Junji Ito

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Bloodsucking Darkness: Junji Ito manga getting live-action adaptation from Fangoria Studios

Posted 2 years ago

Fangoria Studios is developing a live-action adaptation of the Junji Ito vampire manga Bloodsucking Darkness

Uzumaki: teaser unveiled for Toonami’s Junji Ito adaptation

Posted 4 years ago

So this is awesome! Toonami has just released a new teaser and update for their upcoming animated adaptation of Junji Ito's seminal horror manga Uzumaki! You can check out some new footage – as well as some notes from director Hiroshi Nagahama – at the...

Tomie live-action project may still be alive after all

Posted 4 years ago

At one point, the ill-fated mobile-only streaming service Quibi attempted to win users by adapting the popular manga Tomie from acclaimed artist Junji Ito into an Americanized TV series starring Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and directed by Alexandre Aja (Crawl)....

Junji Ito-inspired Funko Pops officially released!

Posted 4 years ago

A couple days ago we reported that Funko Pop has designed some grotesque and horrifying figurines, in the style of popular horror manga artist Junji Ito! This included Souichi Tsujii, Tomie Kawakami, Fuchi and Slug Girl! Now they've been offiical announced by...

Live-action adaptation of Junji Ito’s Tomie coming to Quibi

Posted 5 years ago

Mobile-only streaming service Quibi – which is still a thing apparently, even though they reportedly lost 90% of users after their free trial ended – is attempting to win those users back by adapting the popular manga TOMIE from acclaimed artist...

Toonami turns horror manga Uzumaki into an animated mini-series

Posted 5 years ago

Seventeen years ago, I went a 24 hour theatrical horror marathon where one of the movies in the line-up was director Higuchinsky's adaptation of Junji Ito's horror manga UZUMAKI. I can't say I enjoyed the movie very much, but its...

Alexandre Aja to direct series based on manga Tomie

Posted 6 years ago

Genre regular Alexandre Aja's latest directorial effort, the alligator horror film CRAWL, was just released in theatres less than two weeks ago, and an announcement has already come along to let us know what his next genre project is going...