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Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights

2026 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling crawl through ordinary lives twisted by body horror and dread, leaving a lingering unease after each short tale.

Overview
Live-action anthology Series adapting from Junji Ito's selected works.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • death
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama
Created by
Yûta Shimotsu, Ryota Kondo, Atsuhiro Yamada
Written by
Tatsuro Inamoto, Daisuke Hosaka
Starring
Yoko Maki, Wan Marui, Kanata Hosoda, Nagisa Saito, Jun Saito, Yuri Tsunematsu, Manato Sakamoto, Yoshizumi Ishihara
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 30 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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