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Not everyone loves Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like horror that creeps under your skin.

  2. You love the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings.

  3. You want short stories you can watch one at a time.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Junji Ito Collection2018

    • horror that creeps under your skin
    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like Junji Ito's slow creeping dread.

  • Wicked City1987

    • horror that creeps under your skin
    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like horror where anyone might turn into a monster.

  • Shiki2010

    • horror that creeps under your skin

    Good for you if you like horror that creeps in house by house.

  • Higurashi: When They Cry2006

    • horror that creeps under your skin

    Good for you if you like a cute village slowly turning into a nightmare.

  • Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack2012

    • horror that creeps under your skin
    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like Junji Ito's horror of fish walking on metal legs.

  • Perfect Blue1998

    • horror that creeps under your skin

    Good for you if you like being scared by your own reflection.

  • Parasyte -the maxim-2014

    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like an alien that argues with its host from inside his hand.

  • Tokyo Ghoul2014

    • horror that creeps under your skin

    Good for you if you like horror hiding behind a quiet Tokyo café.

  • High-Rise Invasion2021

    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like a strange world of towers with no ground in sight.

  • Happy Sugar Life2018

    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like a pastel, cute look over something deeply wrong.

  • Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan2017

    • the surreal nightmares of Junji Ito's drawings

    Good for you if you like short, eerie tales with their own odd rules.

  • The Summer Hikaru Died2025

    • horror that creeps under your skin

    Good for you if you like quiet horror, where a friend's smile is the scariest thing.

Reasons taken from Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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