Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre 2023
- Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
- 25 min episodes
- 1 season
- 12 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
- Body horror
- Graphic violence
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Earnest, grave, spare and contemporary.
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- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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Crew
- Shinobu TagashiraDirector
- Keigomi TaniuchiDirector of Photography
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
- Keiko OnoderaEditor
- Goshi YoshidaProducer
- Hiroyasu TaniguchiProducer
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Seasons
- Season 112 eps · 2023
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Strangers from Hell 201972% alikeBoth grave, earnest, contemporary.
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Condemned: Criminal Origins 200574% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
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