku no Ningyousou (地獄の人形葬); Comic Gon! 1998 Vol.2 5. Real Unko no Omoide (リアルウンコノオモイデ); Hontou ni Atta Waracchau Hanashi 1997 Vol.2

Drama / Horror

In the light of day and in the dead of night, mysterious horrors await in the darkest shadows of every corner. They are unexplainable, inescapable, and undefeatable. Be prepared, or you may become their next victim. Sit back in terror as traumatizing tales of unparalleled terror unfold. Tales, such as that of a cursed jade carving that opens holes all over its victims' bodies; deep nightmares that span decades; an attractive spirit at a misty crossroad that grants cursed advice; and a slug that grows inside a girl's mouth. Tread carefully, for the horrifying supernatural tales of the Itou Junji: Collection are not for the faint of heart. (Source: MAL Rewrite) Note: Anime adaptation of stories from both the 11-volume Ito Junji Kessaku-shuu series and the Fragments of Horror book.

Drama / Horror

Unaired episodes included with the second and third DVD sets of the TV anime. Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie. (Source: VIZ Media)

Horror / Mystery

Including nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. It also includes one all new, previously unpublished story. 1. Used Record (from Ayatsuri no Yashiki) 2. Shiver (from Namekuji no Shoujo) 3. Fashion Model (from Souichi no Noroi Nikki) 4. Hanging Blimp (from Kao Dorobou) 5. Marionette Madness (from Ayatsuri no Yashiki) 6. Painter (from Tomie) 7. The Long Dream (from Tunnel no Tan) 8. Honored Ancestors (from Kao Dorobou) 9. Greased (from Voices in the Dark) 10. Fashion Model: Cursed Frame All chapters except for 4 and 10 have been adapted by Ito Junji Collection. (Source: VIZ Media)

Drama / Fantasy

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie. (Source: VIZ Media) Notes: - While a collection of mainly independent short stories, Tomie was originally published as Volumes 1 and 2 of the Ito Junji Kyofu Manga Collection. This entry is for the standalone release of Tomie first published in February 2000 with previously unreleased chapter "小指/Little Finger". - Later collections such as the 'Complete Deluxe edition' by VIZ combines this and the sequel entry Tomie: Again for a total of 20 chapters. - The short story “Painter” has been adapted in the first part of episode 9 of Ito Junji: Collection.

Drama / Horror

Crimson refers to the color crimson or bright red, and the concept of this volume is "monsters." This is a collection of horror stories that carefully selects masterpieces filled with unique madness, allowing you to immerse yourself in the eerie, bizarre, and yet original world of Junji Ito. (Source: Official Website, translated)

Drama / Horror

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return... (Source: VIZ Media)

Horror / Supernatural

A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Comedy / Horror

She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, but it doesn’t seem to be working for her in this love letter to the horror genre that will send shivers down your spine—and occasionally tickle your funny bone. (Source: Funimation)

Horror / Supernatural

Housing Complex C centers around Kimi, who lives in a small, low-cost housing complex located in the seaside town of Kurosaki where trouble seems to follow her wherever she goes, and horrific incidents begin to occur. Is an ancient evil stalking the residents of Housing Complex C? (Source: Adult Swim)

Horror / Psychological

"Do not toy with the supernatural." Two stories of the consequences that descend upon humans who venture beyond the safe confines of their ordinary worlds. When a gorgeous girl named Rima transfers into Masami's class, she's not only jealous, but also deathly frightened of her. While the boys in class are tripping all over themselves to get to Rima, Masami's having nightmares of a ghastly visitor and finding scars on her body come morning. She asks a friend to help her get evidence to confirm her suspicions about the new girl. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth far more. The truth can set you free, but it can also be more terrifying than anything you can imagine. Shy Miko and her more outgoing friend Nanako are enjoying their summer vacation, trying to make the most of their youth. But when horror-movie marathons just aren't thrilling enough, Nanako sets her eyes on a new target: an abandoned mansion at the edge of town, said to be haunted. With two other friends in tow, a reluctant Miko and a gung-ho Nanako enter the mansion. Soon, everything that can go wrong starts going wrong. Only luck or a miracle will allow them manage to escape the mansion with their lives, their sanity, and even their sense of reality. (Source: Hanako)

