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 "My Friend Tomie Died.  Her Dead Body was found  Here and There in Pieces."  - 'Tomie' by Junjo Ito Junjo Ito is infamously a differcult mangaka to adapt. If your unfamalier with the name and you do like horror I really suggest that you take a moment to famaliarize yourself with his work. Perhaps start with "The Enigma of Amigara Fault". When I think about Ito's work I think about the complexity of it, He's known for these splash pages filled with incredible detailed and complex line work. They say that hiding the monster is scarier but with Ito he has the skill to capture every detail in his line-weight.  This makes animated adaptations of his work differcult because unlike a static illustration on a page. Animation is about movement which means that its either a tradeoff between a complex but jerky work or a simplified smoother one.  It's a tradeoff that is usually not appreciated by fans of Junjo Ito. What captivates in his ...