'Itou Junji: Maniac' Announces Supporting Cast

The official website of the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) anime series announced on Friday ten supporting cast members and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix on January 19.

Cast
Ice Cream Bus
Sonohara: Ryoutarou Okiayu (Paripi Koumei)
Yuki: Sara Matsumoto (Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi)
Ice Cream Man: Takatsugu Chikamatsu

Bohyou no Machi (Town of Gravestones)
Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa: Ryouhei Kimura (Higashi no Eden)
Kaoru Yoshikawa: M.A.O (Mao Ichimichi) (Platinum End)
Izumi Murakami: Aya Uchida (Trinity Seven)

Zousho Genei (Library of Illusions)
Gorou Shirasaki: Yuuki Kaji (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Kouko: Tomoe Hanba (Karakuri Circus)

Kubi no Nai Choukoku (Headless Sculpture)
Rumi: Fumiko Orikasa (Bleach)
Shimada: Takashi Kondou (91 Days)

Shinobu Tagashira returns from the Itou Junji: Collection anime as director and character designer at Studio Deen. Other returning staff includes scriptwriter Kaoru Sawada, sound director Hozumi Gouda, and music composer Yuuki Hayashi.

The anime adapts 20 stories from Junji Itou's horror manga collection, Itou Junji Kessaku-shuu (Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection).

Source: Comic Natalie