The BEST episodes of Junji Ito Collection season 1

Every episode of Junji Ito Collection season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Junji Ito Collection season 1!

TV anime based on internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Junji Ito (Gyo, Uzumaki, Tomie)'s horror manga stories.

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Collection No. 067: Window Next Door / Collection No. 123: Gentle Goodbye
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7.59
49 votes

#1 - Collection No. 067: Window Next Door / Collection No. 123: Gentle Goodbye

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2018

In Window Next Door, a young boy moves to a new town where his mysterious new neighbor might prove to be more than he bargained for. And in Gentle Goodbye, a newlywed wife struggles to deal with the strange tradition of her husband's family.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 041: Fashion Model / Collection No. 084: Long Dreams
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7.31
68 votes

#2 - Collection No. 041: Fashion Model / Collection No. 084: Long Dreams

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2018

In "Fashion Model", a group of amateur filmmakers get more than they bargained for when they cast a strange looking actress in their new indie movie. And in one of the most critically acclaimed stories from Junji Ito, "Long Dream" asks questions about the nature of reality and perception of time in the face of the mind's ability to warp both.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 034: Shiver / Collection No. 060: House of Puppets
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7.21
56 votes

#3 - Collection No. 034: Shiver / Collection No. 060: House of Puppets

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/2018

In Shiver, a young boy notices the puzzling disease affecting his neighbor, and recognizes it's symptoms from his own past. And in House of Puppets, a puppeteer family finds themselves questioning who exactly is pulling the strings in their lives.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 107: Greased / Collection No. 026: Bridge
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7.17
46 votes

#4 - Collection No. 107: Greased / Collection No. 026: Bridge

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/2018

In Greased a young girl's endurance for her family's disgusting home is pushed beyond it's limits. And in Bridge, a village's strange burial tradition might spell danger for a woman visiting her grandmother.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 080: The Crossroads Pretty Boy - The Lovesick Dead / Collection No. 066: Slug Girl
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7.11
63 votes

#5 - Collection No. 080: The Crossroads Pretty Boy - The Lovesick Dead / Collection No. 066: Slug Girl

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2018

Crossroads divination is a type of fortune telling in many different cultures, but in this episode's first story, it becomes something far more dangerous. Then, in the second story, a family who are being troubled by slugs all over their property find out just how much worse their plight can become.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 022: Used Record / Collection No. 038: Town of No Roads
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7.07
46 votes

#6 - Collection No. 022: Used Record / Collection No. 038: Town of No Roads

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2018

A strange record featuring otherworldly music that is to die for bewitches people in the first segment. In the second, a young girl fed up with unwanted attention moves in with her aunt and learns she has a lot more to lose than just her privacy.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 040: The Ongoing Tale of Oshikiri Collection / Collection No. 049: Cloth Teacher
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6.79
58 votes

#7 - Collection No. 040: The Ongoing Tale of Oshikiri Collection / Collection No. 049: Cloth Teacher

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2018

Oshikiri lives in a strange house that seems to be connected to parallel worlds, with strange variants of people he knows passing through all the time. But what if they're dangerous? And Shouichi returns to "make" some friends... literally.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 072: Painter / Collection No. 058: Blood-bubble Bushes
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6.78
45 votes

#8 - Collection No. 072: Painter / Collection No. 058: Blood-bubble Bushes

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2018

An up-and-coming painter finds dangerous new inspiration in the first story. In the second story, a young couple's outing turns deadly when they happen upon an abandoned village.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 088: Honored Ancestors / Collection No. 027: The Circus Comes To Town
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6.70
46 votes

#9 - Collection No. 088: Honored Ancestors / Collection No. 027: The Circus Comes To Town

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2018

In Honored Ancestors a young girl struggles with the strange relationship her boyfriend has with his extended family. And in the second story, a traveling circus provides its audience with uniquely deadly thrills and chills.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 116: Smashed / Collection No. 071: Rumors
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6.62
45 votes

#10 - Collection No. 116: Smashed / Collection No. 071: Rumors

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2018

The story Smashed features a group of friends who encounter unimaginable consequences when enjoying an exotic treat. And in Rumors, Souichi bites off more than he can chew, even with nails for teeth, when trying to manipulate his classmates.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 055: Supernatural Transfer Student / Collection No. 035: Scarecrow
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6.52
42 votes

#11 - Collection No. 055: Supernatural Transfer Student / Collection No. 035: Scarecrow

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2018

A new student joins the school's Supernatural Club, but is he witnessing strange phenomena or causing it? And in the second story, a father's love for his daughter takes a turn for the odd when a scarecrow near her grave begins to transform.

Writer: Junji Itou
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Collection No. 068: Souichi's Convenient Curses / Collection No. 090: Hellish Doll Funeral
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6.42
86 votes

#12 - Collection No. 068: Souichi's Convenient Curses / Collection No. 090: Hellish Doll Funeral

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2018

From the master of horror, this anthology series focuses on Junji Ito's twisted stories. The first story introduces the curse-obsessed Souichi. Then, in the second story, a strange plague forces a couple to make a difficult decision about their child.

Writer: Junji Itou
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