Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023)
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
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Episode 1 - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings
Release Date: 2023-01-19A photographer with an interest in spirits and ghosts pays a visit to the very strange and creepy home where the six Hikizuri siblings live.
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Episode 2 - The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus
Release Date: 2023-01-19Goro returns to the tunnel he saw his mother once walk into. An ice cream truck arrives in the neighborhood, driven by a bewitching young man.
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Episode 3 - Hanging Balloon
Release Date: 2023-01-19After a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.
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Episode 4 - Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair
Release Date: 2023-01-19Koichi can’t study because his younger brother Soichi is constantly making noise. Tormented by his dreams, Yuji asks his friend Mari to keep him awake.
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Episode 5 - Intruder / Long Hair in the Attic
Release Date: 2023-01-19Oshikiri has been hearing strange footsteps in the house he lives in alone. Chiemi wakes up to find a rat stuck in her long, black hair.
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Episode 6 - Mold / Library Vision
Release Date: 2023-01-19A year after renting his house to Mr. Rogi, Akasaka finds mold growing everywhere. Koko's husband Goro is obsessed with maintaining his library.
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Episode 7 - Tomb Town
Release Date: 2023-01-19After hitting a girl with his car, Tsuyoshi and his sister Kaoru find that the road they're driving on is blocked by countless tombstones.
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Episode 8 - Layers of Terror / The Thing that Drifted Ashore
Release Date: 2023-01-19When an accident causes her to lose half her face, Reimi discovers that her younger selves still exist inside her. An eerie sea creature drifts ashore.
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Episode 9 - Tomie・Photo
Release Date: 2023-01-19A menacing transfer student named Tomie isn't happy that a girl named Tsukiko has been taking and selling pictures of popular boys in their school.
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Episode 10 - Unendurable Labyrinth / The Bully
Release Date: 2023-01-19Two friends get lost in the mountains and come across a community of ascetic monks. Kuriko ends up bullying a younger boy she's been playing with.
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Episode 11 - Alley / Headless Statue
Release Date: 2023-01-19A young man moves into a boarding house next to an enclosed alley. An art teacher known for his headless sculptures is found murdered — with no head.
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Episode 12 - Whispering Woman / Soichi's Beloved Pet
Release Date: 2023-01-19A mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make any decisions on her own. Soichi’s family adopts a pet cat.