Junji Ito

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The Next Predator Movie Has a Name, Release Date, and a Fascinating Premise

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Movies James Whitbrook

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Trailers Jill Pantozzi

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Everyone's favorite potato war criminals are back, and this time they're... especially potatoey.

Television James Whitbrook

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The Uzumaki Anime Has Shared 35 Gorgeous, Haunting Seconds to Distract You From the Fact It’s Delayed Again

October 2022 isn't that far away, right? ... Right???

io9 James Whitbrook

April 23rd 2021

Marvel’s Getting in on That Cat Manga Business Now

I mean, where Junji Ito goes, publishers should follow, right? Marvel and Viz Media have announced a new partnership to bring two manga volumes to print, one entirely new to the West and the other releasing for the first time physically. The latter is mangaka Nao Fuji’s Marvel Meow, which originally debuted on Marvel Comics’…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

April 18th 2021

Horror Mangaka Junji Ito Rates the Internet’s Spookiest Monsters

Master horror mangaka Junji Ito’s most popular books and stories, Uzumaki, Tomie, and The Hanging Balloon, contain some of the most disturbing imagery ever to burrow deep into your brain. Recently, he sat down with manga distributor Viz Media to talk about monsters he didn’t create, but probably inspired, that’ve been seen stalking the internet.…

Books & Comics Valerie Complex

March 28th 2021

Marvel’s MODOK Picks Up a Few More Big Names

The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing (aka MODOK) will be joined by a few more friends and foes.

Television Jill Pantozzi

March 21st 2021

This Tuca & Bertie Season 2 Clip Reminds Us to Go to Therapy

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Television Jill Pantozzi

September 15th 2020

Manga Legend Junji Ito Talks Making Horror, Adapting It, and Cats

Uzumaki. Tomie. The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Gyo. You may not recognize the names immediately, but no doubt you’ve seen the haunting works of Junji Ito plastered all over the internet. His incredible, detailed ability to capture the psychological trauma and graphic body horror in his work has made his manga iconic. So what drove…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

November 2nd 2019

Watch Horror Master Junji Ito Tour One of the World’s Creepiest Houses

Junji Ito is known for his horror writing. But how does he handle some real-world spooks? Rather joyously, as it turns out. Recently, Crunchyroll had the clever idea to take Junji Ito to tour the Winchester Mystery House, known as one of the most iconic real-life “haunted houses” around. The Winchester House is notably bizarre,…

io9 Julie Muncy

October 27th 2019

The Newest Uzumaki Teaser Introduces Junji Ito, the Pleasant, Polite Master of Horror

Junji Ito is one of the greatest horror creators alive—maybe ever—but you would not know that by looking at him. Or talking with him. Ito is, by all accounts, a quiet, polite man who likes nature and is mildly frightened by cats. In the newest teaser for Cartoon Network’s adaptation of his masterwork, Uzumaki, we…

io9 Julie Muncy

August 31st 2019

Toonami and Production IG Are Adapting Junji Ito’s Horror Classic Uzumaki

This is my show. It was made for me. Junji Ito is one of the premiere names in horror comics, and one of the best manga creators ever. He’s known for a variety of incredible, haunting works, but one of his most famous is the horror classic Uzumaki, the story of spirals that drive a…

io9 Julie Muncy

October 12th 2017

Legendary Horror Manga Writer Junji Ito’s Most Chilling Works Will Become an Anime Anthology

If you’re familiar with Japanese horror, you’ve probably heard about the work of Junji Ito—the author behind viral horror stories like The Enigma of Amigara Fault and Uzumaki. Now, some of his most famous spooky tales are being adapted into a new anime anthology show. Suitably named Junji Ito “Collection”, the anime will be directed by…

Television James Whitbrook

August 3rd 2017

Joe Russo Promises That Avengers: Infinity War Will Be ‘A Very Intense Experience’

We can pretty much assume that Avengers: Infinity War and the fourth Avengers film will kill off one or more superheroes.

Movies Cheryl Eddy

July 21st 2017

Take a Ride Into the Future With Us at Comic-Con’s Blade Runner 2049 Experience

Blade Runner 2049 promises to return audiences to a world that helped define modern cyberpunk.

Movies Beth Elderkin

February 7th 2012

Your favorite manga about farting cyborg zombie sharks is becoming a movie!

Oh, this looks fun. Junji Ito — who you may know from such horrific manga tales as The Thing That Drifted Ashore and The Enigma Of Amigara Fault — is having his cyborg land shark tale Gyo transformed into a straight-to-DVD animated film. Watch that four-minute trailer above. It’s totally fucking bonkers, like some R-rated…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar

December 12th 2010

If you find a person-shaped hole carved into a cliff side, do not go in there.

Yesterday we checked out Junji Ito’s freaky sea monster tale. Today, we’re going to take a look at Ito’s 2002 horror tale The Enigma of Amigara Fault. It’s about several thousand mysterious silhouette caves carved into a fault line. https://gizmodo.com/heres-one-of-the-most-disturbing-sea-monster-stories-yo-5712201 This ending is like if Rod Serling and H.P. Lovecraft teamed up to write some…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

December 11th 2010

Here’s one of the most disturbing sea monster stories you’ll ever see

Did the parasites from Cloverfield wig you out? If so, you probably don’t want to read Junji Ito’s manga tale The Thing That Drifted Ashore. What’s worse than a giant rotting oceanic kaiju? Find out here. [Via Monster Brains]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The Next Predator Movie Has a Name, Release Date, and a Fascinating Premise

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Manga Legend Junji Ito Talks Making Horror, Adapting It, and Cats

Watch Horror Master Junji Ito Tour One of the World’s Creepiest Houses

The Newest Uzumaki Teaser Introduces Junji Ito, the Pleasant, Polite Master of Horror

Toonami and Production IG Are Adapting Junji Ito’s Horror Classic Uzumaki

Legendary Horror Manga Writer Junji Ito’s Most Chilling Works Will Become an Anime Anthology

Joe Russo Promises That Avengers: Infinity War Will Be ‘A Very Intense Experience’

Take a Ride Into the Future With Us at Comic-Con’s Blade Runner 2049 Experience

Your favorite manga about farting cyborg zombie sharks is becoming a movie!

If you find a person-shaped hole carved into a cliff side, do not go in there.

Here’s one of the most disturbing sea monster stories you’ll ever see

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