06-30-2023, 11:28 PM
I mentioned to Tara that I got invited to an event by viz media at sdcc with some Japanese horror manga artist named Ito or something and she said ‘Junji Ito?’ and I was like ‘right.’ She knew his reputation but she hates horror. I remember considering this series when it came out because it looked yokai, but no. It’s the twisted world of Junji Ito.
Dark stuff. Japanese horror is messed up. It’s beautiful and abstract, often existential and hopeless. Ito’s visions are gets-under-your-skin creepy, very otherworldly.
This anime is based on several of his short stories - each seems to stand alone, only sharing the front and end credits to a blaring j-pop rock soundtrack like so many Jaime series do nowadays. I watched the first 2 eps - each is under an hour - and the second ep has two stories.
E1 was a messed up family, almost Addams family-like but then again not. It was amusing, kinda funny.
E2 part 1 was the tale of a tunnel that takes a cosmic ray turn that would’ve made a terrifying live action film. Part 2 was about a creepy ice cream truck, which culminated in a messed up decapitation.
I’ll watch more and I’ll likely rsvp for that party.
Dark stuff. Japanese horror is messed up. It’s beautiful and abstract, often existential and hopeless. Ito’s visions are gets-under-your-skin creepy, very otherworldly.
This anime is based on several of his short stories - each seems to stand alone, only sharing the front and end credits to a blaring j-pop rock soundtrack like so many Jaime series do nowadays. I watched the first 2 eps - each is under an hour - and the second ep has two stories.
E1 was a messed up family, almost Addams family-like but then again not. It was amusing, kinda funny.
E2 part 1 was the tale of a tunnel that takes a cosmic ray turn that would’ve made a terrifying live action film. Part 2 was about a creepy ice cream truck, which culminated in a messed up decapitation.
I’ll watch more and I’ll likely rsvp for that party.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse