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Junji ITO

伊藤 潤二
Family name (in kanji): 伊藤
Given name (in kanji): 潤二
Date of birth: 1963-07-31
Hometown: Gifu, Japan
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Shuna's Journey, Black Paradox, Look Back, More Manga Nominated for Eisner Awards (May 17, 2023)
Viz Media Simultaneously Releases Shogakukan Manga Titles in New VIZ Manga App (May 9, 2023)
Junji Ito's 'Bloodsucking Darkness' Manga Being Developed as Live-Action Film (Apr 3, 2023)
Attack on Titan's Hajime Isayama Receives Angoulême's 'Special 50th Edition' Award (Jan 30, 2023)
Junji Ito Launches New Short Manga Series in February (Dec 13, 2022)
Viz Publishes Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories, Heart Gear, Dark Gathering, Wolf Girl & Black Prince, More (Oct 7, 2022)
Junji Ito Wins Eisner Award for Lovesickness Manga (Jul 23, 2022)
Viz Media Announces Spring 2023 Book Releases Including Nine Dragons' Ball Parade, Choujin X, Helck, Tista, More Manga (Jun 17, 2022)
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Adapts 20 Stories in 2023 (Jun 8, 2022)
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, Spy×Family, More Manga Nominated for Eisner Awards (May 18, 2022)
ICv2 Lists Top-Selling Manga Franchises for Fall 2021 According to NPD Bookscan Sales Reports (Mar 2, 2022)
Viz Announces Summer 2022 Book Releases Including Junji Ito's The Liminal Zone, Takashi Shiina's Yashahime Manga (Oct 9, 2021)
Spy x Family, Remina, I Had That Same Dream Again, More Nominated for Eisner Awards (Jun 9, 2021)
Junji Ito Kesssaku-shū Horror Manga Collection Gets New Anime Project (Mar 19, 2021)
Junji Ito's Genkai Chitai Manga Ends (Feb 4, 2021)
M&C! Licenses Junji Ito Short Story Collection Manga (Feb 3, 2021)
Second Cloud Matsuri Online Festival Streams This Weekend (Nov 18, 2020)
Virtual Crunchyroll Expo Event to Host Junji Ito, One Piece Cast, The Rising of the Shield Hero Staff (Aug 27, 2020)
Anime Panels Streaming in August (Aug 5, 2020)
Junji Ito Launches New Genkai Chitai Horror Manga (Apr 15, 2020)
Shogakukan Asia Licenses Promise Cinderella, Junji Ito Short Story Collection Manga (Sep 16, 2019)
Toonami Streams Uzumaki Horror Anime's Teaser (Aug 30, 2019)
Junji Ito's Uzumaki Horror Manga Gets TV Anime by Production IG (Aug 30, 2019)
Junji Ito's Travelogue of the Succubus Manga Ends (Aug 12, 2019)
Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga, Junji Ito's 'Frankenstein' Short Win Eisner Awards (Jul 20, 2019)
Funimation Streams Kochoki TV Anime Simulcast (Jul 3, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 26-June 1 (May 28, 2019)
Abara, Laid-Back Camp, Tokyo Tarareba Girls, More Nominated for Eisner Awards (Apr 26, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 14-20 (Apr 18, 2019)
Toronto Comic Arts Festival to Host Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito (Feb 13, 2019)
Viz Licenses Junji Ito's No Longer Human Manga (Feb 11, 2019)
Junji Ito's Uzumaki Manga Gets Novelization (Jan 25, 2019)
Crunchyroll Expo to Host Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito (Jan 22, 2019)
Jiro Taniguchi, H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories, More Nominated for Eisner Awards (Apr 26, 2018)
Viz Media to Release Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection Manga, NieR: Automata Novels (Updated) (Apr 8, 2018)
Junji Ito's No Longer Human Manga Ends on April 20 (Apr 6, 2018)
Junji Ito 'Collection' Anime Casts Yuji Mitsuya, Hiro Shimono, Kaori Nazuka (Oct 31, 2017)
Junji Ito 'Collection' Anime Reveals Visual, Staff, January 7 Premiere (Oct 12, 2017)
Junji Ito Anime's Website Reveals Staff, Visual, Winter 2018 TV Premiere (Aug 10, 2017)
Work by Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito Gets Anime Adaptation (Jun 30, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 29-February 4 (Jan 31, 2017)
Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito to Adapt Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Jan 19, 2017)
Junji Ito's Manga Short Stories Get Live-Action Chinese Adaptation (Jan 30, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 25-31 (Oct 27, 2015)
Viz Media Adds Junji Ito's Fragments of Horror Manga (Dec 3, 2014)
Guillermo del Toro Wants to Make Live-Action Gantz (Jul 11, 2014)
Aniplex Panel (Oct 13, 2013)
Viz Offers Omnibus of Junji Ito's Uzumaki Horror Manga (Jun 4, 2013)
Gyo & Tomie's Junji Ito to Launch Ma no Kakera Manga (Feb 10, 2013)
FMA Films Plus Princess Jellyfish and Gyo Released Monday (Sep 2, 2012)
Horror Anime Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack Moved Back to September 3 (Aug 17, 2012)
Horror Anime Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack Moved Back to September 3 (May 30, 2012)
