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“First anime adaptation of 20 Junji Ito horror manga stories, including Tomie and Souichi.”
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
伊藤潤二『マニアック』
6.68
6,547 rank · 66,870 viewers · 270 favorites
Drama
Horror
Supernatural
Psychological
Seinen
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Synopsis
First anime adaptation of 20 Junji Ito horror manga stories, including Tomie and Souichi.
The anime series will adapt 20 stories from a number of Itou's manga for the first time, including Tomie, Souichi, and Kubitsuri Kikyuu (The Hanging Balloons). (Source: MAL News)
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Derived from 41 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 41 viewers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.82
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.82 · split reception
The polarity gap
3.9 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 3.6
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Score over time
↓ 2.05
Running avg · Jan 2023 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “While the animation style and color choices diminish the creepiness of Ito Junji's original manga, the later episodes successfully recapture the source material's atmospheric horror. The early...”
- 8 “The anthology showcases well-structured stories that excel at being weird and creepy rather than purely macabre, though this makes the "Japanese Tales of the Macabre" subtitle misleading. Several...”
- 7 “Junji Itou: Maniac is an enjoyable horror anthology and a clear improvement over Studio Deen’s earlier Junji Itou Collection, thanks to smarter story selection that favors concept and dialogue over...”
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Short · 49%
Medium · 32%
Long · 20%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2023 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-22211 catalog
Produced by
- Nippon Columbia Producer
- Asahi Shimbun Producer
- Yomiuri TV Enterprise Producer
- Pony Canyon Enterprises Producer
- Asahi Shinbun Shuppan Producer