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Junji Ito "Collection" (TV).




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Stark700



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:46 am Reply with quote


Junji Ito "Collection" (TV)

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural
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Plot Summary: A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.
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Airing today/Streaming on Crunchyroll.
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Bargain Hunter



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:19 pm Reply with quote
Episode 1

Well, the previewers didn't seem to care for this nor does there seem to be much positive said about it by posters, but I liked it. I'm not familiar with the work of Junji Ito so I had no expectations going in other than I long ago learned to realize that "horror" anime rarely delivers on Western-style horror conventions (shock!). I kinda dug the offbeat humour and I liked the creepy visuals. Will definitely continue to follow.
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gsilver



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:32 pm Reply with quote
I liked the Uzumaki and Drifting Classroom mangas (even if they went silly in places), but I couldn't even get through the first episode. It was just painful and dumb.
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DuskyPredator



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:18 am Reply with quote
I just hope we don't stick with the creepy kid the whole time.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:30 am Reply with quote
I don't think we will. Seems like this is going to be a very episodic show.
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DuskyPredator



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:43 pm Reply with quote
Episode 2

I think that two stories spread evenly, that seemed to have an actual horror end, made the second episode much better than the first.
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DuskyPredator



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:57 am Reply with quote
Episode 12

Honestly, the Souchi stuff is usually the kind of not great, since they tend to ultimately avoid the kind of truly gruesome disturbing stuff that can make others stand out. But was interesting that we had a crossover of stories.

Hmm, wondering if this was the last episode. The ecyclopedia says that there are 14 episodes, but there were not no preview for what chapters would be next time.
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