May Media Map: Gyo by Junji Ito
Updated: Jun 1
Enrich your reading of Gyo by Junji Ito by exploring related music, books, art, TV, film, podcasts & social media accounts, with additional resources & articles to check out!
Music
Hardcover Hotties Collaborative Playlist
Books
Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito
Goth by Kenji Oiwa
Frankenstein by Junji Ito
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
Ring by Kōji Suzuki
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human Adapted by Junji Ito
The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1 by Kazuo Umezz
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado ♥ (The First Ever Hardcover Hotties Book of the Month!!!)
Horror Fiction in the Global South: Cultures, Narratives, and Representations by Ritwich Bhattacharjee and Saikat Ghosh
Fear and Nature: Ecohorror Studies in the Anthropocene by Christy Tidwell and Carter Soles
Japanese Horror Films and their American Remakes: Translating Fear, Adapting Culture by Valerie Wee
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima
Tilt: Six Tales Edited by Eve Greenwood & Hari Conner
Soft Science by Franny Choi
Art
Dominique Duong | Queer Fantasy & Horror Comics
Yūrei-zu | Japanese horror folk art
Phantom Limb | Odani Motohiko’s 2007 show at the Mori Art Museum
I’m Scared! The Horror of the Museum | 2021 show at the Contemporary Art Museum Kunamoto
Katsuo Aoki | Skeletal Ceramics
TV & Film
House (Hausu) (1977)
Us (2019)
Nope (2022)
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Mother (2009)
The Host (2006)
Godzilla (1954)
Tag (2015)
Uzumaki (2000)
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
Cronos (1993)
The Flying Luna Clipper (1987)
Miss ZOMBIE (2013)
Podcasts & Video Essays
The Terrifying Tales of Japan | Something Scary
Junji Ito Reacts to Anime Cats | Crunchyroll Extras
On a much lighter note… watch our May BOTM author react to cats!
Accounts to Follow
@marinaomiart
@cartooncrossroads
@wearehantu
@domduongart
@suiteddevil
Resources
How to Read Manga | SOAS University of London
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