An erotic, science-fiction horror epic, Hiroya Oku's Gantz is a sensation in Japan, setting the bar for outrageous, shocking, and bizarre manga, not for children or the easily offended Over 650 pages of mayhem and madness Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are struck dead by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits . . . and orders. Fighting and endless stream of bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game,...
Junji Ito has long been considered a master of horror amongst manga fans, but the new Netflix anthology Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre has introduced his work to a wider audience. Here are some of the best from Ito, as well as eight other popular titles in horror manga.