Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, is a 2023 Japanese horror anthology net anime series based on the works of horror manga artist, Junji Ito. The 12 episode anime anthology series includes 20 stories from Ito's body of work that are animated "for the first time" and features stories from "Tomie", "Sōichi", and "The Hanging Balloons" volumes, among other volumes.
The series premiered on Netflix on January 19th, 2023.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsujii Family | |||
| Sōichi Tsujii | Yūji Mitsuya | Austin Tindle | |
| Kōichi Tsujii | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Ricco Fajardo | |
| Sayuri Tsujii | Yuka Saitō | Amber Lee Connors | |
| Shuji Tsujii | Hajime Iijima | Mike McFarland | |
| Misako Tsujii | Megumi Okada | Dorah Fine | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: "The Strange Hikizuri Siblings" | |||
| Kazuya Hikizuri | Takahiro Sakurai | Jonah Scott | |
| Kinako Hikizuri | Romi Park | Karen Strassman | |
| Shigorō Hikizuri | Hajime Iijima | Brock Powell | |
| Narumi Hikizuri | Risa Shimizu | Kayli Mills | |
| Hitoshi Hikizuri | Ayaka Asai | Laura Stahl | |
| Misako Hikizuri | Tomoko Kaneda | Corina Boettger | |
| Sachiyo | Yuka Saitō | Vivian Lu | |
| Sawano | Ryōta Suzuki | Sean Chiplock | |
| Episode 2a: "The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel" | |||
| Gorō | Shun Horie | Zach Aguilar | |
| Mari | Tomomi Mineuchi | Brianna Knickerbocker | |
| Koyama | Risa Mizuno | Amber Lee Connors | |
| Ishikura | Kentarō Kumagai | Micah Solusod | |
| Professor | Shigeru Ushiyama | Steve Kramer | |
| Gorō and Mari's Father | Yasuyuki Kase | John Eric Bentley | |
| Hide | Shunichi Toki | Kaiji Tang | |
| Episode 2b: "Ice Cream Bus" | |||
| Sonohara | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Grant George | |
| Tomoki | Sara Matsumoto | Anjali Kunapaneni | |
| Kōji | Makoto Hirosawa | Laila Berzins | |
| Bu | Io Sahara | Dorah Fine | |
| Ice Cream Man | Takatsugu Chikamatsu | Howard Wang | |
| Episode 3: "The Hanging Balloons" | |||
| Kazuko Morinaka | Riho Sugiyama | Courtney Lin | |
| Shinya Shiraishi | Daisuke Kishio | Lucien Dodge | |
| Terumi Fujino | Iori Nomizu | Brianna Knickerbocker | |
| Yosuke Morinaka | Masaya Wada | Howard Wang | |
| Chiharu | Ikumi Hasegawa | Maureen Price | |
| Miyuki | Ayaka Asai | Anjali Kunapaneni | |
| Taeko | Io Sahara | Laura Stahl | |
| Mrs. Morinaka | Kimiko Saitō | Laila Berzins | |
| Mr. Morinaka | Hozumi Gōda | John Eric Bentley | |
| Psychologist | Steve Kramer | ||
| Episode 4a: "Four x Four Walls" | |||
| Tagaisu | Yutaka Aoyama | Kirk Thornton | |
| Episode 4b: "The Sandman's Lair" | |||
| Yūji Hirano | Shūhei Sakaguchi | Benjamin Diskin | |
| Mari Igarashi | Junko Oka | Michelle Phan | |
| Detectives | ¿? | ||
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| Episode 5a: "Intruder" | |||
| Tōru Oshikiri | Hiro Shimono | Micah Solusod | |
| Kamiyama | Kenji Akabane | Xander Mobus | |
| Watanabe | Mitsuho Kambe | Kayli Mills | |
| Koizumi | Shōya Tamano | Lucien Dodge | |
| Episode 5b: "Long Hair in the Attic" | |||
| Chiemi Amano | Yōko Hikasa | Lauren Landa | |
| Hiratsuka | Tadashi Mutō | Kaiji Tang | |
| Eri Amano | Sayaka Senbongi | Lizzie Freeman | |
| Mr. Amano | Akihiko Ishizumi | John Eric Bentley | |
| Mrs. Amano | Chifuyu | Dorah Fine | |
| Episode 6a: "Mold" | |||
| Akasaka | Daisuke Hirakawa | Ryan Colt Levy | |
| Seiji | Kōsuke Okano | Landon McDonald | |
| Rogi | Ken Uo | Kirk Thornton | |
| Rogi's Daughter | Ayaka Asai | Laila Berzins | |
| Episode 6b: "Library Vision" | |||
| Kōko Shirasaki | Tomoe Hanba | Brianna Knickerbocker | |
| Gorō Shirasaki | Yūki Kaji | Sean Chiplock | |
(boy) |
Anjali Kunapaneni (boy) | ||
| Shōgo Shirasaki | Satoshi Mikami | TBA | |
| Episode 7: "Tomb Town" | |||
| Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa | Ryōhei Kimura | Alejandro Saab | |
| Kaoru Yoshikawa | Mao Ichimichi | Erica Mendez | |
| Izumi Murakami | Aya Uchida | Jenny Yokobori | |
| Ayumi Murakami | Xanthe Huynh | ||
| Mr. Murakami | Michael Schwalbe | ||
| Mrs. Murakami | Julie Ann Taylor | ||
| Citizens | ¿? | ||
