Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | ||
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| S1 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
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About
"Bite-sized nightmares from horror manga's most disturbing mind"
This is an anthology series adapting short horror manga by Junji Ito, each episode (or half-episode) telling a self-contained unsettling story: cursed towns, spirals, mutated bodies, quiet dread turning into nightmarish imagery. There's no ongoing plot or characters carrying through, just a rotating cast of victims and creeping wrongness. The tone is deliberately queasy and surreal rather than jump-scare driven, and quality swings episode to episode depending on which story got adapted and how faithfully. It's best watched in small doses rather than binged, since the horror is cumulative and atmospheric rather than plot-driven.
the sheer variety of grotesque, unforgettable imagery packed into short standalone horror stories.
you need continuing characters or plot, since each episode resets with a new disposable cast.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance | 4.6 | 873 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel/Ice Cream Truck | 6.2 | 659 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Hanging Balloons | 7.2 | 726 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Room with Four Walls/Where the Sandman Lives | 5.4 | 512 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Intruder/The Long Hair in the Attic | 6.1 | 461 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Mold/Library Vision | 5.5 | 431 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Tomb Town | 6.6 | 455 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Layers of Fear/The Thing that Drifted Ashore | 6.6 | 437 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Tomie: Photo | 6.2 | 405 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Unendurable Labyrinth/The Bully | 5.8 | 379 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | The Back Alley/Headless Statue | 6.1 | 362 | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | Whispering Woman/Soichi's Beloved Pet | 6.1 | 369 | — |