Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu 01

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junji ito is a writer/illustrator known for his horror manga, and here he focuses his energies on the most horrible horror of them all - the domestic cat. a b c McCulloch, Joe (8 April 2015). "This Week in Comics! (4/8/15 –– Sit, Ubu, sit!)". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019 . Retrieved 28 November 2019.

This is his imagination working in remarkable ways. It also best showcases his uncanny ability to draw the human face in the most terrifyingly expressive ways. Found in the Smashedshort story collection, Earthbound is a Junji Ito manga that really leans on the eeriness factor. While many of his stories rely on cosmic horror or body horror, this one is more of a slow, creeping dread. Yon's Great Escape" centers on Yon's escape from the house. Both J-kun and A-ko search for him, eventually retrieving him from a storehouse. Remina the girl soon becomes famous, then feared, as conspiracy takes hold of the people and they speculate that the planet is headed for its namesake.

Even if he has not won an award, other works have also been nominated, so these works should be mentioned. Adaptations Junji Ito’s Cat Diary is unique within his body of work for several reasons. First: it’s a piece of narrative nonfiction. Or perhaps autofiction is a better term? Or, as the name outright states, a diary. Fun fact: When I was a kid watching Return of the Jedi, I thought that Yoda telling Luke that he was 900 years old meant that he was a human who happened to have lived for that long. Almost all of these Junji Ito manga short stories can be read in his magnum opus Shiver, a collection of Ito stories that is near perfect. Ito was born in Gifu prefecture in 1963. His debut horror book — which we’ll discuss below — was Tomie.

However, this may mean that some stories aren’t going to be popular among all fans, and some may also be frustrated with the repeat of “The Enigma of Amigara Fault”. The Liminal Zone is a collection that features four tales. Unlike other collections, the stories featured in this one are much longer than other books and originally appeared on the Line Comics App in Japan. The majority of Junji Ito’s work in the English-speaking world is published by Viz Signature, an imprint of Viz Media. However, there are two books ( Dissolving Classroom and Junji Ito’s Cat Diary) that are published Kodansha Comics.

The final two stories in this list of Junji Ito manga can each be found in different places. This first story, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, can be read as a bonus final chapter in the book Gyo. Each of these balloons is uniquely tailored to a specific person, sharing their exact face and hair. Everyone has a balloon, and everyone’s balloon is after them. Mu Appears" opens with J-kun's move to a new home with A-ko. While J-kun wrestles with his apprehension over living with Yon, A-ko adopts a kitten to keep Yon company. She names the kitten Mu, since he will be the sixth cat her family has kept, with her mother's cat, Goro, being the fifth. J-kun is eventually won over by Mu.

One aspect of Lovecraft’s style that has been less thoroughly explored, however, is the cosmic side of cosmic horror. Though one good example is The Thing That Drifted Ashore (below).

Is there anything spookier than a silent feline, eyes glinting, stalking you in the night…IN YOUR OWN HOME?? Master of horror Junji Ito turns his twisted eye on his own life in this comedic graphic memoir about becoming a cat owner, now reissued in a deluxe hardcover featuring an exclusive interivew with Ito and a NEW cover illustration by the author that GLOWS IN THE DARK! The perfect gift for the slightly-twisted cat lover in your life.