Junji Ito Japanese Tales of the Macabre

2022 - 10 - 14

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LOOK: Netflix releases new key art, cast for upcoming 'Junji Ito' anime (Rappler)

Netflix's upcoming anime series 'Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre' already has a release date!

– with reports from Andrea Ebdane/Rappler.com The series was [Uzumaki](https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/series/uzumaki-anime-delayed-october-2022/), on the other hand, is still in the works to be adapted into anime and is set to be released in October 2022.

Junji Ito Maniac: Tales of the Macabre Reveals Key Visual and More ... (Anime Corner)

The upcoming Junji Ito Maniac: Tales of the Macabre anime has revealed a key visual, along with titles of four more stories that will be adapted, as well.

Uzumaki is also being adapted into an anime, but the [release date is still unknown](https://animecorner.me/uzumaki-anime-delayed-once-again-new-release-date-unknown/). [first announced](https://animecorner.me/junji-ito-introduces-upcoming-japanese-tales-of-macabre-anime-project/) during the Netflix Geeked Week 2022 event in June this year. The anime will be

Junji Ito's Maniac Reveals Four New Tales of Terror (Comicbook.com)

The spooky season is upon us once again and the anime medium has two new spine-tingling tales this October in Adult Swim's Housing Complex C along with ...

With many anime fans feeling that the previous Junji Ito anthology series was unable to live up to the high standards that were set by the manga artist's work, we're crossing our fingers that these two upcoming television series will make horror anime fans happy. Library Vision follows a young man who inherits a veritable library of books from his father, with the protagonist struggling with his past thanks to his father's mania. While neither of [Junji Ito](/category/junji-ito/)'s two series will be hitting the small screen before this Halloween in Uzumaki and Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, the latter anthology has confirmed four new terrifying tales that will arrive next year alongside short stories confirmed for the anime in [The Hanging Balloons, Tomie, and Where The Sandman Lives to name a few](https://comicbook.com/anime/news/junji-ito-manga-nft/).

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales Of The Macabre Anime Reveals ... (Animehunch)

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is set to release exclusively on Netflix on Jan 19, 2023.

The manga collection includes some of Ito’s most well-known works and consists of 11 volumes published between 2011 and 2013. After that day, Shimada, the club member who was with Okabe at the end, began to behave strangely. The library was overflowing with a frightening number of books. They arrive in a town where the dead are mysteriously turned into gravestones. All-you-can-eat ice cream on the ice cream bus! The kids are crazy about the ice cream bus, but strange things are happening on the bus.

'Junji Ito Maniac' Gets Terrifying New Key Art, Story Reveals for ... (Collider.com)

Japanese master of horror Junji Ito won't be gracing us with anything on-screen in time for Halloween, but Netflix was able to unveil a frightening new ...

Alongside the previously announced Tomie, Shouichi, and "The Hanging Balloons," Netflix revealed that "Ice Cream Truck" (aka "Ice Cream Bus"), "Tomb Town" (aka "Street of Gravestones" or "Tombs"), "Library Vision" (aka "Library of Illusions"), and "Headless Statue" (aka "Headless Sculptures") will all be adapted. Early shots of the characters they play are displayed in a thread below the key art on Twitter. Japanese master of horror Junji Ito won't be gracing us with anything on-screen in time for Halloween, but Netflix was able to unveil a frightening new piece of key art for their upcoming adaptation of his work Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre.

Junji Ito's New Anime Debuts Key Art, Announces Cast List (CBR)

Netflix Anime unveils a spooky piece of key art for Junji Ito's new anime Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre and reveals the cast joining the show.

In order to replicate the quality of the intricate designs and detailed line work of Mr. [Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre](https://www.cbr.com/junji-ito-maniac-hikizuri-sayoko-horror-anthology-anime/)! "Souichi" and " Ito's first work, "Tomie," is perhaps one of his most famous comic, which tells the story of the titular femme fatale who can seduce any man and even drive them to murder. The episode "Ice Cream Truck" features vocal talent from Ryōtarō Okiayu (The Prince of Tennis), Sara Matsumoto (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) and Takatsugu Chikamatsu (Scarlet Nexus). "The Bully" stars Natsumi Takamori (Bodacious Space Pirates).