Junji Ito Collection

Junji Ito Collection turns the creator's eerie short stories into a television anthology, adapting a range of his manga into animated installments. Each episode presents a self-contained nightmare, from uncanny body transformations to obsessive figures who unsettle everyone they touch, while a few characters reappear across multiple entries. The show keeps scenes tight and unsettling, relying on atmosphere, sudden shocks, and lingering dread rather than long explanations, so viewers experience Ito's sense of uncanny dread in compact, varied doses without spoilers for how individual stories end.

Released in 2018, the series adapts Junji Ito's originals for television, with Daijiro Nakagawa and Kaoru Sawada credited among the creators and Ito himself listed as source author. The English and Japanese voice casts include Yuji Mitsuya, Mami Koyama, Rie Suegara, Hiro Shimono, and Hikaru Midorikawa.

Fans and many reviewers responded well to the anime's faithful recreation of Ito's visual oddities and mood, reflected in its 8.0/10 viewer average from 261 votes. Reactions note strong success in capturing atmosphere and individual scares, while some entries feel uneven in animation or pacing because of the anthology format. Major themes include obsession, body horror, and the breakdown of ordinary reality into grotesque logic.

The series helped widen awareness of Junji Ito's work among anime viewers outside manga circles, prompting renewed interest in his originals and discussions about horror anime style on social platforms. Iconic characters like Tomie and Sōichi reached new audiences through the show, and clips and panels from episodes circulated widely among horror fans online.

The show did not collect major industry awards, but it carved out a solid niche among horror anime, earning steady fan praise and online discussion. Its viewer score and ongoing interest in Ito's catalog underline its success as an introduction to his unsettling imagination.