![]() ![]() She's also the focus of a long-running series of films in Japan. Tomie tends to change appearance from story to story and is something of a demonic succubus who can regenerate or make copies of herself. In the manga, she's depicted as a beautiful young woman who bewitches the various men and women she encounters, which results in obsession, madness, death and body horror galore. One of Junji Ito's most recognizable characters is Tomie, who is somewhat hard to classify. Related: Adult Swim's Uzumaki TV Series: Release Date & Story That said, Adult Swim's ambitious upcoming miniseries of Uzumaki promises to break this trend. Sadly, the end result was let down by lackluster animation and the fact that even relatively faithful adaptations just lack the unnerving quality of his art. ![]() The recent Junji Ito Collection anime anthology is a great example, as a horror show adapting two of his short tales every episode sounds great in theory. Junji Ito's artwork is uniquely suited to manga, which may explain why he has had mixed success with the various live-action or anime adaptations of them. ![]()
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