The staff behind the anime Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime series unveiled a short clip previewing the animation for the Tomie Photo story.
Netflix also revealed a couple more Ito stories which will be included in the anthology, including The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel, Mold, Layers of Fear, The Thing That Drifted Ashore, and Back Alley.
The cast members for the aforementioned stories include Shun Horie, Tomomi Mineuchi, and Risa Mizuno in The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kousuke Okano, and Ken Uo in Mold. Layers of Fear will have Mina Kobayashi, and The Thing that Drifted Ashore will feature Kaito Ishikawa and Yūko Kobayashi, and finally Yuuto Suzuki and Seiko Ueda in Back Alley. While these cast members have been announced for these stories, the characters they are voicing have yet to be announced.
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre debuts on January 19 exclusively on Netflix.
▍Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Clip
▍About Junji Ito Maniac
Junji Ito Maniac is an anime anthology collection of some of Junji Ito’s most iconic short horror stories for the first time. The anime is being worked on by Studio Deen, the same studio responsible for the Fate/ stay night anime, and Higurashi When They Cry.
This anime adaptation is more focused on adapting the visceral horror of Junji Ito’s art style in closer detail, with a mostly 2D animation aesthetic, muted colors and a chilling soundtrack. Some of the stories in this anime include Tomie Photo, Mold, Bullied, The Strange Hikizuri Sublings, Ice Cream Truck Unendurable Labyrinth, and so much more even from Junji Ito’s more recent works.
▍Junji Ito Maniac Anime Staff
Original Creator: Junji ito
Director: Shinogu Tagashira
Script: Kaoru Sawada
Music Composer: Yuki Hayashi
Sound Director: Hozumi Goda
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
▍Junji Ito Maniac Anime Cast
Unendurable Labyrinth:
■ Sayoko – CV:
The Long Hair in the Attic:
■ Chiemi – CV: Yoko Hikasa
Bullied:
■ Kuriko – CV: Natsumi Takamori
The Strange Hikizuri Siblings:
■ Kazuya Hizikuri- CV: Takahiro Sakurai
■ Kiko – CV: Romi Park
■ Shigoro – CV: Hajime Iijima
■ Narumi – CV: Risa Shimizu
■ Hitohi – CV: Ayaka Asai
■ Misako – CV: Tomoko Kaneda
The Hanging Balloons:
■ Kazuko Morinaka – CV: Riho Sugiyama
■ Shinya Shiraishi – CV: Daisuke Kishio
■ Kagumi Fujino – CV: Iori Nomizu
Tomie Photo:
■ Tomie – CV: Rie Suegara
■ Tsukiko Izumisawa – CV: Yumiri Hanamori
■ Yamazaki – CV: Taku Yashiro
■ Tachi – CV: Tomokazu Sugita
■ Kimata – CV: Hiroyuki Yoshino
The Room with Four Walls:
■ Soichi – CV: Yuji Mitsuya
■ Koichi – CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya
■ Sayuri – CV: Yuka Saito
Intruder:
■ Oshikiri – CV: Hiro Shimono
Ice Cream Truck:
■ Sonohara – CV: Ryotaro Okiayu
■ Tomoki – CV: Sara Matsumoto
■ Ice Cream Man – CV: Takatsugu Chikamatsu
Tombtown:
■ Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa – CV: Ryohei Kimura
■ Kaori Yoshikawa – CV: M.A.O
■ Izumi Murakami – CV: Aya Uchida
Library Vision:
■ Goro Shinozaki – CV: Yuuki Kaji
■ Koko Shinozaki- CV: Tomoe Hanba
Headless Statue:
■ Rumi – CV: Fumiko Orikasa
■ Shimada – CV: Takashi Kondo