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Did you love the anime adaptation? Read the manga that inspired the series!
Born in Hokkaido (northern Japan), Hiromu Arakawa first attracted national attention in 1999 with her award-winning manga Stray Dog. Her series Fullmetal Alchemist debuted in 2001 in Square Enix's monthly manga anthology Shonen Gangan.
Kousuke Oono began his professional manga career in 2016 in the manga magazine Monthly Comics Bunch with the one-shot Legend of Music. Oono’s follow-up series, The Way of the Househusband, is the creator’s first serialization as well as his first English-language release
Did you love the anime adaptation? Read the manga that inspired the series!
GET 15% OFF with code LOVEMANGAWhen Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?
At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey.
Takeshi Obata first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei “New Hope” Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakuman, All You Need Is Kill, and Platinum End.
Paru Itagaki made her debut as a mangaka in 2016 with the short story collection Beast Complex. Beastars was her first serialization. Beastars has won multiple awards in Japan and around the world, including the prestigious 2018 Manga Taisho Award, and went on to inspire a critically acclaimed hit anime series.
"Ito, whose classics like Uzumaki and Tomie are horror staples, is a master at creating creepy details and expressive faces that help carry Kihara’s succinct terrors. Together, the two masters create their own brand of dark magic." —The New York Times Book Review
Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents ten bloodcurdling short stories.
Shuichi and Kirie's town is haunted not by a person or being but a pattern: UZUMAKI, the spiral—the hypnotic secret shape of the world. The bizarre masterpiece horror manga is now available all in a single volume. Fall into a whirlpool of terror! "Ito's executions of this tale is magnificent...he infuses the often frenetic layouts of manga with...the leisurely pace of Poe, the organic grotesqueries of Lovecraft." —Rain Taxi
The bizarre masterpiece of horror manga, Uzumaki by Junji Ito, has been transformed into coloring book format. Color in each detail of the spirals and you may fall into a whirlpool of terror, never to escape!
A first-ever collection of Junji Ito’s artworks, featuring over 130 images from his bestselling manga titles along with rare works. This sublime collection includes all of Ito’s unforgettable illustrations in both black-and-white and color, from Tomie’s dreadful beauty to the inhuman spirals of Uzumaki. Includes an interview focused on Ito’s art technique as well as commentary from the artist on each work.
Nine scary stories that really happened, drawn from the famed collection of urban legends Shin Mimibukuro (New Earmuffs), and adapted into manga.
When four people meet through a suicide website, they wander together in search of the perfect death, fatefully opening a door that leads them to a rather bizarre destiny…"Even after finishing, these feelings linger because the supernatural is often left unnamed and either ends without explanation or remains lurking just at the edge of reality. " —School Library Journal
Soichi, the unhinged second son of the Tsujii family, chews nails and makes them clatter and clack as he spouts horrific curses to bring about the most bizarre happenings. Ten tales that celebrate the sinister and hilarious world of Junji Ito’s favorite antihero, Soichi!
2021 Eisner Award Winner for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia." An unknown planet emerges from a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, names it “Remina” after his daughter. However, the object picks up speed, until finally Earth itself faces extinction…Is the girl Remina is the true cause of the catastrophe? "A berserk thrill."—Library Journal
A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he’s been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village. Surprisingly, the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, shining a bright gold. At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them—the opening act for the terror about to occur!
What destiny awaits them after the screaming? What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there?
Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre tableau. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead?
A vengeful family hides an army deserter for eight years after the end of World War II, cocooning him in a false reality where the war never ended. A pair of girls look alike, but they’re not twins. And a boy’s nightmare threatens to spill out into the real world…
2022 Eisner Award Winner for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia." Starting with the strikingly bloody “Lovesickness,” this volume collects ten stories showcasing horror master Junji Ito in peak form, including “The Strange Hikizuri Siblings” and “The Rib Woman.”
Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale who can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder, even though the victim is often herself. While one lover seeks to keep her, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus: and soon they realize no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie. "...cornucopia of stark terror..." —Publisher's Weekly
An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from terrifying to comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome. "...[captures] the horror of being alive…where most horror stories would end at death, he keeps his characters in the hell of surviving." —The Guardian
The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene...So begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Hold your breath until all is revealed. "...a strong, scary piece of work perfect for any horror afficionado..." —Publishers Weekly
Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you’ll get smashed…
An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl’s window… After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing the faces of their destined victims appear in the sky… An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending…
2019 Eisner Award Winner for "Best Adaptation from Another Medium. Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster—and the beast who created him—to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for.
Osamu Dazai’s immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche.
2021 Eisner Award Winner for "Best Writer/Artist. This striking collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring an adaptation of Rampo Edogawa’s classic horror story “Human Chair” and fan favorite “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.”
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki, which have been adapted into live-action films; Gyo, which was adapted into an animated film. He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the “Best Adaptation from Another Medium” category, and in 2021 he was awarded “Best Writer/Artist,” while Remina received the award for “Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia).” He also won his second “Best U.S. Edition” for Lovesickness in 2022.
