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Junji Ito is a world renown Japanese horror mangaka. His work has developed a substantial cult following, with some deeming him a significant figure in recent horror iconography. Ito began to draw manga at the age of 4, taking inspiration from the works he read in magazines. He continued to draw as a hobby until he became a dental technician in 1984, where he struggled to find a balance between the two. In 1987, he submitted a short story to Monthly Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize. This story ran for 13 years and was later serialized as Tomie. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria. Junji Ito's Uzumaki was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2003 and 2009. In 2019, Ito received his first Eisner Award for his manga adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and received two more Eisner Awards for his works Remina and Venus in the Blind Spot in 2021. Several of his works were also adapted into the horror anime anthology series: Junji Ito Collection. Tomie Tomie was Junji Ito's first published work. Followed by Tomie Part 2 and Tomie: Again, it was originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shōjo magazine, in 1987. Tomie led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award. The manga centers around a mysterious, beautiful woman named Tomie Kawakami, identified by her sleek black hair and a beauty mark below her left eye. Tomie possesses an undisclosed power to make any man fall in love with her. She drives people into jealous rages that often lead to brutal acts of violence. With the ability to regenerate and spread her curse to other victims, she is essentially immortal. The manga has been adapted into a live-action film series with nine installments to date. Tomie was also adapted for The Junji Ito Collection, a horror anime anthology series that premiered in 2018. Tomie Tomie was Junji Ito's first published work. Followed by Tomie Part 2 and Tomie: Again, it was originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shōjo magazine, in 1987. Tomie led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award. The manga centers around a mysterious, beautiful woman named Tomie Kawakami, identified by her sleek black hair and a beauty mark below her left eye. Tomie possesses an undisclosed power to make any man fall in love with her. She drives people into jealous rages that often lead to brutal acts of violence. With the ability to regenerate and spread her curse to other victims, she is essentially immortal. The manga has been adapted into a live-action film series with nine installments to date. Tomie was also adapted for The Junji Ito Collection, a horror anime anthology series that premiered in 2018. Souichi's Diary of Delights Souichi's Diary of Delights is volume five of the Horror World of Junji Ito series. Originally published in 1997, the stories in this collection focus on Souichi Tsujii, a young boy who is obsessed with curses and the occult. An eccentric oddball, Souichi specializes in Onmyōdō and enjoys causing havoc against people he doesn't like. Despite the dark nature of his actions, Souichi is shown to be childish. Souichi suffers from anemia and as a result, he is almost always seen with iron nails in his mouth and sometimes makes them look like teeth. He dislikes his older brother Koichi and cousin Michina, often trying to scare them and his sister Sayuri. Souichi also appears in Souichi's Diary of Curses, volume six of Horror World of Junji Ito series, and Secret of the Haunted Mansion, the fourth chapter of Voices in the Dark. Souichi's Diary of Delights Souichi's Diary of Delights is volume five of the Horror World of Junji Ito series. Originally published in 1997, the stories in this collection focus on Souichi Tsujii, a young boy who is obsessed with curses and the occult. An eccentric oddball, Souichi specializes in Onmyōdō and enjoys causing havoc against people he doesn't like. Despite the dark nature of his actions, Souichi is shown to be childish. Souichi suffers from anemia and as a result, he is almost always seen with iron nails in his mouth and sometimes makes them look like teeth. He dislikes his older brother Koichi and cousin Michina, often trying to scare them and his sister Sayuri. Souichi also appears in Souichi's Diary of Curses, volume six of Horror World of Junji Ito series, and Secret of the Haunted Mansion, the fourth chapter of Voices in the Dark. Uzumaki Uzumaki first appeared as a serial in the weekly seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1998 to 1999, and the chapters were later compiled into three tankobon volumes and published by Shogakukan. Viz Media published the English translated volumes in 2001. Uzumaki was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2003. Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima; her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito; and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho. The town is cursed by supernatural events involving spirals. As the story progresses, Kirie and Shuichi witness how the spiral curse affects the people around them, causing the citizens to become obsessed or paranoid about spirals. An anime television series adaptation is scheduled to premiere in October 2022 in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Uzumaki Uzumaki first appeared as a serial in the weekly seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1998 to 1999, and the chapters were later compiled into three tankobon volumes and published by Shogakukan. Viz Media published the English translated volumes in 2001. Uzumaki was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2003. Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima; her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito; and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho. The town is cursed by supernatural events involving spirals. As the story progresses, Kirie and Shuichi witness how the spiral curse affects the people around them, causing the citizens to become obsessed or paranoid about spirals. An anime television series adaptation is scheduled to premiere in October 2022 in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Gyo Gyo is a horror seinen manga that started as a serial in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2001 to 2002. Shogakukan collected the chapters into two bound volumes in 2002 and Viz Media published the English translated volumes in 2003. Gyo opens with a crew of fishermen aboard a trawler dragging up several strange-looking fish in the boat's net. Upon inspecting the unusual creatures, they discover that the strange fish seem to have legs. The fish then suddenly scuttle away, diving back into the ocean. The story revolves around a couple, Tadashi and Kaori, as they fight to survive against a mysterious horde of undead fish with metal legs powered by an odor known as the "death stench.” The work also includes a pair of bonus stories titled The Sad Tale of the Principal Post and The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Gyo Gyo is a horror seinen manga that started as a serial in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2001 to 2002. Shogakukan collected the chapters into two bound volumes in 2002 and Viz Media published the English translated volumes in 2003. Gyo opens with a crew of fishermen aboard a trawler dragging up several strange-looking fish in the boat's net. Upon inspecting the unusual creatures, they discover that the strange fish seem to have legs. The fish then suddenly scuttle away, diving back into the ocean. The story revolves around a couple, Tadashi and Kaori, as they fight to survive against a mysterious horde of undead fish with metal legs powered by an odor known as the "death stench.” The work also includes a pair of bonus stories titled The Sad Tale of the Principal Post and The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Cat Diary: Yon & Mu Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu is an autobiographical seinen manga first appearing as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z in 2008. Publisher Kodansha compiled the ten installments into a bound volume and released it in 2009. Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu is about Ito's life with his wife and two cats, Yon and Mu. Unlike most of his other works, this series is centered around Ito's use of realism and exaggerated horror to elicit moments of comedy about the relationship between cats and their caregivers. It follows the adventures of J-kun, a horror manga artist as he adjusts to life with cats: Yon, whom his fiancée brings along to their new house, and Mu, a Norwegian Forest cat whom the couple adopts as a kitten. The manga received favorable critical and commercial responses and debuted on The New York Times's weekly list of the ten best-selling manga volumes. Cat Diary: Yon & Mu Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu is an autobiographical seinen manga first appearing as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z in 2008. Publisher Kodansha compiled the ten installments into a bound volume and released it in 2009. Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu is about Ito's life with his wife and two cats, Yon and Mu. Unlike most of his other works, this series is centered around Ito's use of realism and exaggerated horror to elicit moments of comedy about the relationship between cats and their caregivers. It follows the adventures of J-kun, a horror manga artist as he adjusts to life with cats: Yon, whom his fiancée brings along to their new house, and Mu, a Norwegian Forest cat whom the couple adopts as a kitten. The manga received favorable critical and commercial responses and debuted on The New York Times's weekly list of the ten best-selling manga volumes. Glyceride Glyceride is chapter 5 of Ito’s Voices in the Dark, a collection of one-shot stories. It is also part of Shiver, another collection of short stories from Ito, under the name Greased. Glyceride tells the tale of a girl named Yui whose family owns a barbecue restaurant. The place is always dark, dirty, and has a heavy atmosphere of grease permeating everything inside. It’s this sense of grease, both literal and figurative, which creates the otherworldly horror and uneasiness. Ito’s artwork makes the reader feel the very grease the tale’s protagonist speaks about to such a level that it is practically oozing off the pages. While the story is quite brief, it leaves a definite imprint on the reader. The manga was adapted for The Junji Ito Collection, a horror anime anthology series that premiered in 2018. Glyceride Glyceride is chapter 5 of Ito’s Voices in the Dark, a collection of one-shot stories. It is also part of Shiver, another collection of short stories from Ito, under the name Greased. Glyceride tells the tale of a girl named Yui whose family owns a barbecue restaurant. The place is always dark, dirty, and has a heavy atmosphere of grease permeating everything inside. It’s this sense of grease, both literal and figurative, which creates the otherworldly horror and uneasiness. Ito’s artwork makes the reader feel the very grease the tale’s protagonist speaks about to such a level that it is practically oozing off the pages. While the story is quite brief, it leaves a definite imprint on the reader. The manga was adapted for The Junji Ito Collection, a horror anime anthology series that premiered in 2018.
