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Junji Ito


Born
in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
July 31, 1963

Genre
Manga, Graphic Novels, Horror

Influences
H.P. Lovecraft, Kazuo Umezu ...more


Junji Itō (Japanese: 伊藤潤二, Ito Junji) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his horror manga.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 546,907 ratings · 60,111 reviews · 257 distinct works • Similar authors
Uzumaki
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4.45 avg rating — 86,141 ratings — published 2000 — 31 editions
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Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror...
4.44 avg rating — 40,151 ratings — published 1998 — 26 editions
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Tomie
4.15 avg rating — 40,997 ratings — published 1987 — 19 editions
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Gyo
3.89 avg rating — 31,874 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions
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Shiver: Selected Stories
4.34 avg rating — 26,047 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions
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No Longer Human
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4.28 avg rating — 20,591 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions
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Fragments of Horror
4.11 avg rating — 20,196 ratings — published 2014 — 27 editions
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Smashed
4.15 avg rating — 18,878 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions
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Remina
3.72 avg rating — 20,756 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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Ito Junji's Cat Diary
4.24 avg rating — 16,437 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Series by Junji Ito

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror... Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror... Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror...
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Tomie 1 Tomie 2, 富江 Part 2 Tomie: Again
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Gyo, Vol. 1 Gyo, Vol. 2
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“I am a horror maniac who prefers to stay at home.”
― Junji Ito
tags: horror, life
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“Spirals.... this town is contaminated with spirals.”
― Junji Ito, Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1
tags: insanity, spirals
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“Kirie, did you know that female mosquitoes are the only ones who suck blood? And only when they're carrying a batch of eggs. They need the blood so their eggs will develop and...”
― Junji Ito, うずまき [Uzumaki]
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