Although so far not all the stories have yet to be announced since the animators have been very tight lipped on what all will be adapted, but judging the intro, the anime will most likely focus on: It will not be all about him, there is going to be multiple of his stories made into this anime. ((Possible Spoilers and this is my first review so please bare with me))Manga horror artist, Junji Ito is celebrating his 30 years of making manga by of course, being able to have the opportunity of releasing his first anime of his "shorter" stories.Įven though this isn't considered the first anime adaptation of his works- Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack is the first to be adapted but the story trailed off so far from the original manga that I'm not sure if it should be considered his first anime.īut for starters, I will go ahead and warn people who are expecting the entire anime to be focused on Episode 1's main character, Souichi. Avoid it, even if you're a fan of horror, I'd say. That's about the only reaction other than disappointment and mocking laugher i've gotten from this anime. It did manage to gross me out a few times though through the Snail Mouth story and Glyceride(this thing literally made me want to vomit and go on a soul-searching journey through the mountains). I'd reccomend looking up SuperEyeatchWolf on youtube for the review this anime deserves, but i'll suffice it to say I hate the art an animation. I can't nearly do the disappointment justice with this review. The art looks terrible nearly all the time and definitely doesn't compare to the manga from the few samples i've seen. I just don't give a shit about any of the rest. The characters are literally throwaways besides the cool ones which they hardly ever use like tomie and sometimes soichi. Yes, this is actually supposed to be scary. Souichi was supposed to be funny but I didn't laugh at him, I laughed at hilariously timed deaths, the comedic timing this anime accidentally has and the downright silly nature of some of this stuff. I've laughed at this anime quite a bit, and not when it was the desired reaction. They suck, they're not creepy in this form, and sometimes they're literally laughable. It's episodic, and most of the episodes are lame. I'll have trouble talking too much about the story. I don't know if the originals are as bad but the anime, with its shitty atmosphere, dumb directing and shoddy art definitely don't help the apparently poor story choice. I also learned what a goddamn disappointment a mediocre anime adaptation can be. That's what Junji Ito's works are, in manga form, as people have told me and I've seen a few of them. I'd go so far as to say I hate horror, but what I do have respect for is when an artist puts all they have into something, a genuine love for it. I have no appreciation for horror as a genre or an art form. I learned about the passion he puts into his art, his work, and the amount of artful awesomeness to be found in every panel. I learned what a mastermind of horror Junji Ito is.
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