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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Junji Ito Maniac- Japanese Tales of the Macabre key visual.jpg
| caption         = Key visual
| ja_kanji        = 伊藤潤二『マニアック』
| ja_romaji       = Itō Junji Maniakku
| genre           = <!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
| creator         = [[Junji Ito]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ona
| director        = Shinobu Tagashira
| producer        = 
| writer          = Kaoru Sawada
| music           = [[Yuki Hayashi (composer)|Yuki Hayashi]]
| studio          = [[Studio Deen]]
| licensee        = [[Netflix]]
| released        = January 19, 2023
| runtime         = 24-25 minutes
| episodes        = 12
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre'''''|伊藤潤二『マニアック』|Itō Junji Maniakku|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[Anthology series|anthology]] [[Horror fiction|horror]] [[original net animation]] (ONA) series produced by [[Studio Deen]] and directed by Shinobu Tagashira. It adapts various stories from [[Junji Ito]], including ''The Hanging Balloons'', ''Sōichi'', and ''[[Tomie]]''. It was released on [[Netflix]] in January 2023.

==Characters==
;{{nihongo|Kazuya Hikizuri|引摺一也|Hikizuri Kazuya}}
:{{voiced by|[[Takahiro Sakurai]]<ref name=cast1>{{cite web|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Reveals Cast, Stories|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-14/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-reveals-cast-stories/.187671|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=July 14, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref>|[[Jonah Scott]]}}
;{{nihongo|Kiko|黄子}}
:{{voiced by|[[Romi Park]]<ref name=cast1/>|[[Karen Strassman]]}}
;{{nihongo|Sayoko|小夜子}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hisako Kanemoto]]<ref name=cast1/>|[[Kira Buckland]]}}
;{{nihongo|Chiemi|チエミ}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yoko Hikasa]]<ref name=cast1/>|[[Lauren Landa]]}}
;{{nihongo|Kuriko|栗子}}
:{{voiced by|[[Natsumi Takamori]],<ref name=cast1/> [[Akeno Watanabe]] (adult)|[[Reba Buhr]], [[Dawn M. Bennett]] (adult)}}
;{{nihongo|Shigorō|四五郎}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hajime Iijima]]<ref name=cast2>{{cite web|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Reveals More Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-25/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-reveals-more-cast/.187985|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=July 25, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref>|Brock Powell}}
;{{nihongo|Narumi|成美}}
:{{voiced by|[[Risa Shimizu (actress)|Risa Shimizu]]<ref name=cast2/>|[[Kayli Mills]]}}
;{{nihongo|Hitoshi|ヒトシ}}
:{{voiced by|[[Ayaka Asai]]<ref name=cast2/>|[[Laura Stahl]]}}
;{{nihongo|Misako|みさ子}}
:{{voiced by|[[Tomoko Kaneda]]<ref name=cast2/>|Corina Boettger}}
;{{nihongo|Kazuko Morinaka|森中和子|Morinaka Kazuko}}
:{{voiced by|[[Riho Sugiyama]]<ref name=cast3/>|Courtney Lin}}
;{{nihongo|Shinya Shiraishi|白石晋也|Shiraishi Shinya}}
:{{voiced by|[[Daisuke Kishio]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Lucien Dodge]]}}
;{{nihongo|Kagumi Fujino|藤野輝美|Fujino Kagumi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Iori Nomizu]]<ref name=cast3/>|Brianna Knickerbocker}}
;{{nihongo|[[Tomie Kawakami|Tomie]]|富江}}
:{{voiced by|[[Rie Suegara]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Monica Rial]]}}
;{{nihongo|Tsukiko Izumisawa|泉沢月子|Izumisawa Tsukiko}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yumiri Hanamori]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Abby Trott]]}}
;{{nihongo|Yamazaki|山崎}}
:{{voiced by|[[Taku Yashiro]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Brandon McInnis]]}}
;{{nihongo|Tachi|太地}}
:{{voiced by|[[Tomokazu Sugita]]<ref name=cast3/>|Austin Lee Matthews}}
;{{nihongo|Kimata|木股}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hiroyuki Yoshino]]<ref name=cast3/>|Tommy Arciniega}}
;{{nihongo|Sōichi|双一}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yūji Mitsuya]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Austin Tindle]]}}
;{{nihongo|Kōichi|公一}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Ricco Fajardo]]}}
;{{nihongo|Sayuri|さゆり}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yuka Saitō (voice actress)|Yuka Saitō]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Amber Lee Connors]]}}
;{{nihongo|Tagaisu|互須}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yutaka Aoyama]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Kirk Thornton]]}}
;{{nihongo|Oshikiri|押切}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hiro Shimono]]<ref name=cast3/>|[[Micah Solusod]]}}
;{{nihongo|Sonohara|園原}}
