Itou Junji: Maniac

Many of the things that were true of the Junji Ito Collection are also true of this show. While Ito's works are some of the best horror ever written, this show doesn't fully do them justice. The biggest issue with this is its selection of stories. As with all writers Ito has some hits and some misses and this series adapts more misses than hits. Unfortunately, this show had worse story selection than its predecessor. While the stories are mostly good in their original format, they didn't adapt well. Like its predecessor, the thing that is going to bother people more than probably anything else about the show is the animation style. The animation is very static and there are lots of still images used in the animation. I personally think that this works well for animating Ito's works, but people who enjoy more dynamic animation may find this frustrating. In total, for fans of Ito or horror in general I would recommend a watch even though it won't amaze you, but still worth watching for the atmosphere.

English. Look, I know that with the first chapter you will be bored a lot, but if you wait and manage to endure that first episode they will show you several episodes which are very worthwhile, even so do not expect much, most episodes are quite disappointing and their endings are quite abrupt In addition to the fact that they remain very unfinished, I think that there are several that should have been talked about much better and there are several that should have ended much earlier, it depends a lot on how terrified you are or whether you are going to like the series or not, in my opinion. This case is very disappointing since I expected a lot from it and I didn't get to love it 100% as I thought I would, it's a bit anthological and there are some episodes that last long and others that are divided into two, it also depends You may have liked this episode but not this one (an example: I loved episode 7 but I hated episode 1). If you like horror, you can give it a try, but the truth is that it left me very dissatisfied and I wouldn't recommend it that much. Español. Miren sé que con el primer capítulo les aburrira muchísimo, pero si te esperas y logras soportar ese primer episodio te mostrarán varios episodios los cuales valen mucho la pena, aun así no esperes mucho, la mayoría de episodios son bastante decepcionantes y sus finales bastante abruptos además de que quedan muy inconclusos, creo qué hay varios que debieron de hablarse mucho mejor u hay varios que debieron de terminar mucho antes, depende mucho del terror que tengas o que te dé miedo si te va a gustar o no la serie, en mi caso es muy decepcionante ya que esperaba mucho de está y no me llego a encantar al 100% como pensé que me llegaría a gustar, es un poco antológica y hay algunos episodios que tienen una duración larga y otros que se divide en dos, también depende del episodio este puede que si le haya gustado pero este otro no (un ejemplo: el episodio 7 me encanto pero el 1 lo deteste). Si les gusta el terror pueden darle una oportunidad pero la verdad a mi me dejo muy insatisfecho y no se los recomendaría tanto.

'Junji Itou: Japanese Tales of the Macabre' adapts 20 stories of the famous mangaka Junjii Itou for the first time. Since I'm not a connoisseur of the manga, my rating is purely on the anime. Each episode consists of one or two self-contained stories, so perfect for in between. I'm not a big fan of anthology series, too often the stories leave me dissatisfied. This is also the case with this anime, too often you get thrown into a plot and/or it ends abruptly. Not that the stories are bad per se, but entertaining in a different way than expected. The anime fits into the horror and supernatural genre, although I can only agree with the latter. Each story has something weird, supernatural about it, but that sort of horror or spooky vibe didn't really resonate. Rather, the stories were a little strange, sometimes unintentionally funny. I can't tell if that's unintentional or how it should be. Also, there wasn't an episode that I found overly good or bad. They don't really stick in the memory either. The animation style of the anime was very realistic and mature, which basically fit the tenor of the stories. However, I'm not really a fan of it and I found some of the characters very ugly. But that's my very subjective opinion, and probably just adapted to Junji Itou's style. All in all, I can only say that 'Junji Itou: Japanese Tales of the Macabre' didn't particularly inspire me, but the sometimes very strange stories entertained me in a humorous way here and there. I wouldn't bother watching a sequel or watching the anime again though. I wouldn't recommend him either.

I didn't read the manga before watching the anime but even I could tell that some of the stories are incomplete — the half-episodes were the worst and I really wish each story was a full 24 minutes because I could tell that the premises were really interesting, they just ended right when I thought it was starting and we didn't have enough time to get to know the characters. The art style is decent but I saw a few screenshots of the manga afterwards, and the sshow absolutely does not capture the same eeriness and detail. Still, my favorite ones are Hanging Balloon and Layers of Terror.

I think this show had potential, despite stories with little explanation. It needed more suitable music (Higurashi-style) the animation is fine, however the character design is not. You will have cute girls/pleasant looking characters with some obviously grotesque ones mixed in. some of them don't make sense such as episode 1 where we're presented with a small girl who looks like an old man. Some of the stories are still creepy, however there is little atmosphere. I think partially due to the music. the VAs are fine for the most part/ The writing is not the absolute best but this could have been compensated with some good atmosphere, pacing.. the other issue I have is when one of the characters does something completely unnatural and creepy and there is little emotion or reaction from the other persons' part. I mean, you can't portray horror like that. I found Higurashi creepier despite the cutesy animation style.