The horror… the magnificent horror!

Earlier today, Crunchyroll started streaming an English-subtitled trailer for Junji Ito Collection. The 90-second promo is identical to the promo that hit the web on November 30.

Junji Ito Collection will début on Tokyo MX on January 7 at 22:00 (1/7/2017 at 10:00PM). Crunchyroll will stream the show as a simulcast, while Funimation is slated to produce a SimulDub.

Shinobu Tagashira (Diabolik Lovers) is directing the project and producing the character designs at Studio Deen, with Kaoru Sawada taking charge of series composition. Hozumi Gōda (Akame ga KILL!, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) will serve as sound director, while Yuuki Hayashi scores the soundtrack.

Tagashira was confirmed as director and character designer when the series was revealed in August.

The show’s opening theme song, Shichitenbattō no Blues (The Agony Blues), will be performed by The Pinballs. The group is currently set to release their first “mini album,” NUMBER SEVEN, under Nippon Columbia’s banner.

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Sōichi (“Sōichi”): Yuji Mitsuya
  • Oshikiri (“Oshikiri Idan”): Hiro Shimono
  • Yūko (“Namekuji Shōjo”): Kaori Nazuka
  • Handsome Man at the Crossroads (“Shibito no Koiwazurai”): Hikaru Midorikawa
  • Fuchi (“Fashion Model”): Mami Koyama
  • Tomie (“Tomie”: Rie Suegara

The show will adapt tales from the Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection, as well as Fragments of Horror. A visual for the project was revealed, which features characters from six of Ito’s works. From left to right, the characters are as follows:

  • Fuchi (Fashion Model)
  • Tohru Oshikiri (Oshikiri Idan)
  • Tomie (Tomie)
  • Sōichi (Sōichi)
  • The Handsome Man at the Crossroads (Shibito no Koiwazurai)
  • Yūko (Namekuji Shōjo)

Junji Ito’s been active in the manga industry since 1987. The artist, whose works include Tomie, Uzumaki, and Gyo, has become an icon in the world of Japanese horror, as well as the greater body horror genre. Several of his works have received live-action adaptations, or one-off anime projects.

Ito was also originally attached to Konami and Hideo Kojima’s now-defunct Silent Hills video game project.

Crunchyroll describes Junji Ito Collection as:

Junji Ito Collection is based on horror master Junji Ito’s stories. Shinobu Tagashira (Diabolik Lovers) is directing the project and producing the character designs at Studio Deen, with Kaoru Sawada taking charge of series composition. Hozumi Gōda (Akame ga KILL!, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) will serve as sound director, while Yuuki Hayashi scores the soundtrack.

Source: YouTube (Crunchyroll)