With the new series Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre debuting on Netflix, James and Andy are joined by self-confessed Ito fans Colette Balmain and Niina Doherty to chat about his works and how they've been adapted to film and television over the years. Has anyone done him justice...?
This episode’s handy timecodes
00:00:33 - Introduction
00:01:37 - Junji Ito in context
00:10:46 - Early adaptions
00:12:34 - Tomie film and TV series
00:34:12 - Uzumaki (2000)
00:40:05 - Other adaption in early 2000s
00:44:22 - Gyo Tokyo Fish Attack (2012)
01:47:37 - Junji Ito Collection (2018) and Junji Ito Maniac (2023)
01:00:50 - Uzumaki, Tomie and other potential adaptions
01:13:55 - Outro
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