Junji Ito, master of manga horror will make his first North American appearance at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019. Ito-sensei will debut his new horror short story collection Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection at the festival – and will take part in a number of events. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019 runs the weekend of […]
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Manga Adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Will Live In October!
Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster—and the fouler beast who created him—to life. Also included are six tales of Oshikiri—a high school student who lives in a decaying mansion connected to a haunted parallel world. Frankenstein: Junito Story Collection will […]
VIZ Media Announces Release Date for Shiver: Juni Ito Selected Stories Hardcover!
An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl’s window… After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing the faces of their destined victims appear in the sky… An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending… Horror fans should mark December 19th on their calendar. VIZ […]
VIZ Media Releases Two Free Samplers for Halloween ComicFest 2017!
For year’s edition of Halloween ComicFest, VIZ Media is releasing two free samplers – one playing a bit more to the scary side of the season and one… not so much. The scary side sampler features a first look at Junji Ito’s Shiver – an anthology of horror short stories that will be released in a […]
Paranormal Thriller TOMIE Gets Deluxe Hardcover Release!
Japanese horror master Junji Ito’s paranormal manga thriller Tomie will be released in North America in a deluxe hardcover edition as part of VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint. Tomie is an immortal succubus who can seduce and drive any man to committing murder – even if she is frequently the victim (no one said that […]
Junji Ito’s Fragments Of Horror In Stores June 16th!
An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. These are just a few of the tales of horror in Junji Ito’s manga collection, Fragments of Horror. VIZ Media will release Fragments of Horror, by the creator […]
Death From The Sea – VIZ Media Unleashes GYO!
Junji Ito’s GYO – a seminal horror manga is coming to North America in an omnibus hardcover edition from VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint. It starts with that unique stench of death and a strange fish with legs, pulling Tadashi and Kaori into a spiral of horror as mutated sea creatures invade Japan. The 400-page GYO Deluxe […]
VIZ Media To Release Horror Collection Manga Fragments of Horror!
Fragments of Horror – a collection of horror short story manga – will be getting a deluxe hardcover release from VIZ Media under its VIZ Signature imprint. The stories, by Junji Ito – creator of Gyo and Uzumaki, range from an old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants to a dissection class with a most […]