What Is Uzumaki — the Spiral into Horror Manga? Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror is a horror manga (Japanese comic) by Junji Ito, published in English by VIZ Media, the largest English-language manga publisher in North America. The complete series runs 20 chapters plus 2 bonus chapters, originally collected across 3 volumes. It’s a finished, self-contained … Read more
What Is Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection Manga? Smashed is a standalone anthology — a book of unconnected short stories — collecting 13 horror short stories by Junji Ito. It was published by VIZ Media, the largest English-language manga publisher, in April 2019. It runs 416 pages and carries a T+ (Older Teen, 16+) content … Read more
What Is Smashed by Junji Ito? Bottom line up front: Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection is a 416-page anthology (a book collecting multiple standalone stories) containing 13 horror short stories, published in English by VIZ Media (the company that publishes most manga in English) in 2019. It is written and illustrated by Junji Ito, one … Read more
Shigurui Manga vs Anime — The Short Answer Here’s the bottom line: the Shigurui anime (12 episodes, produced by Madhouse in 2007) adapts only the first roughly 6–7 volumes of a 15-volume manga. It ends mid-story. There was never a season 2. Madhouse — the animation studio behind the adaptation — never continued it. That … Read more
Why Shigurui Manga Panels Hit So Hard Before getting into technical details, it helps to understand why Shigurui’s art strikes so forcefully — because it’s not just about skill. It’s about purpose. The very first pages of Volume 1 show two maimed warriors standing across from each other in a tournament arena. One is blind. … Read more
Does the Shigurui Manga Have an Official English Translation? No. Shigurui has never been officially licensed or published in English. As of 2025, no English-language manga publisher — not Viz Media, not Yen Press, not Kodansha USA, not Dark Horse, not Seven Seas — has picked up this series. Here’s what does exist: French edition … Read more
What Happens in Shigurui Manga Chapter 1 The short version: Chapter 1 drops you into a real-sword tournament at Sunpu Castle in Suruga Province (a region in central Japan), 1629. Two maimed samurai — one-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen — face each other in a death match ordered by the sadistic lord Tokugawa … Read more
The Scariest Horror Manga at a Glance Here’s a quick overview before we get into the details. The first 11 titles are covered in depth in the sections below; the remaining titles round out the list. A few notes on reading the table: Volumes refers to the individual collected books in a manga series. Manga … Read more
What Gantz Is About (Spoiler-Free) High schoolers Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato are killed in a subway accident. Instead of dying, they wake up in a bare Tokyo apartment alongside other recently deceased strangers. In the center of the room sits a large, mysterious black sphere — Gantz. Gantz gives them high-tech suits and weapons, … Read more
What Makes Psychological Horror Manga Different Most horror relies on external threats. A monster in the hallway. A curse that kills. A creature that eats you alive. Psychological horror turns that inward. The threat lives in the character’s mind — or worse, in the space between what they believe and what’s actually happening. Here’s what … Read more