Horror / Mystery

Count D, a quite interesting pet shop owner from an area called Chinatown, sells rare and hard to come by pets to people longing for something special, but with each sale comes a contract. If the rules of the contract are followed, everything goes fine, but if someone should break the rules of the contract, the pet shop cannot be held responsible for anything unfortunate that might happen. Leon Orcot, a homicide detective, has linked many odd and unexplainable deaths together; they all were customers of Count D's pet shop, and he intends to find out why. (Source: Anime News Network)

Drama / Horror

Somewhere in the vast sea of the Internet, there's a website that can only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. Known as the Jigoku Tsushin, rumor has it that if you post a grudge there, the Jigoku Shoujo will appear and drag whoever torments you into the inferno. Very little is known about the girl - all we know for sure is that she lives with her equally enigmatic grandmother, that three magical straw dolls accompany and serve her, and that whenever a posting on the Jigoku Tsushin moves her, she becomes the Jigoku Shoujo.

Horror / Supernatural

The anime will be in an omnibus short format that will tell stories of the strange and bizarre in our world, including UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, bizarre cases, different dimensions, and urban legends, told in a picture show style. (Source: Anime News Network)

Horror

Based on the comic "Inuki Kanako Queen's Collection" by Inuki Kanako. Bukida is disliked by all the students in his class because of his unpleasant face. However, he loves a girl named Matsuko and so he stalks her. Though Matsuko rejects him, Bukida fancies she likes him at heart. One day, Bukida is killed in a traffic accident. Matsuko feels relieved. But Bukida appeared to her as the living dead. Bukida says, "I love you forever, even though I am dead!".

Fantasy / Psychological

Once upon a time, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger sister, the innocent and curious Charlotte, who they loved very much. One day, while the brothers were telling Charlotte a fairy tale like usual, they saw that she had a somewhat melancholy look on her face. She asked them, "Do you suppose they really lived happily ever after?" The pages of Grimms' Fairy Tales, written by Jacob and Wilhelm, are now presented from the unique perspective of Charlotte, who sees the stories quite differently from her brothers. (Source: Netflix Anime)

Comedy / Horror

While at school, Taniyama Mai and her friends like to exchange ghost stories. Apparently, there is an abandoned school building on their campus that is the center of many ghost stories. During the story, they are interrupted by a mysterious male figure. The person turns out to be Shibuya Kazuya, a 17 year old who is president of the Shibuya Psychic Research Company. He was called by the principal to investigate the stories surrounding the abandoned school building. The next day, on the way to school, Mai passes the school building in question. While examining a strange camera she spotted inside, she gets surprised by Kazuya's assistant. Unknowingly interfering with the investigation, Mai breaks the camera and Kazuya's assistant gets injured. Kazuya forcefully hires Mai in order to pay for the camera and replace his injured assistant. From that point on, Mai begins to learn about the paranormal world and the profession of ghost hunting. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Horror / Mystery

60 years ago, a young woman was left to die in the abandoned school building behind the exclusive Seikyou Academy. No one knows why. No one knows how. But the horrifying tale and the legends of the ghostly haunting that followed live on to this day. Perhaps it's not so surprising then, that among Seikyou's many school clubs is one for students interested in "paranormal investigations." What might raise more than a few hairs, however, is that the founder of the club is the ghost herself. Unable to remember how she died and trapped in the grey land between life and death, Yuuko latches onto Teiichi Niiya, a freshman who can inexplicably see her, and together they and the other unsuspecting members of the club begin to unravel the many dark mysteries that surround Seikyou. Will unlocking the secret of Yuuko's gruesome death finally free her? Or will her sudden close association with a mortal have even stranger repercussions on both of their existences? (Source: Sentai Filmworks)