The spine-chilling horror anthology series Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is arriving in a week. To keep you excited, the series has released a new promo, giving you a full picture of what the series would look like.
On January 13, 2023, the official website for the horror series released its third trailer, which previews all 20 stories ‘to be animated for the first time’. The video also previews the ending song for the series, which is ‘Iu Toori’ (As Was Said) by JYOCHO.
JYOCHO also performed the ending song ‘Tagai no Uchuu’ (Mutual Universe) for the previous installment Junji Ito: Collection.
The cast for all twenty stories has previously been revealed by the series. Here is a majority of the cast members from thirteen stories:
| Story | Cast | Other Work |
| The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance: | Takahiro Sakurai | Griffith (Berserk) |
| The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance: | Romi Park | Hange Zoë (Attack on Titan) |
| Unendurable Labyrinth | Hisako Kanemoto | Zenith Greyrat (Mushoku Tensei) |
| The Long Hair in the Attic | Yoko Hikasa | Tio Klarus (Arifureta) |
| Bullied | Natsumi Takamori | Sōna Sitri (High School DxD) |
| The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel | Shun Horie | Kazuya Kinoshita (Rent-A-Girlfriend) |
| The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel | Tomomi Mineuchi | Koi Yoshinaga (Slow Loop) |
| The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel | Risa Mizuno | Julie (Bakugan Battle Brawlers) |
| Mold | Daisuke Hirakawa | Rei Ryugazaki (Free!) |
| Mold | Kousuke Okano | Kenta Nakamura (Initial D) |
| Mold | Ken Uo | Amayo Jingoro (Basilisk) |
| Layers of Fear | Lynn | Maya Sato (Classroom of the Elite) |
| Layers of Fear | Romi Park | Hange Zoë (Attack on Titan) |
| Layers of Fear | Mina Kobayashi | Helios Energy CEO (Tiger & Bunny) |
| The Thing that Drifted Ashore | Kaito Ishikawa | Tobio Kageyama (Haikyu!!) |
| The Thing that Drifted Ashore | Yūko Kobayashi | Washu Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo!) |
| Back Alley | Yuuto Suzuki | Jek (Dance with Devils) |
| Back Alley | Seiko Ueda | Lulu Ramon (Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!!) |
| Ice Cream Bus | Ryotaro Okiayu | Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach) |
| Ice Cream Bus | Sara Matsumoto | Towa Higurashi (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) |
| Ice Cream Bus | Takatsugu Chikamatsu | – |
| Gravetown | Ryohei Kimura | Kōtarō Bokuto (Haikyu!!) |
| Gravetown | M.A.O | Iris (Fire Force) |
| Gravetown | Aya Uchida | Sylph (Black Clover) |
| Library of Illusions | Yuuki Kaji | Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan) |
| Library of Illusions | Tomoe Hanba | Maki Amakasu (Iketeru Futari) |
| Headless Sculptures | Fumiko Orikasa | Kyūbei Yagyū (Gintama) |
| Headless Sculptures | Takashi Kondō | Keisuke Tsukidate (Backflip!!) |
Shinobu Tagashira is directing the series and also designing the characters. He also directed the previous installment Junji Ito: Collection. Studio DEEN is in charge of producing the series. Yuki Hayashi composed the background music.
Short horror stories are really fun to watch as they can be quite intense and full of variety like Netflix’s ‘Love, Death & Robots’. For someone who is into horror, this series needs to be a must-watch as it contains Junji Ito’s bestselling works.
About Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is an upcoming anime that will be released in 2023. It features a collection of some of Junji Ito’s best horror works.
Some of the stories include Unendurable Labyrinth, The Long Hair in the Attic, Bullied, and others. Even some stories from Tomie, Soichi and The Hanging Balloons have been included.
Source: Official Website
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