Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (伊藤潤二『マニアック』) is a Japanese anthology horror original net animation (ONA) series produced by Studio Deen and directed by Shinobu Tagashira. It adapts various stories from Junji Ito, including The Hanging Balloons, Sōichi, and Tomie. It was released on Netflix in January 2023.

Characters

 * Kazuya Hikizuri (引摺一也)


 * Kiko (黄子)


 * Sayoko (小夜子)


 * Chiemi (チエミ)


 * Kuriko (栗子)


 * Shigorō (四五郎)


 * Narumi (成美)


 * Hitoshi (ヒトシ)


 * Misako (みさ子)


 * Kazuko Morinaka (森中和子)


 * Shinya Shiraishi (白石晋也)


 * Kagumi Fujino (藤野輝美)


 * Tomie (富江)


 * Tsukiko Izumisawa (泉沢月子)


 * Yamazaki (山崎)


 * Tachi (太地)


 * Kimata (木股)


 * Sōichi (双一)


 * Kōichi (公一)


 * Sayuri (さゆり)


 * Tagaisu (互須)


 * Oshikiri (押切)


 * Sonohara (園原)


 * Tomoki (友樹)


 * Ice Cream Man (アイスクリームマン)


 * Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa (吉川剛)


 * Kaoru Yoshikawa (吉川かおる)


 * Izumi Murakami (村上泉)


 * Gorō Shinozaki (白崎五郎)


 * Koko Shinozaki (白崎香子)


 * Rumi (留美)


 * Shimada (島田)


 * Mayumi Santō (山東まゆみ)


 * Mitsu Uchida (内田美津)


 * Colon (コロン)

Production and release
The series was originally announced on June 8, 2022; the series was announced to adapt stories from Junji Ito's The Hanging Balloons, Sōichi, and Tomie manga. The series is directed by Shinobu Tagashira and produced by Studio Deen, with Kaoru Sawada writing the scripts and Yuki Hayashi composing the music, all of whom worked on the previous anthology series adapting Ito's works, Junji Ito Collection. The series premiered on Netflix on January 19, 2023. The opening theme song is "Paranoid" by MADKID, while the ending theme song is "Iu Toori" (云う透り) by JYOCHO.