Horror Anime Gyo Screening at London Terracotta Festival April 13 (Mar 19, 2012)
Gyo, Minori Scramble, Naoko-san Anime's Promos Streamed (Feb 2, 2012)
Gyo, Minori Scramble, Naoko-san Anime's Ads Streamed (Jan 2, 2012)
Naoko-san, Minori Scramble!, Gyo Anime Releases Slated (Aug 23, 2011)
JManga Site Launches with Works Never Printed in U.S. (Aug 17, 2011)
Gyo Horror Manga by Tomie's Junji Ito Gets Anime (Update 3) (Mar 2, 2011)
Live-Action Tomie Unlimited Film Trailer Streamed (Feb 10, 2011)
Tomie Unlimited Restarts Manga-Based Horror Film Series (Sep 27, 2010)
Discotek Adds Live-Action Hana Yori Dango Final Film (Apr 29, 2009)
Crunchyroll Adds Live-Action MPD Psycho, More Tomie (Apr 22, 2009)
Crunchyroll Adds Live-Action Tomie, Other Horror Films (Apr 16, 2009)
Librarians Honor Sand Chronicles, Real, Uzumaki, Japan Ai (Jan 28, 2009)
Manga Nominated for France's Angoulême Comics Awards (Nov 22, 2008)
Film of Junji Ito's Long Dream Gets English-Subbed DVD (May 18, 2008)
Viz Sponsors Night at NYC's Blood Manor Attraction (Oct 1, 2007)
Shibito no Koiwazurai Live Action Movie 9 (Nov 14, 2005)
Dark Horse Takes on Horror (Oct 8, 2005)
Viz Titles nominated for Eisners (Apr 26, 2002)
Manga at the Eisner Awards (Apr 9, 2002)
December Online Periodicals (Dec 4, 2001)
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Junji Ito Draws New Magic: The Gathering Card (Dec 19, 2022)
Junji Ito Draws Synopsis Manga For The Lighthouse Film (Jun 28, 2021)
Junji Ito Manga Gets Spooky Reading by Professional Storyteller Junji Inagawa (Dec 3, 2020)
TCAF's Panel, Live Drawing with Horror Manga Visionary Junji Ito Streamed (Jun 12, 2019)
Horror Manga Master Junji Ito Will Hold Exhibition in Ginza (Mar 15, 2019)
Horror Manga Artist Junji Ito Draws for Inside Thriller Film (Jun 25, 2018)
Master of Horror Manga Junji Ito Shares His Thoughts on the 'Junji Ito' Collection Anime (Apr 20, 2018)
Horrify Your Friends with Junji Ito LINE Stickers (Apr 23, 2017)
Interviews:
Mini-Interview with Master of Horror Junji Ito (Oct 23, 2020)
Interview: Horror Manga Mastermind Junji Ito (Sep 17, 2019)
Press Releases:
TCAF Announces its First Round of Featured Guests for 2019 (Feb 14, 2019)
Viz Media Announces the Release of Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories (Dec 7, 2017)
Viz Media Supports Halloween ComicFest 2016 With Manga Sampler Featuring an Excerpt from Junji Ito's Tomie (Oct 27, 2016)
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Black Paradox (manga) : Story & Art
Chikashitsu (manga) : Story & Art
Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection (manga) : Story & Art
Flesh Colored Horror (manga) : Story & Art
Fragments of Horror (manga) : Story & Art
Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection (manga) : Story & Art
Gyo (manga) : Story & Art
GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OAV) : Original creator
Junji Ito "Collection" (TV) : Original creator
Junji Ito "Collection": Tomie (OAV) : Original creator
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (ONA) : Original creator
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (manga) : Story & Art
Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom (manga) : Story & Art
Junji no Kyoufu Collection (manga) : Story & Art
(The) Liminal Zone (manga) : Story & Art
(The) Long Hair in the Attic (manga) : Story & Art
Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection (manga) : Story & Art
Mimi’s Tales of Terror (manga) : Story & Art
Museum of Terror (manga) : Story & Art
No Longer Human (manga by Junji Ito) : Story & Art
Remina (manga) : Story & Art
Sensor (manga) : Story & Art
Shiver (manga) : Story & Art
Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection (manga) : Story & Art
Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection (manga) : Story & Art
Tombs (manga) : Story & Art
Tomie (manga) : Story & Art
Tomie (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie vs Tomie (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Another Face (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Beginning (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Rebirth (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Replay (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Revenge (live-action movie) : Original creator
Tomie: Unlimited (live-action movie) : Original creator
Uzumaki (manga) : Story & Art
Uzumaki (live-action movie) : Original creator
Uzumaki (TV) : Original creator
Venus In The Blind Spot (manga) : Story & Art
Yami no Koe (manga) : Story & Art
Yashiki (manga) : Story & Art

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Uzumaki (TV)
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