

Viz Media has released several of Junji Ito's other short story collections, including Fragments of Horror. Many of his short stories have been adapted into other mediums, including some of the works featured in Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection. Upload images various magazine publications of original publications. Creator Junji Ito, the writer, and artist of the book is an icon in the manga horror scene.Continue cataloging and adding images to Merchandise.Begin creating individual pages for major Junji Ito Stories, expanding on the plot, characters, 'reveal panel', etc.Finish cataloging missing information for releases in Junji Ito Stories (example Junji Ito Stories#"The Face Burglar".Begin listing translations for other languages - goodreads is a great resource for this.Start a comprehensive list of English Translations.Complete cataloging Junji Ito Adaptations, especially Junji Ito Collection.He is married to Ayako Ishiguro (石黒亜矢子) of whom they have two children. Some of the recurring themes of Ito's work include body horror, seemingly ordinary characters who begin to act out of irrational compulsion, the breakdown of society, deep-sea organisms, and the inevitability of one's demise. The universe Ito depicts is cruel and capricious his characters often find themselves victims of malevolent unnatural circumstances for no discernible reason or punished out of proportion for minor infractions against an unknown and incomprehensible natural order. Lovecraft as being major influences on his work. In addition to Kazuo Umezu, Ito has cited Hideshi Hino, Shinichi Koga, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and H.P.

This story was later serialized as Tomie. In 1987, he submitted a short story to Gekkan Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges). Ito first began writing and drawing manga as a hobby while working as a dental technician in the early 1990s.

He was inspired from a young age by both his older sisters' drawings and the work of Kazuo Umezu. Junji Ito was born in the Gifu prefecture of Japan in 1963.
