Spooky Scary Spirals: A Junji Ito Podcast
Welcome to the Spooky Scary Spirals podcast! Sit back and relax as you listen to horror analyst Chris Masaquel and comedian Steve Aikins take on the collected works of Japanese horror manga artist Junji Ito. We invite you to crack open a book and join us as we explore the macabre themes of Ito's work. Stay Twisted.
Episodes
Your spooky friends explore the next chapter of Junji Ito's Tomie, diving into a scenario at Morita hospital with another cast of jealous lovers, incompetent doctors, and manipulative maniacs.
We also check in with an old friend from The Spiral and answer your lovely letters!
Write us a letter about your thoughts on Junji Ito's Tomie at spookyscaryspirals@gmail.com and we'll read it in a future episode!
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Chris and Steve are joined by Rika to explore the debut chapter of Junji Ito's first officially published manga, diving into the strange case of Tomie- that infamous young woman with the beauty mark who leaves a trail of mystery, intrigue, and death wherever she goes.
We also check in with an old friend from The Spiral and answer your lovely letters!
Write us a letter about your thoughts on Junji Ito's Tomie at spookyscary...
Chris and Steve are finally joined by Jack aka Baptismonfire to dive into the creepy world of puppets and automatonophobia in Junji Ito's Marionette Mansion, aka House of the Marionettes.
This episode, we also introduce a new segment "Call From The Spiral" featuring a veteran fan of the podcast and also answer a ton of backlog letters.
Write us a letter about your thoughts on Junji Ito's Marionette Mansion at spook...
This episode, Chris and Steve are joined by fan of the podcast and fellow Ito enthusiast, Rika Opio as she shares her experiences with finding Junji Ito and other spooky things. Together they explore and dive into Ito's hauntingly subliminal work, Army of One.
Write us a letter and we'll read and respond to it in the next episode!
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Chris and Steve explore the paranoia of losing your head in Junji Ito's Red Turtleneck, taken from his Fragments of Horror compilation.
We also read a bunch of your letters this week and answer a special fancomic dub request at the end.
Write us a letter about your thoughts on Junji Ito's Red Turtleneck at spookyscaryspirals@gmail.com and we'll read it in the next episode!
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Chris and Steve explore the strangely addicting obsession with dissection and anatomy in Junji Ito's Dissection Girl (Dissection Chan in Fragments of Horror).
This episode we also read two listener letters with oodles and boodles of insight into how we met as well as writing for a fictional character.
If you'd like to send in a letter with your insight, inquiry, or other to be read in a future episode, please send them to ...
Chris and Steve return to the wonderful world of Junji Ito with a dive into one of Ito's more cartoonish stories as well as another favorite, Hanging Balloons ("Hanging Blimp" in Shiver).
We also share our thoughts on the Hanging Balloon film from 2000, read a special letter from an Ito fan Steve met on the bus, and share a few bloopers and tangents at the end.
Happy Halloween! In this surprise bonus Halloween episode, we explore the treat of Uzumaki (2000)- the feature film directorial debut of Higuchinksy based on the graphic novel of the same name by Junji Ito.
“That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die”
We continue our special season through Halloween month with a look at Howard Phillips Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft) lauded by the masses as a major influential and pioneering figure in the world of weird fiction, horror, and science fiction. Join us as we talk about our introductions to Lovecraft, explore the influence of Lovecraft on other horror legen...
It's Halloween month! This week Chris and Steve dive into the legendary demo for Hideo Kojima's cancelled Silent Hills collaboration with Guillermo Del Toro, Playable Teaser- or how it's better simply known in the horror gaming zeitgeist, P.T.
Chris and Steve explore a short story about cohabitation with a significant other in the first chapter (and first chapter to feature Tomio from The Red Turtleneck) of Junji Ito's Fragments of Horror series, Futon.
In this appendix episode, Chris and Steve explore three bonus shorts from Junji Ito's Gyo and Dissolving Classroom: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post, Return, and Children of the Earth.
Chris and Steve explore the curiously claustrophobic obsession of gaping holes and snug spaces in Junji Ito's bonus chapter to Gyo: The Enigma of Amigara Fault.
Chris and Steve feel the effects of prolonged exposure to Yuma's demonic dissolving apology waves as their brains start to melt in this exploration through the final chapter of Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom. We shouldn'ta done this man.
Chris and Steve examine the extent of Yuma and Chizumi's sibling relationship, debate the possible truth behind Yuma's behavior, as well as find out the ultimate fate of the Azeri's victims. This is Junji Ito's Chizumi In Love.
Chris and Steve voyage through the bland waters of Junji Ito's Dissolving Apartment.
Chris and Steve explore the fantastic world of infinite dream space in the nightmarish reality of Junji Ito's The Long Dream.
In this episode, Chris and Steve examine the second chapter of the Dissolving Classroom Saga, Dissolving Beauty.
In this pilot episode, horror analyst Chris Masaquel and comedian Steve Aikins dive into the world of Junji Ito with the first chapter of Dissolving Classroom.
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