Junji Ito remains one of the most recognizable names when it comes to horror in anime, with two new anime adaptations currently in the works. Netflix is currently working on producing the upcoming series, Genji Ito’s Maniac: Japanese Tales of the HorrorCartoon Network’s Toonami continues to produce anime adapted from Uzumaki. Not taking a break, Junji Ito is ready to release new manga anthologies in The northern areaseize the opportunity to chat about the new scary stories that make up the group.
In the new interview with Crunchyroll, Junji Ito detailed how he came up with a title The northern areahis following major selection group:
“So when I was coming up with a name for this short story collection, in the introduction to the series, I wanted the title to be something new, something I hadn’t used. Gen means ‘unreal’, ‘imaginary’, ‘magical’ and kai” means ‘ghost.’ I’ve never used this combination of words for a title so it sounded good, and shitay It is an ‘area’ or ‘area’… It kind of means a place far from where people live, from civilization. These are the stories I focus on in this collection. So I thought that was a good combination.”
Then Ito went into detail when it came to whether the four stories that make up this anthology are related to each other in any way:
“Every story is on its own, and inspired by different ideas, so in my opinion, they are completely unconnected stories. However, looking back, each story is about a character or characters that are somewhat separate from people, and disconnected from society. Especially with “Sleep” “.he talks about hikikomori or withdrawn people, and in this way, the stories are connected in some way.”
Finally, Ito discusses how the new anthology series has no “page limit” and how this might affect the collection:
“So if there’s no page limitation, I just keep writing and writing and it gets really long. And when I put it in journals, there’s page limitation, and I have to get my story within those restrictions…so sometimes I’ll have to cut out and delete things that don’t I want to do it.So, in that sense, using this series, I can just follow my intuition. I can do the sketch the way I wanted to do it, and that way, it’s a pleasure to be able to draw and write as much as I can.
With that said, if there were no constraints – if I didn’t have to cut – it would get too long. Cutting it and deleting it sometimes improves the tempo of the story or improves its readability. In this way, I had to be careful not to lengthen the story unnecessarily.”
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