The Hanging Balloons was based on a childhood dream. Gyo was influenced by his childhood anti-war feelings, due to his parents' tragic and frightening war stories, and the shark attack scenes from Jaws. Ito felt strange that a boy he knew suddenly disappeared from the world, and he kept expecting the boy to show up again from this came the idea of a girl who is supposed to have died but then just shows up as if nothing had happened. Tomie was inspired by the death of one of his classmates. He has also found inspiration from Rakugo storytellers who tell Kaiden ghost stories, incorporating it into No Longer Human. Ito was inspired by the occult horror films of the 20th century (such as Dracula and Frankenstein), as well as period dramas of ghosts. Ito has been inspired by horror since childhood, with his first manga being written about a protagonist with an eye in the middle of his hand, attacking him this was heavily influenced by Kappa no Sanpei. Giger, Salvador Dalí, and others as influences on his work as well. Ī connection between Lovecraft's work and the spirals of Uzumaki has been placed before, as well as a common theme of cosmic horror. He has also stated that he admires Guillermo del Toro's work.
Ito has stated that Umezu has inspired his storytelling, and Hino has inspired his ability in creating a mood for a work. Lovecraft as being major influences on his work. In addition to Kazuo Umezu, Ito has cited Hideshi Hino, Shinichi Koga, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Edogawa Ranpo and H. In 2006, Ito married Ayako Ishiguro (石黒亜矢子), a picture book artist. Edition of International Material - Asia" and "Best Writer/Artist." Personal life In 2021, Ito received two more Eisner Awards for his works Remina and Venus in the Blind Spot, receiving "Best U.S. In 2019, Ito received his first Eisner Award for his manga adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for "Best Adaptation from Another Medium." Ito's work Uzumaki was nominated for an Eisner Award in 20. Ito and Del Toro would later lend their likenesses to Kojima's next project, Death Stranding. However, a year after its announcement, the project was canceled by Konami, the IP's owner. įilm director Guillermo del Toro cited on his official Twitter account that Ito was originally a collaborator for the video game Silent Hills, of which both Del Toro and game designer Hideo Kojima were the main directors. Ito teamed up with Takashi Nagasaki and former diplomat Masaru Sato to create Yūkoku no Rasputin (2010–2012), based on Sato's personal experiences in Russia, for Big Comic. He collaborated with the band again in 2020, for the cover of their made-to-order single "Shōfu 2020". Ito drew the cover of Mucc's 2002 album Hōmura Uta. This story ran for 13 years and was later serialized as Tomie. In 1987, he submitted a short story to Monthly Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges). He continued to draw as a hobby until he became a dental technician in 1984, where he struggled to find a balance between the two. Ito began to draw manga at the age of 4, taking inspiration from the works he read in magazines. In the house where he lived, the bathroom was at the end of an underground tunnel, where there were spider crickets such experiences were later reflected in his works. He grew up in the countryside, in a small city next to Nagano. He began his experience in the horror world at a very young age, with his first manga being Mummy Teacher by Kazuo Umezu his two older sisters read Umezu and Shinichi Koga in magazines, and consequently, he began reading them too. Junji Ito was born on Jin Sakashita, now a part of Nakatsugawa, Gifu. Ito's work has developed a substantial cult following, with some deeming him a significant figure in recent horror iconography.
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Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench." His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats. Junji Ito ( Japanese: 伊藤 潤二, Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist.
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