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Jul 14, 2022 9:10 PM
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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
DatRandomDudeJul 24, 2022 9:18 PM
Jul 14, 2022 9:27 PM
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Edward elric gonna be in this? Alrighty then





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Jul 14, 2022 9:49 PM
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Still no studio announced = still have no high hopes
Jul 14, 2022 10:56 PM
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The official website of the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) anime revealed the main cast on Friday. The anime is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2023.

Cast
Kazuya Hikizuri: Takahiro Sakurai (Mob Psycho 100)
Kouko: Romi Park (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Chiemi: Youko Hikasa (High School DxD)
Sayoko: Hisako Kanemoto (Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara)
Kuriko: Natsumi Takamori (Another)

The anime adapts five 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

News submitted by Hyperion_PS

5 stories only? Initillay it was written that 20 stories will be adapted.

Interesting staff. Hope it all turns out good!
Jul 14, 2022 11:51 PM
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Wait what. Did I read that right? How did we go from adapting 20 stories down to 5 stories? Say sike right now.
Jul 14, 2022 11:57 PM
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Wait what. Did I read that right? How did we go from adapting 20 stories down to 5 stories? Say sike right now.

It is a mistake. 20 stories will be adapted:

The anime will debut in 2023, and will include 20 stories from Ito's body of work that will be animated "for the first time." The anime will include stories from Tomie, Sōichi, and The Hanging Balloons volumes, among other volumes.

From ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-14/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-reveals-cast-stories/.187671
Jul 15, 2022 5:51 AM
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-Marce said:
Aidan said:
The official website of the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) anime revealed the main cast on Friday. The anime is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2023.

Cast
Kazuya Hikizuri: Takahiro Sakurai (Mob Psycho 100)
Kouko: Romi Park (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Chiemi: Youko Hikasa (High School DxD)
Sayoko: Hisako Kanemoto (Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara)
Kuriko: Natsumi Takamori (Another)

The anime adapts five 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

News submitted by Hyperion_PS

5 stories only? Initillay it was written that 20 stories will be adapted.

Interesting staff. Hope it all turns out good!
Yeah 20 is what they said in the announcement video, so wtf?

EDIT: Oh so it was mistake...Okay then
Jul 15, 2022 5:57 AM
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Tokoya said:
-Marce said:

5 stories only? Initillay it was written that 20 stories will be adapted.

Interesting staff. Hope it all turns out good!
Yeah 20 is what they said in the announcement video, so wtf?

EDIT: Oh so it was mistake...Okay then

Yes, it seems the cast OF FIVE STORIES were announced on Friday.
Jul 15, 2022 6:52 AM
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Phlaryx said:
Wait what. Did I read that right? How did we go from adapting 20 stories down to 5 stories? Say sike right now.
it has been fixed!
Jul 15, 2022 8:21 AM

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Only noticed that two works of Ito-san were nominated in Eisner Awards! As a big fan of Junji-san works I am very glad!
Jul 15, 2022 9:16 AM
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DatRandomDude said:
Phlaryx said:
Wait what. Did I read that right? How did we go from adapting 20 stories down to 5 stories? Say sike right now.
it has been fixed!


Ah ok. So it was 5 of the 20 stories instead of 5 stories only. What a relief lol.
Jul 24, 2022 9:18 PM
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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

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