![]() Hiroshi Nagahama is in the director's chair for this series, and his previous experience in directing Mushishi - a supernatural slice-of-life series - may help in capturing the strange atmosphere the town of Kurouzu-cho exudes. Thankfully, the serialized structure of the original manga allows for certain events - like the aforementioned paranormal happenings - to occur in a vacuum outside the main plot development. Seeing as how this adaptation will be limited to four episodes, it wouldn't be surprising to see specific story-beats similarly modified, rearranged, or outright omitted. ![]() The film's ending is abrupt and omits the last third of the source material, diverting off into its own traumatic ending. The manga was successfully adapted into a feature film in 2000, albeit with alterations to the original story. Kirie and Shuichi often come face-to-face with these bizarre encounters, which typically result in a tragic fate for those involved. The original manga features some of Junji Ito's most striking imagery, including bodies twisted and distorted into spiral shapes, a woman's face spiraling into itself infinitely, and a hunchback slowly morphing into a gnarled snail shell. ![]() ![]() ![]() Related: Mad God: How Phil Tippett Breached Conventional Stop-Motion Horror ![]()
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