Junji Ito

Junji Ito

Junji Ito was born in 1963, Junji Ito has written at least 182 books. Their most popular book is Uzumaki with 338 saves with an average rating of 4.35⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Comics, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

dark, tense, and mysterious are their most common moods.

Author Bio

Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二, Hepburn: Itō Junji) is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench." His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats.

His manga has been adapted to both film and anime television series, including the Tomie film series and both the Junji Ito Collection and Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime anthology series.