:{{voiced by|[[Ryōtarō Okiayu]]<ref name=cast4>{{cite web|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Reveals More Stories, Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-13/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-reveals-more-stories-cast/.190792|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=October 13, 2022|access-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref>|[[Grant George]]}}
;{{nihongo|Tomoki|友樹}}
:{{voiced by|[[Sara Matsumoto]]<ref name=cast4/>|Anjali Kunapaneni}}
;{{nihongo|Ice Cream Man|アイスクリームマン|Aisu Kurīmu Man}}
:{{voiced by|Takatsugu Chikamatsu<ref name=cast4/>|[[Howard Wang]]}}
;{{nihongo|Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa|吉川剛|Yoshikawa Tsuyoshi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Ryōhei Kimura]]<ref name=cast4/>|[[Alejandro Saab]]}}
;{{nihongo|Kaoru Yoshikawa|吉川かおる|Yoshikawa Kaoru}}
:{{voiced by|[[Mao Ichimichi|M.A.O]]<ref name=cast4/>|[[Erica Mendez]]}}
;{{nihongo|Izumi Murakami|村上泉|Murakami Izumi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Aya Uchida]]<ref name=cast4/>|[[Jenny Yokobori]]}}
;{{nihongo|Gorō Shinozaki|白崎五郎|Shinozaki Gorō}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yuki Kaji]]<ref name=cast4/>|[[Sean Chiplock]], Anjali Kunapaneni (young)}}
;{{nihongo|Koko Shinozaki|白崎香子|Shinozaki Koko}}
:{{voiced by|[[Tomoe Hanba]]<ref name=cast4/>|Brianna Knickerbocker}}
;{{nihongo|Rumi|留美}}
:{{voiced by|[[Fumiko Orikasa]]<ref name=cast4/>|[[Cristina Vee]]}}
;{{nihongo|Shimada|島田}}
:{{voiced by|[[Takashi Kondō]]<ref name=cast4/>|Henry Mason}}
;{{nihongo|Mayumi Santō|山東まゆみ|Santō Mayumi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Shōko Nakagawa]]<ref name=cast5>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-08/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-unveils-more-cast-all-20-stories/.192735|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Unveils More Cast, All 20 Stories|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=December 8, 2022|access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref>|[[Emi Lo]]}}
;{{nihongo|Mitsu Uchida|内田美津|Uchida Mitsu}}
:{{voiced by|[[Mie Sonozaki]]<ref name=cast5/>|[[Mela Lee]]}}
;{{nihongo|Colon|コロン|Koron}}
:{{voiced by|Tomoko Kaneda<ref name=cast5/>}}

==Production and release==
The series was originally announced on June 8, 2022; the series was announced to adapt stories from [[Junji Ito]]'s ''The Hanging Balloons'', ''Sōichi'', and ''[[Tomie]]'' manga.<ref>{{cite web|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Adapts 20 Stories in 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-08/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-adapts-20-stories-in-2023/.186462|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=June 8, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref> The series is directed by Shinobu Tagashira and produced by [[Studio Deen]], with Kaoru Sawada writing the scripts and [[Yuki Hayashi (composer)|Yuki Hayashi]] composing the music, all of whom worked on the previous anthology series adapting Ito's works, ''[[Junji Ito Collection]]''.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「伊藤潤二『マニアック』」配信は来年1月、追加タイトルとキャストも解禁
|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/495022|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=September 25, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> The series premiered on [[Netflix]] on January 19, 2023.<ref name=cast3>{{cite web|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Reveals January 19 Debut, More Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-25/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-reveals-january-19-debut-more-cast/.190142|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=September 25, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref> The opening theme song is "Paranoid" by MADKID, while the ending theme song is {{nihongo|"Iu Toori"|云う透り}} by [[Jyocho]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime's 3rd Video Reveals, Previews Ending Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-12/junji-ito-maniac-japanese-tales-of-the-macabre-anime-3rd-video-reveals-previews-ending-song/.193753|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=January 12, 2023|access-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{Episode table |background=#2F4F4F |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 1
| Title               = The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance
| RTitle              = (The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance)
| TranslitTitle       = Kaiki hikizuri kyōdai: Kōreikai
| NativeTitle         = 怪奇ひきずり兄弟・降霊会
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = [[Junji Ito]] & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = A photographer with an interest in spirits and ghosts pays a visit to the very strange and creepy home where the six Hikizuri siblings live.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 2
| Title               = Story of the Mysterious Tunnel/Ice Cream Bus
| RTitle              = (The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel/Ice Cream Truck)
