PREMIUM: Comics Corner #16 | Junji Ito

Connor and Harry discuss Junji Ito's horror manga series Uzumaki, Gyo, and Shivers, as well as the limits of translating print comics into anime adaptations, with the Junji Ito Collection and Maniac series.

Reading List

• Junji Ito

  • Junji Ito, Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition): Includes vols. 1, 2 & 3 - Amazon

  • Junji Ito, Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories - Amazon

  • Junji Ito, Gyo 2-in-1 Deluxe Edition: The Death Stench Creeps - Amazon

  • Junji Ito Collection (2018) - Crunchy Roll

  • Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre - Netflix

  • FIRST LOOK: Uzumaki | Toonami | adult swim - YouTube

  • Why does Japan have such a high suicide rate? - BBC

  • Suicides in Japan reach a record high (2000) - National Library of Medicine

  • A peculiar case of suicide enacted through the ancient Japanese ritual of Jigai - National Library of Medicine

  • Unmasking Horror -- A special report.; Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity - New York Times

  • Junji Ito’s Most Disturbing Story | Tale Foundry - YouTube