JUNJI ITO - A Comprehensive Guide to the Horror Master's Manga Catalogue

In this video I take a detailed and comprehensive look at the complete manga works of Junji Ito, the prolific horror creator! Join me as I explore all of his catalogue of English releases as well as his works that have not yet been officially translated.

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[thrashmanpoint]

I read Uzumaki in a tent while camping, finished it at night during a pretty intense storm. I'll forever be chasing that feeling while reading horror.

[jacobmotosicky]

Uzumaki was my introduction to Junji Ito and utterly blew me away

[MrGargal]

no longer human is a pure masterpiece, I'd say if anything it is the scariest of the Ito works because it shows the horrors of anxiety and social isolation. Showing that the true horror is within our own lives.

[juniwoe]

here’s a resume that he listed :
(already released)
1. Uzumaki
2. Tomie
3. Gyo
4. Fragments of horror
5. Dissolving Classroom
6. Yon & Mu
7. Shiver
8. Franskenstein
9. Smashed
10. Lovesickness
11. No Longer Human
12. Venus in the blind spot
13. Remina
14. Sensor

[angryfatheadedboy]

I literally went on youtube to search junji ito, only to find out that it was at the top of my recommended. Swear to God you read my mind

[Ragamuffin-Guesses-cgc-grades]

One thing I noticed about Ito's page layout is it's well placed. I don't know if it's Ito himself but it seems he sets up a feeling of suspense and you turn the page and the shocking image is one the opposite page. It's like you hesitate to turn the page to see it.

[omnibuscollector]

UPDATE: LOVESICKNESS

As mentioned in the video this new hardcover includes the five chapters of the Lovesickness (The Lovesick Dead) story as well as five additional stories. Those stories, and the Japanese volumes they come from are as follows;

- The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: Narumi's Boyfriend - Junji Ito's Horror Comic Collection Vol. 13: The Circus is Here
- The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance - Junji Ito's Horror Comic Collection Vol. 13: The Circus is Here
- The Mansion of Phantom Pain - Museum of Terror Vol. 10: The Lovesick Dead
- The Rib Woman - Museum of Terror Vol. 10: The Lovesick Dead
- Memories of Real Poop - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 16: Frankenstein (this volume is now completely available in English)

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UPDATE: DESERTER

This upcoming hardcover should be a direct English translation of the Masterpiece Collection: House of the Deserter, which itself collects everything from the long out of print English volume Long Hair in the Attic. The collected stories, and the Japanese volumes they come from should be as follows;

- Bio-House - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 7: Slug Girl
- The Face Burglar - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 4: The Face Burglar
- Den of the Sleep Demon - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 10: House of the Marionettes
- The Devil's Logic - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 8: Blood-Bubble Bushes
- The Long Hair in the Attic - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 3: Flesh Colored Horror
- Love as Scripted - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 12: The Bully
- Sword of the Reanimator - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 8: Blood-Bubble Bushes
- Heart of a Father - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 12: The Bully
- Unbearable Maze - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 8: Blood-Bubble Bushes
- The Village of Sirens - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 11: The Town Without Streets
- The Bully - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 12: The Bully
- House of the Deserter - Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Vol. 12: The Bully

Update: Kodansha is re-releasing Cat Diary in a hardcover volume with extra supplemental content.
Update: Kodansha is re-releasing Dissolving Classroom in a hardcover volume as well.

[keegan]

Those omnibus hardcovers are so nice, the colored artwork is so nice especially in venus in the blind spot. Such nice artwork

[Higson]

you can already preorder junji itos next books: Lovesickness, Sensor, Deserter. all releasing until the end of 2021. So i think we got 4 Junji ito books this year! (im counting Remina too because in my region it arrived in January instead of the american release, which was before in December)

[A-halover]

I went out today and got Uzumaki from Barns&Noble I can't wait to read this horror manga by Junji Ito.

[OwliSketches]

I love how the dust cover when looked through the light makes Venus blurry like she's in the blind spot

[erossanchez]

i've only read no longer human by him. jesus christ most incredible piece of art i have ever consumed, loved everything about it and left me depressed.

[victoria-suuj]

Can we talk about how great your intro is 😭✋

[itsphilfromtubesday]

They can't stop printing his stuff in English until it's all out! I think this should be enshined in law somehow. Then somehow we need to invest all our technological progress in keeping Junji as healthy as possible for as long as possible so he can write tons more stuff, lol.
I also desperately want to have a full Souichi book.

[kotabear]

I read Uzumaki back in middle school at the public library. Saw it on the shelf and was super curious. Ever since then it's been in my mind. I could forget about the book completely but then out of nowhere a few years later my brain is like "remember that horror book about spirals?" And I'm like "Uzumaki! I should read that again!"

[simian-logic]

I was inspired here and picked up Gyo, Tomie and Uzumaki. Thanks.

[raptorrancher]

Thanks for doing this. I’m trying to get into manga. I’ve read Alita, Berserk, and Omni 1 of Gantz.

[finalbreath]

Uzumaki takes the cake when it comes to overall story-telling, and imagery. He absolutely out-did himself on that one, and it will forever be my favorite Junji Ito/horror manga also mainly since it was my introduction to being a manga reader in general. Always loved anime, but took me until only about a year ago to start reading manga.

[barbnery]

My manga collection consists basically of Monster by Naoki Urasawa, all Junji Ito work available in english and the adaptation of The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo lol

[GhostOfAmsterdam]

I’m a huuuuge fan of all his work and this video was VERY handful. Immediately purchased like 4 of these books online. Thank you so much!