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Junji Ito Reading Guide
Beginner’s Guide:
Uzumaki - amzn.to/3FoVsNY
If you’re just getting into Ito, Uzumaki is a great starting place. It begins as almost self-contained short stories, but they do gradually build into an ongoing narrative, so it gives you a taste of his larger narrative arcs as well.
Shiver - amzn.to/48ZHfUZ
I personally feel that Ito’s talents are best on display in his many short story collections, and this one is a “best of” selected by Ito himself along with commentary on each story. A must have.
Tomie - amzn.to/46Rx3w3
Ito’s earliest work, Tomie is an example of Ito’s approach to some series, where stories are independent but feature recurring themes or characters.
Advanced Guide:
The rest of Ito’s work generally breaks down into longer works like Uzumaki, and short story collections. I haven’t read all of it, but I’ve read a lot, and nothing has ever been a letdown, so it’s really about choosing what format you like and diving in.
Short Story Collections:
Fragments of Horror - amzn.to/46RxZk3
Tombs - amzn.to/46Zhse5
Smashed - amzn.to/3FlGjg3
Deserter (early stories) - amzn.to/3ZYLegH
Venus in the Blind Spot (includes his best story) - amzn.to/3rXuN7G
The Liminal Zone - amzn.to/46AlAkO
Frankenstein (Adaptation of the novel + other stories) - amzn.to/3rZNAPN
Longer Works:
Black Paradox - amzn.to/490n2i8
Gyo - amzn.to/3M8UIjD
Remina - amzn.to/3rVz1N2
Dissolving Classroom - amzn.to/3tBoqHN
Sensor - amzn.to/3tIOmB0
Interconnected Short Stories:
Soichi - amzn.to/3S8nLHR
Lovesickness - amzn.to/45DUgRx
Other:
The Art of Junji Ito - amzn.to/3FlSmKn
Junji Ito’s Cat Diary (yes, a manga about his cats) - amzn.to/46TY023
No Longer Human (novel adaptation) - amzn.to/491v3De
Non-Ito Comics I mention
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud - amzn.to/3Q1LTcv
This book changed my life when I read it 20 years ago and still blows my mind every time I reread it since then.
Kazuo Umezu’s The Drifting Classroom (Perfect edition complete in 3 volumes)
1 - amzn.to/3Qoela6
2 - amzn.to/3rVSwFc
3 - amzn.to/3QwIvYR
Hideshi Hino
Sadly, while there ARE solid translations of Hino’s work, they are all out of print. If you work for a publisher please fix this!! Someone tweet at Viz or something. If anyone publishes them I will promote it for free.
Sources
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