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Viz Media Adds Junji Ito's Fragments of Horror Manga
posted on by Karen Ressler
Ito began short story collection in 2013
Viz Media announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Junji Ito's manga short story collection Fragments of Horror (Ma no Kakera) under its Viz Signature imprint. The company plans to release the volume in June 2015.
Ito began the series in the inaugural issue of The Asahi Shimbun Company's revived Nemuki magazine in April 2013. The Asahi Shimbun Company shipped the compiled volume in July 2014.
Viz previously published Ito's Uzumaki and Gyo manga, which inspired a live-action horror film and an OVA, respectively. ComicsOne published Ito's Tomie, which also inspired live-action films.
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