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Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Season 1 · 12 episodes · Jan 19, 2023

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    Episode 1

    The Strange Hikizuri Siblings

    Jan 19, 2023

    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.

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    Episode 2

    The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus

    Jan 19, 2023

    Goro returns to the tunnel he saw his mother once walk into. An ice cream truck arrives in the neighborhood, driven by a bewitching young man.

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    Episode 3

    Hanging Balloon

    Jan 19, 2023

    After a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.

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    Episode 4

    Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair

    Jan 19, 2023

    Koichi can’t study because his younger brother Soichi is constantly making noise. Tormented by his dreams, Yuji asks his friend Mari to keep him awake.

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    Episode 5

    Intruder / Long Hair in the Attic

    Jan 19, 2023

    Oshikiri has been hearing strange footsteps in the house he lives in alone. Chiemi wakes up to find a rat stuck in her long, black hair.

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    Episode 6

    Mold / Library Vision

    Jan 19, 2023

    A year after renting his house to Mr. Rogi, Akasaka finds mold growing everywhere. Koko's husband Goro is obsessed with maintaining his library.

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    Episode 7

    Tomb Town

    Jan 19, 2023

    After hitting a girl with his car, Tsuyoshi and his sister Kaoru find that the road they're driving on is blocked by countless tombstones.

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    Episode 8

    Layers of Terror / The Thing that Drifted Ashore

    Jan 19, 2023

    When an accident causes her to lose half her face, Reimi discovers that her younger selves still exist inside her. An eerie sea creature drifts ashore.

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    Episode 9

    Tomie・Photo

    Jan 19, 2023

    A menacing transfer student named Tomie isn't happy that a girl named Tsukiko has been taking and selling pictures of popular boys in their school.

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    Episode 10

    Unendurable Labyrinth / The Bully

    Jan 19, 2023

    Two friends get lost in the mountains and come across a community of ascetic monks. Kuriko ends up bullying a younger boy she's been playing with.

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    Episode 11

    Alley / Headless Statue

    Jan 19, 2023

    A young man moves into a boarding house next to an enclosed alley. An art teacher known for his headless sculptures is found murdered — with no head.

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    Episode 12

    Whispering Woman / Soichi's Beloved Pet

    Jan 19, 2023

    A mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make any decisions on her own. Soichi’s family adopts a pet cat.