Raiding tombs since 1996
Junji Ito is a horror Mangaka famous for his most popular works: Uzumaki, Gyo and Tomio. As I re-read his stories, and discover new ones, I will be sharing my thoughts about them here.
Junji Ito’s work was my first taste of manga – and what an introduction! Grotesque body horror and the creepiest stories you could imagine. So imagine my surprise when I heard that he had written a story about his cats. That’s right, you read that right. “Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu”, is an…
I have recently been introduced to the wonderful world of Japanese Manga by some friends at work. I hear mentioned things such as a school with Freddie Mercury as a pupil, humans who turn into cars and people becoming obsessed and consumed by spirals. But the story that set me on the path of reading…