'Itou Junji: Maniac' Revals Reveals Additional Cast, Second Promo

by DatRandomDude
Nov 17, 2022 6:09 PM | 3 Comments

The official website of the Itou Junji: Maniac (Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre) anime series revealed on Friday 13 additional cast members and a second promotional video, previewing the Tomie story. The anime is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix on January 19.

Rojiura (The Back Alley)
Ishida: Yuto Suzuki (Servamp)
Ren: Seiko Ueda (Dennou Coil)

Tunnel Kitan (The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel)
Gorou: Shun Horie (Kanojo, Okarishimasu)
Mari: Tomomi Mineuchi (Dolls' Frontline)
Koyama: Risa Mizuno (Akame ga Kill!)

Kabi (Mold)
Akasaka: Daisuke Hirakawa (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders)
Seiji: Kousuke Okano (Hiiro no Kakera)
Ken Uo (Dragon Ball Super)

Kyoufu no Juusou (Layers of Fear)
Rei Minoru: Lynn (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo)
Narumi: Romi Park (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Haha: Mina Kobayashi (Aoi Hana)

Hyouchaku-mono (The Thing that Drifted Ashore)
Umi Hirohara: Kaito Ishikawa (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai)
Mie: Yuko Kobayashi (Tenchi Muyou!)

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).

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Source: animate Times

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Kumiveneella said:
The art looks pretty good, yet you can't really get a feel for the sort of animation this anime is going to have. I suppose that is a bad sing, going from the still look of the shots they used in the trailer, now all of this could of course just be an intentional style decision, yet that remains to be seen. Television static will always remain cool for me personally.

Yes, I agree. It looks good overall. I like Ito-san works and hope that this series will be as good as the previous one. Also wonder whether Spiral will be good too. Hope it will judging all the delays of it.

Nov 18, 2022 7:37 AM by Memore

The art looks pretty good, yet you can't really get a feel for the sort of animation this anime is going to have. I suppose that is a bad sing, going from the still look of the shots they used in the trailer, now all of this could of course just be an intentional style decision, yet that remains to be seen. Television static will always remain cool for me personally.

Nov 17, 2022 6:42 PM by Kumiveneella

This is gonna be so ass, Ito probably has the worst adaptations by far compared to any mangaka

Nov 17, 2022 6:23 PM by OvergrownRover