Junji Ito
Junji Ito is a renowned Japanese horror manga artist known for his unique style of blending surrealism, grotesque imagery, and psychological horror. His works often explore themes of cosmic horror, body horror, and the macabre. Some of his most famous works include 'Uzumaki', 'Tomie', and 'Gyo'. Ito's storytelling and artistic skills have earned him a significant following both in Japan and internationally, making him one of the most influential figures in the horror manga genre.
Books
This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.
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1. Uzumaki
The book is a horror manga that centers around a small fog-bound Japanese town cursed by supernatural events involving spirals. As the obsession with the spiral pattern begins to spread among the townspeople, it manifests in increasingly bizarre and terrifying ways, warping both the minds of the inhabitants and the very fabric of the town itself. The narrative follows a high school teenager and her boyfriend as they struggle to understand and survive the madness engulfing their once-peaceful home, revealing the spiral's hypnotic and monstrous influence on both the human psyche and the natural world.
