Junji Ito Collection

You know that trick that animated TV shows and movies will use? The one where they draw just one image, and move it across the screen so that it looks animated but it reality its just a picture gliding across the shot? Yeah well that's 80% of this anime. Itou Junji is a very recognizable name in the anime/manga scene for his incredible art and storylines, so its no doubt that studios would adapt his work, however the problem is that no one can actually adapt it correctly. Is this the studios fault? Some say, but i believe that none could actually adapt his work asit deserves, which is sad for me to admit. The thing with anime is, well its animated, and with it being animated you need to draw more then 24 frames per second, every second of the runtime. Which is why anime has such a simple style compared to its original manga format, which only manga needs one drawing for a scene rather then in anime where it needs over 100 drawings. So what do they do for Itou Junji? They tone down the art style drastically so they can animate it properly, which for the viewer takes out all the horror that the manga was know for, and instead making it not scary at all. This is the same problem Tokyo Ghoul had which is why its fans today tell new watchers for read the manga instead. It's not that the studios makes a bad adaption on purpose but more it is that the studio physically cannot make the story as the author intended in TV form. But something that can collapse my entire argument is that Itou Junji did in fact have a proper adaptation to his stories. With no spoilers, Uzumaki is a four episode horror series that is well praised for its faithfulness of the manga in the first episode. In episode one, the colors are in black and white and animation is on par with Itou Junji's manga drawings, this sets up a tone for the series which makes you believe that episode 2 will be if not even better. But many people say that episode one is the only good thing to come out of this series, because of the major drop in quality afterwards. This makes sense because episode one took over 5 years to make! Obviously they couldn't spend another 5 years making the second, third, and fourth episode. My final thoughts is that if you are a fan of horror or Itou Junji, then I'd say this series is worth a watch, but if you are a new fan or looking to experience his work as he intended, then I would highly suggest you read the manga. TL;DR The studios cannot remake Itou Junji's work faithfully because his work is too complex, which is why the anime's suck in comparison. Go read the manga!