'Itou Junji: Maniac' Reveals Main Cast Members [Update 7/25]

The official website of the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) anime revealed the main cast for four stories on Friday. The anime is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2023.

Cast
Kaiki Hikizuri Kyoudai Kourei-kai
Kazuya Hikizuri: Takahiro Sakurai (Mob Psycho 100)
Kouko: Romi Park (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Yaneura no Nagai Kami
Chiemi: Youko Hikasa (High School DxD)

Taegatai Meiro
Sayoko: Hisako Kanemoto (Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara)

Ijime Musume
Kuriko: Natsumi Takamori (Another)

The anime adapts 20 stories from Junji Itou's horror manga collection, Itou Junji Kessaku-shuu (Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection). On Friday, two works from Itou Junji Kessaku-shuu (Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection) were nominated for this year's Eisner Awards.

Official site: http://ji-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @itojunji_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

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Update July 25
The official website of the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) anime announced four additional cast members for the Kaiki Hikizuri Kyoudai Kourei-kai story on Monday.

Cast
Shigorou: Hajime Iijima (Bleach)
Narumi: Risa Shimizu (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis)
Hitoshi: Ayaka Asai (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)
Misako: Tomoko Kaneda (Oda Nobuna no Yabou)

Source: Comic Natalie