Itou Junji: Maniac

Anime·伊藤潤二『マニアック』·Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
Itou Junji: Maniac
2023/01/19
Speech time
2h 31min
Word count18,714
Unique words
3,344
Unique kanji
1,078
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
330
Difficulty Average
Episodes12
Rating
66 %

From the horror master of manga comes a new anime series: JUNJI ITO'S MANIAC A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from: - Tomie - Souichi - The Hanging Balloons - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance - Unendurable Labyrinth - The Long Hair in the Attic - Bullied - Where the Sandman Lives - Ice Cream Truck - Tomb Town - Library Vision - Headless Statue

Genres
Drama
Horror
Mystery
Psychological
Supernatural
Thriller
Tags
Anthology
Episodic
Cosmic Horror
Curse
Tragedy
Denpa
Religion
Urban
Josei
Photography
Family

Japanese study overview

Itou Junji: Maniac is a Japanese anime of 43,510 characters, with 3,344 unique words and 1,078 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,344 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
14min
Word count1,728
Unique words
627
Unique kanji
302
Avg. sentence9.2
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
11min
Word count1,306
Unique words
471
Unique kanji
238
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
315
Difficulty Easy

Episode 3

Speech time
12min
Word count1,592
Unique words
595
Unique kanji
313
Avg. sentence9.8
Speech speed
347
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
13min
Word count1,719
Unique words
579
Unique kanji
277
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
324
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
10min
Word count1,370
Unique words
484
Unique kanji
250
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
339
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
11min
Word count1,530
Unique words
594
Unique kanji
360
Avg. sentence10.1
Speech speed
344
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
12min
Word count1,492
Unique words
523
Unique kanji
269
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
320
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
13min
Word count1,624
Unique words
608
Unique kanji
351
Avg. sentence10.1
Speech speed
340
Difficulty Hard

Episode 9

Speech time
12min
Word count1,519
Unique words
538
Unique kanji
259
Avg. sentence8.8
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
13min
Word count1,731
Unique words
619
Unique kanji
331
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
335
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
11min
Word count1,511
Unique words
533
Unique kanji
278
Avg. sentence9.7
Speech speed
344
Difficulty Hard

Episode 12

Speech time
14min
Word count1,592
Unique words
624
Unique kanji
315
Avg. sentence9.2
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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