'Itou Junji: Maniac' Unveils Main Staff, Additional Cast, January 19 Premiere

The Netflix TUDUM Japan event revealed on Sunday the main staff and additional cast members for the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) net anime series. The anime is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix on January 19.

Cast
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Tomie: Rie Suegara (Itou Junji: Collection)
Tsukiko Izumisawa: Yumiri Hanamori (Yofukashi no Uta)
Yamazaki: Taku Yashiro (Domestic na Kanojo)
Taichi: Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama)
Kimata: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Spy x Family)

Shijuu Kabe no Heya (The Room With 4 Walls)
Souichi Tsuji: Yuuji Mitsuya (Touch)
Kouichi Tsuji: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Dorohedoro)
Sayuri Tsuji: Yuka Saitou (Seitokai no Ichizon)
Tagaisu: Yutaka Aoyama (Drifters)

Shinyusha (Intruder)
Tooru Oshikiri: Hiro Shimono (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Kubitsuri Kikyuu (Hanging Balloon)
Kazuko Mori: Riho Sugiyama (Nami yo Kiitekure)
Shinya Shiraishi: Daisuke Kishio (Yowamushi Pedal)
Terumi Fujino: Iori Nomizu (Date A Live)

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