Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Season 1

2023 · 12 episodes · 4h 52m in all · 5.2/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. The Strange Hikizuri Siblings

   19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 6.5/10

   A 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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   2. The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus

   19 Jan 2023 · 25 min · 4.3/10

   Goro 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.

3. 

   3. Hanging Balloon

   19 Jan 2023 · 25 min · 4.7/10

   After 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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   4. Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair

   19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 5.0/10

   Koichi 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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   5. Intruder / Long Hair in the Attic

   19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 3.7/10

   Oshikiri 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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   6. Mold / Library Vision

   19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 4.2/10

   A 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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   7. Tomb Town

   19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 6.4/10

   After 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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   8. Layers of Terror / The Thing that Drifted Ashore

   19 Jan 2023 · 25 min · 5.7/10

   When 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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   9. Tomie・Photo

   19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 6.7/10

   A 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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    10. Unendurable Labyrinth / The Bully

    19 Jan 2023 · 25 min · 3.7/10

    Two 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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    11. Alley / Headless Statue

    19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 5.3/10

    A 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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    12. Whispering Woman / Soichi's Beloved Pet

    19 Jan 2023 · 24 min · 6.0/10

    A 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.