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Spiralling into insanity, looking at Junji Ito’s horror manga Uzumaki

I’ve been reading a lot of manga lately. In the past, I’d go through brief fits of reading the stuff, but it always felt temporary, like a fling while my romance with anime hit the buffers. This time, it’s totally different; I’m ready to devour as much as I can find.
By and large, anime is [...]

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by bateszi / January 28, 2008 / Posted in: Manga, Reviews

Tagged: horror, junji ito, Manga, spiral, uzumaki

Creepy horror manga? The Enigma of Amigara Fault is the answer

Halloween is fast approaching and it’s time to indulge in some frightful Japanese horror. Sadly, it’s not a genre that translates well to anime and manga, but having recently discovered the abnormal works of manga-ka Junji Ito, there may well be hope for us yet. This time I’m talking about the claustrophobic “Enigma of Amigara [...]

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by bateszi / October 17, 2007 / Posted in: Manga, Reviews

Tagged: enigma of amigara fault, horror, junji ito, Manga

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