Japanese Manga.

Horror manga artist in Japan

Junji Itou

Junji Itou, manga artist in Japan.

Junji Itou, born in 26 june 1963, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, He is a horror manga artist in Japan. Itou used ordinary element, thinking and stuff in his creativity and realism style in his work, is look like happening in our real life. His was influence by Umeku Kazuo and kOga Shinichi since him childhood.  In his manga series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness, Uzumaki , a three volume about a toem absessed with spirals, and Gyo, a two volume story where fish are controlled by death stench. Most of his work had produce to movie carreer


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Tomie, Junji Itou‘s masterpiece horror manga.

Life and Career.

Horror manga was influence to Junji Itou since he was a kinder garden kid because of he borrow the horror manga from his sister. He was addicted by Umeku Kazuo and kOga Shinichi horror manga.His sister had a strong influence to himself, then he started drawing manga at primary school. He start learning inking from pencil work to finished manga with his classmate who interest on manga when he high school. After he finish his high school, he continue his studies in Dental technicians in Nagoya city, Japan. 

 First Published Work.

At 1986, Junji Itou first published his work to Halloween Monthly new work Column by Sonorama company. His manga work "Tomie" had been selected by Haloween Monthly Main Editor. His manga continue to publish every month.

Manga Artist Career.

From 1987 he started his manga career and he haven't resigned his job specialist dental technicians. He worked part time both for 2 to 3 years. He resigned he specialist and put all his spirit into manga. After he selected his love work - Manga Artist.. He created more and more manga work in his career.

The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection

• Volume 1 and 2: Tomie (富江)
• Volume 3: Flesh-Colored Horror (肉色の怪 Nikuiro no Kai)
• Volume 4: The Face Burglar (顔泥棒)
• Volume 5: Souichi's Diary of Delights (双一の楽しい日記 Souichi no Tanoshi i Nikki)
• Volume 6: Souichi's Diary of Curses (双一の呪い日記)
• Volume 7: Slug Girl (なめくじの少女)
• Volume 8: Blood-bubble Bushes (血玉樹)
• Volume 9: Hallucinations (首幻想)
• Volume 10: House of the Marionettes (あやつりの屋敷)
• Volume 11: The Town Without Streets (道のない街)
• Volume 12: The Bully (いじめっ娘)
• Volume 13: The Circus is Here (サーカスが来た)
• Volume 14: The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel (トネルの奇譚)
• Volume 15: Lovesick Dead (死びとの恋わずらい)
• Volume 16: Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン)

Museum of Terror (恐怖博物館 Kyōfu Hakubutsukan) collects stories from Halloween in order of publication, Asahi Sonorama, first 3 volumes translated into English by Dark Horse Comics.

• Volume 1 and 2: Tomie (富江) 
• Volume 3: The Long Hair in the Attic (屋根裏の長い髪 Yaneura no nagai kami)
• Volume 4: Kakashi (案山子)
• Volume 5: Rojiura (路地裏)
• Volume 6: Sōichi no katte na noroi (双一の勝手な呪い) 
• Volume 7: Umeku haisuikan (うめく配水管)
• Volume 8: Shirosunamura chitan (白砂村血譚)
• Volume 9: Oshikiri idan (押切異談&フランケンシュタイン)
• Volume 10: Shibito no Koi Wazurai (死びとの恋わずらい) 
• Uzumaki (うずまき)
• Gyo (ギョ)
• The Sad Tale of the Principal Post (大黒柱悲話)
• The Enigma of Amigara Fault (阿弥殻断層の怪 Amigara Dansō no Kai)
• Cat Diary: Yon & Moo (猫日記 よん&むー Neko Nikki Yon to Mū)
• Black Paradox (ブラックパラドクス Burakku Paradokusu)
• Hellstar Remina (地獄星レミナ)
• Yami no Koe (闇の声)
• Shin Yami no Koe Kaidan (新・闇の声 潰談)
• Mimi no Kaidan (ミミの怪談?)
• Yuukoku no Rasputin (憂国のラスプーチン)  

At 1999,  his first masterpiece work "Tomie" had produce to movie. After "Tomie", he had more manga work produced to film.

Manga Style

Most of his manga story is short part to series, including "Tomie". his manga drawing is following the realism. Faces, hair, human figure, emotion was illustrated in detail. In his manga, image proportion, layout and story attract people and feel his horror thinking, like surround atmosphere had changed. 

Story, most of it was a ordinary main character live in a normal life and indirect to a out of normal logical thing to a madness, but physically it look like it can happen to our real life.