: The official source for all English-language Junji Ito manga.
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If you own Shiver (which contains Amigara , Long Dream , Fashion Model , and Hanging Balloons ), you already own the crown jewels. The Large Collection adds stories like Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village and The Devil’s Logic —good stories, but not essential. Large Junji Ito Collection -English-
Features 13 chilling tales, including the titular story about a mysterious, delicious nectar.
The VIZ Media collection is an ongoing project. Below is a guide to the volumes released to date, organized to help you navigate the full breadth of his terrifying imagination. : The official source for all English-language Junji
A hilarious yet creepy autobiographical manga about Ito and his wife moving into a new house with two cats. It uses horror art tropes to describe everyday pet ownership. How to Organize and Read Your Collection
The biggest loss is the lack of Ito’s commentary. The original Japanese Junji Ito Kessakushu (Masterpiece Collection) volumes often included side notes or afterwords from the artist. The Large Collection includes no such thing. There are no essays, no story notes, no sketches. For a “definitive” collection, this is a glaring omission. We get the stories and nothing else. It turns the book from an archive into a simple anthology. If you share with third parties, their policies apply
The English adaptation, led by Jocelyne Allen, is clean and unobtrusive. Foreign names are localized competently, and the SFX (like “gush” or “squelch”) are translated, though many purists might still miss the original Japanese onomatopoeia. The lettering is VIZ’s standard style: clear and readable.