7.1/10610 votesLoading...#1 - Hanging Balloon
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2023
After a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.6/10376 votesLoading...#2 - Tomb Town
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2023
After hitting a girl with his car, Tsuyoshi and his sister Kaoru find that the road they're driving on is blocked by countless tombstones.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.5/10366 votesLoading...#3 - Layers of Terror / The Thing that Drifted Ashore
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/19/2023
When an accident causes her to lose half her face, Reimi discovers that her younger selves still exist inside her. An eerie sea creature drifts ashore.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.1/10564 votesLoading...#4 - The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2023
Goro returns to the tunnel he saw his mother once walk into. An ice cream truck arrives in the neighborhood, driven by a bewitching young man.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.1/10394 votesLoading...#5 - Intruder / Long Hair in the Attic
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/2023
Oshikiri has been hearing strange footsteps in the house he lives in alone. Chiemi wakes up to find a rat stuck in her long, black hair.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.1/10342 votesLoading...#6 - Tomie・Photo
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/2023
A menacing transfer student named Tomie isn't happy that a girl named Tsukiko has been taking and selling pictures of popular boys in their school.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.1/10303 votesLoading...#7 - Alley / Headless Statue
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/2023
A young man moves into a boarding house next to an enclosed alley. An art teacher known for his headless sculptures is found murdered — with no head.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
6.0/10307 votesLoading...#8 - Whispering Woman / Soichi's Beloved Pet
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2023
A mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make any decisions on her own. Soichi’s family adopts a pet cat.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
5.8/10316 votesLoading...#9 - Unendurable Labyrinth / The Bully
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/2023
Two friends get lost in the mountains and come across a community of ascetic monks. Kuriko ends up bullying a younger boy she's been playing with.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
5.4/10361 votesLoading...#10 - Mold / Library Vision
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/2023
A year after renting his house to Mr. Rogi, Akasaka finds mold growing everywhere. Koko's husband Goro is obsessed with maintaining his library.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
5.3/10434 votesLoading...#11 - Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2023
Koichi can’t study because his younger brother Soichi is constantly making noise. Tormented by his dreams, Yuji asks his friend Mari to keep him awake.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
4.6/10761 votesLoading...#12 - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2023
A photographer with an interest in spirits and ghosts pays a visit to the very strange and creepy home where the six Hikizuri siblings live.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kaoru Sawada
The Best Episodes of Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
Every episode of Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre!
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
Genres:AnimationMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Netflix
Best Episodes Summary
"Hanging Balloon" is the best rated episode of "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre". It scored 7.1/10 based on 610 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Kaoru Sawada, it aired on 1/19/2023. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tomb Town".