Let's Scare Junji Ito | VIZ

Enter the weekend with some wholesome content: us scaring Junji Ito with Internet monsters

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[Choatemister]

He’s like the happy grandfather of horror art. Even if it doesn’t scare him he only has positive things to say and enjoys seeing their creativity.

[theoscout]

6:17 "There's a person screaming inside. Maybe they got eaten." *laughs*

[monologistical]

"Wow, this is very interesting, i am scared" - Junji Ito said calmly

[oompalumpus]

"When you gaze into the abyss...

...Junji Ito gazes back."
- Cthulhu

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

You know you've made it as an horror artist when Junji compliments your artwork

[ipsharoy]

Biblical angels: *"Be Not Afrai—"*
Junji Ito: "Hmm....interesting design. Strange, but unique."

[RiverdudeCovers]

This man would watch Cthulhu rise from the ocean and go “Oh yes...Hmm interesting, very strange, oh look a cute kitty”

[birdyinabox]

I like how thoughtfully he talks about each image :)

[MikeyDLooffy]

Junji Ito: 🤗

Junji Ito's work: 👹

[gui]

A boy looking to a mirror in a very eerie place, seeing himself as a demon, with black eyes and mouth.
Junji Ito: The artwork is cute :)

[bruhhugo]

* satan rips out of the ground*
Junji: oh yes

[aries]

Horror authors have two types of personalities, either they seem like horror writers or they look like your average Joe on the streets and have such a wholesome attitude. He falls under the second and I love it

[bigmanlettuce]

imagine Junjio ito calling your art based on horror, “cute”

[drumstickchicken]

Junji Ito: the artwork is cute

The artwork: ⚫ ⚫
🕳️

[internetgirl]

**literally anything exists**
junji ito: "oh yes, i did a manga about this"

[OffYourTopic]

So many different horror artists I follow are just loosing their minds on twitter after having Junji Ito himself see their art lmao

[StargazerSkyscraper]

Junji Ito is the Bob Ross of horror and no one can change my mind.

[ThornWolf]

I notice Junji Ito finds situational horror more effective than than simple visual horror. While complimenting all of the images, he seemed to be more interested in ones that showed more than just the monster, i.e. Siren Head out in a cemetery or Creature Redacted after realizing the smiling monster has consumed a person. Additionally, while pretty much all of his art is unsettling, it's the stories they're telling that make them into horrifying. The twisted bodies at the end of Amigara Fault are frightening, but knowing the full story of how they ended up that way makes it stick. I wonder what his reaction to something like All Tomorrows would be. Many of the drawings of the imaginings of man's future are gross and scary, but adding in the story of how they came to become that through evolution or genetic manipulation brings it to the next level.

[seddiwy]

an alternate title: "Junji Ito says nice things about others' spooky creations"

this man is so wholesome

[micanikko]

why does everyone keep trying to scare Junji Ito? The dude's a literal Eldrich being. Anything we show him is basically the equivalent of macaroni art you put on a fridge!