The Best Episodes of Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

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   7.2/10(694 votes)

   #1 - Hanging Balloon

   S1:E31/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.6/10(430 votes)

   #2 - Tomb Town

   S1:E71/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.5/10(411 votes)

   #3 - Layers of Terror / The Thing that Drifted Ashore

   S1:E81/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.2/10(381 votes)

   #4 - Tomie・Photo

   S1:E91/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.1/10(630 votes)

   #5 - The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus

   S1:E21/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.1/10(438 votes)

   #6 - Intruder / Long Hair in the Attic

   S1:E51/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.1/10(340 votes)

   #7 - Alley / Headless Statue

   S1:E111/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   6.0/10(346 votes)

   #8 - Whispering Woman / Soichi's Beloved Pet

   S1:E121/19/2023

   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.

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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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   5.8/10(355 votes)

   #9 - Unendurable Labyrinth / The Bully

   S1:E101/19/2023

   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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   Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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    5.5/10(406 votes)

    #10 - Mold / Library Vision

    S1:E61/19/2023

    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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    Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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    5.4/10(488 votes)

    #11 - Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair

    S1:E41/19/2023

    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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    Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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    4.6/10(850 votes)

    #12 - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings

    S1:E11/19/2023

    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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    Writer:Kaoru Sawada

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