The upcoming Netflix anime series Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre dropped a lot of details recently in terms of cast and some of the episode titles of what’s being adapted from the manga. Last October, the official site dropped its first promotional trailer below which has the opening theme song “Paranoid” by MADKID. We also then got a firmed-up date of January 19th, 2023 for it as a worldwide release.
The series has gone live on Netflix worldwide and that now has them dropping some multilingual clips from it. This one provides a clip where Ito-sensei shares his thoughts on the anime version of “Unendurable Labyrinth.”
The production staff has Shinobu Tagashira returning from work on Junju Ito Collection as the director here and serving as character designer. Kaoru Sawada also returns as working on the scripts and Studio DEEN handling the animation production.
The previously revealed cast includes:
- Hisako Kanemoto as Sayoko (“Unendurable Labyrinth”)
- Yōko Hikasa as Chiemi (“The Long Hair in the Attic”)
- Natsumi Takamori as Kuriko (“Bullied”)
- Takahiro Sakurai as Kazuya Hikizuri (“The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance”)
- Romi Park as Kiko (“The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance”)
- Hajime Iijima as Shigorō (“The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance”)
- Risa Shimizu as Narumi (“The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance”)
- Ayaka Asai as Hitoshi (“The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance”)
- Tomoko Kaneda as Misako (“The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance”)
- Riho Sugiyama as Kazuko Morinaka (“The Hanging Balloons”)
- Daisuke Kishio as Shinya Shiraishi (“The Hanging Balloons”)
- Iori Nomizu as Kagumi Fujino (“The Hanging Balloons”)
- Rie Suegara as Tomie (“Tomie: Photo”)
- Yumiri Hanamori as Tsukiko Izumisawa (“Tomie: Photo”)
- Taku Yashiro as Yamazaki (“Tomie: Photo”)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tachi (“Tomie: Photo”)
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Kimata (“Tomie: Photo”)
- Yuji Mitsuya as Sōichi (“The Room With 4 Walls”)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kōichi (“The Room With 4 Walls”)
- Yuka Saitō as Sayuri (“The Room With 4 Walls”)
- Yutaka Aoyama as Tagaisu (“The Room With 4 Walls”)
- Hiro Shimono as Oshikiri (“Intruder”)
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Sonohara (“Ice Cream Bus”)
- Sara Matsumoto as Tomoki (“Ice Cream Bus”)
- Takatsugu Chikamatsu as Ice Cream Man (“Ice Cream Bus”)
- Ryohei Kimura as Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa (“Gravetown”)
- M.A.O as Kaoru Yoshikawa (“Gravetown”)
- Aya Uchida as Izumi Murakami (“Gravetown”)
- Yuuki Kaji as Goro Shinozaki (“Library of Illusions”)
- Tomoe Hanba as Koko Shinozaki (“Library of Illusions”)
- Fumiko Orikasa as Rumi (“Headless Sculptures”)
- Takashi Kondō as Shimada (“Headless Sculptures”)
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Featuring a selection of 20 macabre masterpieces brimming with Ito’s original worldview and fascinating characters drawn in his stunning style.
