Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Cast:Bill Millsap , Dorah Fine , Mike McFarland , Alan Lee , Amber Lee Connors , John Eric Bentley , Michelle Ruff , Laura Megan Stahl , Stephen Fu , Yong Yea , Howard Wang , Xanthe Huynh , Landon McDonald , Marin M. Miller , Julie Ann Taylor , Austin Lee Matthews , Kaiji Tang , Richard Epcar
S1.E1 ∙ The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance
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.
S1.E2 ∙ The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel/Ice Cream Truck
Goro returns to the tunnel he saw his mother once walk into. An ice cream truck arrives in the neighbourhood, driven by a bewitching young man.
S1.E3 ∙ The Hanging Balloons
Huge balloons with people's faces and loops attached to them appear in the sky over Japan.
S1.E4 ∙ The Room with Four Walls/Where the Sandman Lives
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.
S1.E5 ∙ Intruder/The Long Hair in the Attic
The world of dreams is very vast and sometimes more real than the real world. Here the protagonist of this story is escaping from his alter-ego of this world of dreams. His friend will try to help although it looks impossible.
S1.E6 ∙ Mold/Library Vision
A thick layer of mold invades a man's home after hosting people while he was away. In the library of a man obsessed with books some manuscripts disappear.
S1.E7 ∙ Tomb Town
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.
S1.E8 ∙ Layers of Fear/The Thing that Drifted Ashore
An archaeologist discovers a tomb made up of several layers of earth. A mysterious sea creature is found stranded on the shoreline.
S1.E9 ∙ Tomie: Photo
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.
S1.E10 ∙ Unendurable Labyrinth/The Bully
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.
S1.E11 ∙ The Back Alley/Headless Statue
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.
S1.E12 ∙ Whispering Woman/Soichi's Beloved Pet
A mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make decisions on her own. Soichi's family adopts a pet cat.
