Ambiguous Time Period: Aside from those that specifically mention it, like 'Deserter' (1953), it's frequently difficult to tell when any particular story takes place, giving them a weirdly timeless feeling.Both Frankenstein and his monster, as per the source material.Todoh in 'A Father's Love' possesses his children's bodies against their will, tries to get his daughter to kill herself and almost kills a boy who had pursued her romantically - but admits that he just wanted to be young and have fun again by living through them, as he missed out on his own youth. Adults Dressed as Children: Used to horrifying effect at the end of 'Bullied', when the protagonist regresses into the pattern of abusive behavior she displayed in her childhood and dons her outgrown schoolgirl outfit and ties her hair in Girlish Pigtails in a grotesque copy of her look at that age.

'Adam' himself destroys his 'Bride,' making his vengeance against Victor even less sympathetic. However, she is as feral as 'Adam' himself was when he was born, attacking Victor and being horrified by her intended husband. It's actually very faithful, with one major exception: instead of Victor destroying the female creature before she awakens, he goes through with creating her.

Adaptation Distillation: His take on Frankenstein.

Tropes in the ''Junji Ito Kyoufu Manga Collection: The anthology would then receive another anime adaptation in the form of Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, released on Netflix in January 19, 2023. Reception was generally mixed, largely due to the conversion being far less scary in addition to being noticeably low-budget with simplified backgrounds and character design and limited animation. Consisting of 25 stories over 12 Two Shorts format episodes and a two-part OVA. Though they were included here, tropes from Tomie and Lovesickness should go on the two series' own pages.Īn anime adaptation of a select number of chapters, simply called The Junji Ito Collection, was released in 2018. The manga has also been published under the name Museum of Terror, with the difference being the order of some of the stories. In addition to the Tomie stories, the manga includes the short Lovesickness series and multiple stories about Souichi, a creepy brat who partakes in supernatural mischief Oshikiri, a boy with a height complex and several run-ins with parallel dimensions the Strange Hikizuri Siblings, a creepy yet amusingly dysfunctional family unit and finally, Ito's own take on Frankenstein. Totaling 16 volumes and including several subseries among the short stories, the collection's most notable contributions may be that it featured the first collection of his famous Tomie series and that it introduced many unconnected and wildly varied one-shot stories that defined Ito's range. The first and longest anthology serial of horror master Junji Ito's work.

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