Mimi's Tales of Terror

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Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these true horror series to life!

University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. Theres the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toebut if shes so odd, why does it seems like there are many others like her Then,whose eyes track Mimis movements from the cemetary next door And why does abizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day

Nine scary stories that really happened, drawnfrom the famed collecton of urban legends Shin Mimibukuro (New Earmuffs), and adapted into manga by horror genius Junji Ito!

Author Bio

Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki, which have been adapted into live-action films; Gyo, which was adapted into an animated film; and his books Black Paradox, Deserter, Fragments of Horror, Frankenstein, Lovesickness, No Longer Human, Remina, Sensor, Shiver, Smashed, Soichi, The Liminal Zone, Tombs, and Venus in the Blind Spot, all of which are available from VIZ Media.

Itos influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezz and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.

He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the Best Adaptation from Another Medium category, and in 2021 he was awarded Best Writer/Artist, while Remina received the award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia). He won his second Best U.S. Edition award for Lovesickness in 2022.