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Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Takahiro Sakurai
Kazuya Hikizuri (voice)
1 eps
Hajime Iijima
Shigoro Hikizuri (voice)
1 eps
Risa Shimizu
Narumi Hikizuri (voice)
1 eps
Ayaka Asai
Hitoshi Hikizuri (voice)
1 eps
Riho Sugiyama
Kazuko Morinaka (voice)
1 eps
Daisuke Kishio
Shinya Shiraishi (voice)
1 eps
Iori Nomizu
Kagumi Fujino (voice)
1 eps
Yuji Mitsuya
Souichi (voice)
2 eps
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Koichi (voice)
1 eps
Yuka Saitou
Sayuri (voice)
1 eps
Yutaka Aoyama
Tagaisu (voice)
1 eps
Shuhei Sakaguchi
Yuji Hirano (voice)
1 eps
Junko Oka
Mari (voice)
1 eps
Hiro Shimono
Oshikiri (voice)
1 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Chiemi (voice)
1 eps
Tadashi Muto
Hiratsuka (voice)
1 eps
Sayaka Senbongi
Eri (voice)
1 eps
Ryohei Kimura
Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa (voice)
1 eps
Mao Ichimichi
Kaoru Yoshikawa (voice)
1 eps
Romi Park
Kiko Hikizuri (voice)
2 eps
Aya Uchida
Izumi Murakami (voice)
1 eps
Rie Suegara
Tomie Kawakami (voice)
1 eps
Yumiri Hanamori
Tsukiko Izumisawa (voice)
1 eps
Taku Yashiro
Yamazaki (voice)
1 eps
Tomokazu Sugita
Taichi (voice)
1 eps
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Kimata (voice)
1 eps
Hisako Kanemoto
Sayoko (voice)
1 eps
Yu Shimamura
Noriko (voice)
1 eps
Chika Anzai
Kuramoto (voice)
1 eps
Tomoko Kaneda
Coron (voice)
2 eps
Natsumi Takamori
Kuriko (voice)
1 eps
Shun Horie
Goro (voice)
1 eps
Tomomi Mineuchi
Mari (voice)
1 eps
Risa Mizuno
Koyama (voice)
1 eps
Ryotaro Okiayu
Sonohara (voice)
1 eps
Takatsugu Chikamatsu
Ice Cream Man (voice)
1 eps
Sara Matsumoto
Tomoki (voice)
1 eps
Daisuke Hirakawa
Akasaka (voice)
1 eps
Kousuke Okano
Seiji (voice)
1 eps
Uoken
Rogi (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Character Depth.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Strange Hikizuri Siblings
A photographer with an interest in spirits and ghosts pays a visit to the very strange and creepy home where the six Hikizuri siblings live.
- Written by Kaoru Sawada
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E02
The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus
- Written by Kaoru Sawada
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Hiroyasu TaniguchiProducer
- Takeshi YoshidaProducer
- Takashi TakemuraProducer
- Rui KyoExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kaoru SawadaWriter
Direction
- Shinobu TagashiraDirector
Cinematography
- Keigomi TaniuchiDirector of Photography
Music
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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