| TranslitTitle       = Tonneru kitan/Aisu kurīmu basu
| NativeTitle         = トンネル奇譚/アイスクリームバス
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = Goro returns to the tunnel he saw his mother once walk into. An ice cream truck arrives in the neighborhood, driven by a bewitching young man.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 3
| Title               = Hanging Balloon
| RTitle              = (The Hanging Balloons)
| TranslitTitle       = Kubitsuri kikyū
| NativeTitle         = 首吊り気球
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = After a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 4
| Title               = Four x Four Walls/The Sandman’s Lair
| RTitle              = (Four x Four Walls/The Sandman’s Lair)
| TranslitTitle       = Yonjū kabe no heya/Suima no heya
| NativeTitle         = 四重壁の部屋/睡魔の部屋
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = Koichi can’t study because his younger brother Soichi is constantly making noise. Tormented by his dreams, Yuji asks his friend Mari to keep him awake.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 5
| Title               = Intruder/Long Hair in the Attic
| RTitle              = (Intruder/The Long Hair in the Attic)
| TranslitTitle       = Shinnyūsha/Yaneura no nagai kami
| NativeTitle         = 侵入者/屋根裏の長い髪
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = Oshikiri has been hearing strange footsteps in the house he lives in alone. Chiemi wakes up to find a rat stuck in her long, black hair.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 6
| Title               = Mold/Library Vision
| RTitle              = (Mold/Library Vision)
| TranslitTitle       = Kabi/Zōsho gen'ei
| NativeTitle         = 黴/蔵書幻影
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = A year after renting his house to Mr. Rogi, Akasaka finds mold growing everywhere. Koko's husband Goro is obsessed with maintaining his library.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 7
| Title               = Tomb Town
| RTitle              = (Tomb Town)
| TranslitTitle       = Bohyō no machi
| NativeTitle         = 墓標の町
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = After hitting a girl with his car, Tsuyoshi and his sister Kaoru find that the road they're driving on is blocked by countless tombstones.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 8
| Title               = Layers of Terror/The Thing that Drifted Ashore
| RTitle              = (Layers of Fear/The Thing that Drifted Ashore)
| TranslitTitle       = Kyōfu no jūsō/Hyōchaku-butsu
| NativeTitle         = 恐怖の重層/漂着物
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = When an accident causes her to lose half her face, Reimi discovers that her younger selves still exist inside her. An eerie sea creature drifts ashore.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 9
| Title               = Tomie's Photos
| RTitle              = (Tomie: Photo)
| TranslitTitle       = Tomie: Shashin
| NativeTitle         = 富江・写真
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = A menacing transfer student named Tomie isn't happy that a girl named Tsukiko has been taking and selling pictures of popular boys in their school.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 10
| Title               = Unendurable Labyrinth/The Bully
| RTitle              = (Unendurable Labyrinth/The Bully)
| TranslitTitle       = Taegatai meiro/Ijimekko
| NativeTitle         = 耐えがたい迷路/いじめっ娘
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = Two friends get lost in the mountains and come across a community of ascetic monks. Kuriko ends up bullying a younger boy she's been playing with.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 11
| Title               = Alley/Headless Statue
| RTitle              = (The Back Alley/Headless Statue)
| TranslitTitle       = Rojiura/Kubi no nai chōkoku
| NativeTitle         = 路地裏/首のない彫刻
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = A young man moves into a boarding house next to an enclosed alley. An art teacher known for his headless sculptures is found murdered — with no head.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber       = 12
| Title               = Whispering Woman/Soichi's Beloved Pet
| RTitle              = (Whispering Woman/Soichi's Beloved Pet)
| TranslitTitle       = Mimikosuri suru onna/Sōichi no aigan dōbutsu
| NativeTitle         = 耳擦りする女/双一の愛玩動物
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy          = Shinobu Tagashira
| WrittenBy           = Junji Ito & Kaoru Sawada
| OriginalAirDate     = {{Start date|2023|1|19}}
| ShortSummary        = A mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make any decisions on her own. Soichi’s family adopts a pet cat.
| LineColor           = #2F4F4F
}}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://ji-anime.com/}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{ANN|ONA|25777}}

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