Ito’s debut story, written when he was only 24 years old, was Tomie, a series of stories about a young woman who defies death and ageing. His horror stories, both short and long, are all written and drawn with a surreal, off-kilter, otherworldly eeriness.
What makes Ito unique in the horror world is that he isn’t a novelist or a short story writer in the traditional sense he’s a mangaka. Combining a deft artist’s eye with a boundless and terrifying imagination, Junji Ito stands head and shoulders above every other horror writer around.īorn in 1963 in Gifu prefecture, Junji Ito is Japan’s most successful and lauded horror writer. Junji Ito is a mangaka who understands phobias, existential anxieties, and the terror of the unknown better than any other horror writer on Earth. Turn your eyes to Japan, however, and you’ll discover a writer and artist capable of injecting a far more potent amount of fear into his readers’ veins. The term master of horror is often attributed to American author Stephen King without any argument.
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