{"id":464309,"date":"2026-05-28T11:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/464309\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:50:12","slug":"live-action-junji-ito-omnibus-series-announces-cast-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/464309\/","title":{"rendered":"Live-Action Junji Ito Omnibus Series Announces Cast – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

TV Tokyo<\/a> announced on Thursday the cast for Strange -It\u014d Junji no Yoru mo Nemurenu Kimy\u014d na Hanashi-<\/a> (Strange –Junji Ito<\/a>‘s Strange Stories for Sleepless Nights), the\u00a0live-action omnibus series<\/a> based on 13 manga stories by Junji Ito.<\/p>\n

\"CastImage via TV Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

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The cast includes (top row, left to right):<\/p>\n

(second row, left to right):<\/p>\n

(third row, left to right):<\/p>\n

Episode 9 “The Rib Woman” – Nagisa Sait\u014d<\/a> as Yuri
\nEpisode 11 “Further Tales of Oshikiri” (also based on “Penpal”) – Jun Sait\u014d<\/a> as T\u014dru Oshikiri
\nEpisode 12 “Lingering Farewell” – Yuri Tsunematsu<\/a> as Akiko
\n\"junjiito-liveaction\"Image via TV Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

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The series will premiere in the TV Tokyo channel’s “Drama 24” programming block on July 3 at 24:12 (effectively, July 4 at 12:12 a.m.), and on BS TV Tokyo<\/a> on July 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The series’ title is an apparent reference to the original name of Asahi Shimbun<\/a>‘s Nemuki+<\/a> magazine (Nemurenu Yoru no Kimy\u014d Na Hanashi), where many of Ito’s works appeared.<\/p>\n

The adapted stories include “Lovesickness,” “The Mansion of Phantom Pain,” “The Rib Woman,” “The Bully,” “Face Thief,” “A Father’s Love,” “Memory,” “In Old Records,” “Penpal,” “Further Tales of Oshikiri,” “Earthbound,” and “Tomio: Red Turtleneck.” All of these stories have been translated into English in various releases except for “In Old Records,” which is featured in the Junji Ito “Collection”<\/a> anime.<\/p>\n

Atsuhiro Yamada<\/a>, Y\u016bta Shimotsu<\/a>, and Ry\u014dta Kond\u014d<\/a> are directing the series, with scripts overseen by Daisuke Hosaka<\/a> (Sadako 3D 2<\/a>, BELA: Humanoid Monster<\/a>). Tatsur\u014d Inamoto<\/a> (Trigun Stampede<\/a>, Pluto, Supernatural: The Anime Series<\/a>) is also a scriptwriter on the project.<\/p>\n

South Korean group IVE is performing the series’ opening theme song “Jigsaw.”<\/p>\n

Pan-Asian film and entertainment studio Through the Lens Entertainment and horror brand Fangoria Studios are collaborating to produce<\/a> films based on Ito’s “The Mystery of the Haunted House” Parts 1 and 2, and<\/a> “Bloodsucking Darkness.”<\/p>\n

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre<\/a>, a new anime<\/a> based on 20 different Ito stories, debuted<\/a> worldwide on Netflix<\/a> in January 2024. Ito’s Uzumaki manga also inspired a four-episode anime<\/a> mini-series that premiered<\/a> on Toonami<\/a> in September 2024.<\/p>\n

Junji Ito “Collection”, a previous television<\/a> anime<\/a> of manga by Ito, also adapted stories from the It\u014d Junji Kessaku-sh\u016b collection, as well as the Fragments of Horror<\/a> book. The anime premiered<\/a> in January 2018 and had 12 episodes. Crunchyroll<\/a> streamed<\/a> the series with English subtitles as it aired in Japan, and Funimation<\/a> streamed an English dub. The anime included an adaptation of Ito’s Tomie<\/a> story on its second and third DVD sets.<\/p>\n

Sources: Strange’s official website<\/a>,\u00a0Comic Natalie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV Tokyo announced on Thursday the cast for Strange -It\u014d Junji no Yoru mo Nemurenu Kimy\u014d na Hanashi-…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-464309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}