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| Police | ¿? | ||
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| Episode 8a: "Layers of Terror" | |||
| Reimi Minoru | Lynn | Xanthe Huynh | |
(girl) |
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| Narumi Minoru | Romi Park | Tiana Camacho | |
| Mrs. Minoru | Mina Kobayashi | Wendee Lee | |
| Soya Minoru | Richard Epcar | ||
| Yamaoka | Alan Lee | ||
| Doctor | Michael Schwalbe | ||
| Episode 8b: "The Thing that Drifted Ashore" | |||
| Kai Hirohara | Kaito Ishikawa | Stephen Fu | |
| Mie | Yūko Kobayashi | Michelle Ruff | |
| Tsurui | Frank Todaro | ||
| Funakoshi | Doug Stone | ||
| Shiota | Bill Millsap | ||
| Amino | YongYea | ||
| Tadashi | TBA | ||
| Episode 9: "Tomie: Photo" | |||
| Tomie Kawakami | Rie Suegara | Monica Rial | |
| Tsukiko Izumisawa | Yumiri Hanamori | Abby Trott | |
| Yamazaki | Taku Yashiro | Brandon McInnis | |
| Taichi | Tomokazu Sugita | Austin Lee Matthews | |
| Kimata | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Tommy Arciniega | |
| Michiko | Cherami Leigh | ||
| Chiyo | Xanthe Huynh | ||
| Ma | Tiana Camacho | ||
| Professor Tani | Frank Todaro | ||
| Mrs. Izumisawa | Julie Ann Taylor | ||
| Student | ¿? | ||
| Episode 10a: "Unednurable Labyrinth" | |||
| Sayako | Hisako Kanemoto | Kira Buckland | |
| Noriko | Yū Shimamura | Cherami Leigh | |
| Aya Kuramoto | Chika Anzai | Jenny Yokobori | |
| Monks | YongYea | ||
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| Episode 10b: "The Bully" | |||
| Kuriko | Natsumi Takamori | Reba Buhr | |
| Dawn M. Bennett (adult) | |||
| Naoya | Ryan Bartley | ||
| Stephen Fu (adult) | |||
| Yutaro | Tommy Arciniega | ||
| Alan Lee (adult) | |||
| Hiroshi | TBA | ||
| Naoya's Mother | Michelle Ruff | ||
| Kuriko's Mother | Marin Miller | ||
| Boy | ¿? | ||
| Episode 11a: "Alley" | |||
| Ishida | Yuto Suzuki | Griffin Burns | |
| Shinobu Uchiyama | Seiko Ueda | Lisa Reimold | |
| Mrs. Uchiyama | Dorah Fine | ||
| Mr. Uchiyama | Brook Chalmers | ||
| Episode 11b: "Headless Statue" | |||
| Rumi | Fumiko Orikasa | Cristina Vee | |
| Shimada | Takashi Kondō | Henry Mason | |
| Masami | Ayaka Asai | Kayli Mills | |
| Sanae | Mela Lee | ||
| Master Okabe | Mike McFarland | ||
| Episode 12a: "Whispering Woman" | |||
| Mayumi Santō | Shoko Nakagawa | Emi Lo | |
| Mitsu Uchida | Mie Sonozaki | Mela Lee | |
| Shigeki Santō | Brook Chalmers | ||
| Yamaoka | Landon McDonald | ||
| Ryoichi Aga | Mike McFarland | ||
| Episode 12b: "Soichi's Beloved Pet" | |||
| Coron | Tomoko Kaneda | TBA | |
Additional Voices[]
- Zach Aguilar
- Tommy Arciniega
- John Eric Bentley
- Amber Lee Connors
- Benjamin Diskin
- Richard Epcar
- Ricco Fajardo
- Dorah Fine
- Lizzie Freeman
- Stephen Fu
- Lauren Landa
- Alan Lee
- Ryan Colt Levy
- Vivian Lu
- Austin Lee Matthews
- Emi Lo
- Landon McDonald
- Mike McFarland
- Marin M. Miller
- Xander Mobus
- Maureen Price
- Michelle Ruff
- Laura Stahl
- Doug Stone
- Kaiji Tang
- Julie Ann Taylor
- Kirk Thornton
- Frank Todaro
- Howard Wang
- YongYea
Notes[]
- Several Dallas-based voice actors who were previously in the Junji Ito Collection dub at FUNimation Entertainment return to reprise their roles for Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre including:
- Austin Tindle as Soichi
- Monica Rial as Tomie
- Ricco Fajardo as Koichi
- and Micah Solusod as Oshikiri
- However, some voice actors did not return for Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre:
- Mike McFarland replaced Charles Campbell as Shuji.
- Dorah Fine replaced Jennifer Green as Misako.
- Mike McFarland who previously voice directed the Junji Ito Collection dub at FUNimation in Dallas, TX, now works as ADR Scriptwriter for Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Country | |
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January 19, 2023 | TV Series / Netflix Original Series |
Digital | TV-MA | United States | 
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External Links[]
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre at the Internet Movie Database.
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.