TheGreatDirector
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They had arguably the best visual talent working in horror on this game and wasted it. Goddammit all.
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Junji Ito was involved in Silent Hills
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Storm Chamber
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The man drew a bunch of children dying together as melted ice cream.
What kind of uncivilized savage are you?
We should have noticed in P.T. You ARE going down a never-ending spiral after all 
This thread convinced me to read some of his stuff and it's so damn good. Especially the first half and the last third of Spiral :S
This thread convinced me to read some of his stuff and it's so damn good. Especially the first half and the last third of Spiral :S
That short story with the cat is super lame though. Creepy kid who tortures animals gets his comeuppance in the end? Ito pls
Crash Station
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The kind of guy that's been exposed to Umezu (that Ito borrows A LOT from) and Shintaro Kago. As I said, Ito is still great.
Melchiah
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The Last of Us and Resident Evil 2 beg to differ.
Ahhh! So he's responsible for the Uzumaki manga. I watched the movie years ago, and could not figure out what the heck was going on. Just bizzaro Eraserhead-type shit.
Perfect for Silent Hills. Damnit.
Aizo
Banned
If you're reading in English, I'm not sure that some of my favorites are even available legally.
The basic ones for first time readers are Uzumaki, Gyo, and Tomie. Personally, though, I'd recommend just reading Uzumaki to start. If you're interested in his style after that, I'd check out some of his one shots with collections like Ma no Kakera (I believe this one was recently published in America as Fragments of Horror?) or one of my favorites, Michi no Naimachi, from the Kyoufu Manga Collection. After reading those and getting used to his style, I recommend checking out his comedy, Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu.
After all those, if you're still interested, some of my other favorite volumes are Hibito no Koiwazurai, Circus ga Kita, and his adaptation of Frankenstein. You can pm me if you have any more Ito Junji related questions!
Aizo
Banned
Agreed. People just like the meme. It's one of his weaker one shots for sure.
Edit: oops. Sorry for the double post.
Yeah i love sitting over chest high cover shooting bandits and putthe occasional jumpscare
indigo-cyclops
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Black Paradox is the real shit.
Basically, his short stories are mostly the best. Uzumaki is his best long-form, in my opinion, if you're looking for weirdness. I agree that Tomie is meh.
But really, get your hands on as much of his short story stuff as you can. One of my favorites is still the Woman Next Door.
Melchiah
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There's no such thing in RE2, which you removed from the quote. And claiming TLOU is just about jumpscares couldn't be more far from the truth.
The point was that horror games can be blockbusters. Perhaps not the kind of game Kojima & Co had in mind, but there's nothing stopping a horror game from selling millions.
MiguelItUp
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At this point I'm expecting Yamaoka to have been involved too. All of this was just too good to be true. Ugh. The knife just keeps twisting.
Somewhat? del Toro's done with games, but Kojima's always wanted to get into movies, after all...
pretty much.
I was just reading that, and
man the shot with the woman at the side of the window when Mimi peeks out is creepy as hell
That feel when Lisa was just the tip of the iceberg.
Actually was it Ito who designed her?
Do they even need Konami? Why can't we just have everyone that would've worked on it find someone with money(anywhere but kickstarter) to fund them and they can just use UE4(https://youtu.be/UKiy2Pwp8Ek).
Hell, call it Quiet Mountain even. PT was a worldwide phenomenon, it's money on the table. Yeah they would have to rework the original concept, but Konami doesn't have a monopoly on the aesthetic or atmosphere.
Hell, call it Quiet Mountain even. PT was a worldwide phenomenon, it's money on the table. Yeah they would have to rework the original concept, but Konami doesn't have a monopoly on the aesthetic or atmosphere.
Always assumed Junji Ito had something to do with Silent Hills cause of this tweet back in 2013.
Also here he is with Metal Gear artist Yoji Shinkawa as well.
He looks so friendly and innocent... But man just leave him alone on his studio and he
If the image is a bit disturbing let me now to remove it.
Secret Fawful
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It's his take on Frankenstein, I believe, so just look for that.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
THE KNIFE! IT TWISTS!!!
BreezyLimbo
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Junji Ito is so damn fascinating. His stories never have a coherent reason. And that's great. You want to know why this or that is happening, and usually it's prefaced by 'This place is haunted!' But then there are creepier ones.
I forgot what it was called, but there was one about a family, the dad lived/owned a BBQ shop, and the son drank grease like no tomorrow. He just became deformed, and there was a moment where he forces his sister to drink a liter of grease. It's so damned creepy. It has a creepy ending so I'm not going to spoil it but....man.
His work is something else. It would've lent itself to Silent Hill fucking well. Even if it was like, different stories in a town of different people.
I forgot what it was called, but there was one about a family, the dad lived/owned a BBQ shop, and the son drank grease like no tomorrow. He just became deformed, and there was a moment where he forces his sister to drink a liter of grease. It's so damned creepy. It has a creepy ending so I'm not going to spoil it but....man.
His work is something else. It would've lent itself to Silent Hill fucking well. Even if it was like, different stories in a town of different people.
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Jotamide
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Funny that I just made this for my Tumblr right before seeing this thread:
LOL, at least the tweet was worth it for this.
I'm enjoying this so much. thanks for sharing Snoozer.
looks like i'm gonna be reading more of Ito stuff later.
Veritigo_X
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I think I'd rather not know this...
Yes but we are in the dimension where we got 4 Souls games sooooo
Yabberwocky
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Why did I read this. Why did I read this. There is a Sliding Doors universe where I never found this out, and lived out my days in blissful oblivion.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Yeah but there's another dimension of Souls games where Junji Ito does the monster designs.
Ploid 3.0
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Thinking about it, that was a very close one. Almost died in Japan at birth. Good thing PS3 was region free, and word of mouth got around.
Pop-O-Matic
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Counter-counterpoint: This is the dimension where Donald Trump is a presidential frontrunner.
Ranger Taffles
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I'm still wrecked over the news. There could have been so much. SH has seriously never felt this wanted until now.
PROJECTZERO
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Yes it was the Fox Engine.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Say it... You know you want to.
Ploid 3.0
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Imagine how the transition into the Otherworld would look with that engine.
zeopower6
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Those were usually Korean comics on Korean hosting sites.
Nah but I'm pretty sure they aped his style.
Rebel Leader
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NOPE
I don't think this is actually true. People seem to think this due to Kojima's love for cinematic storytelling, but I got that Metal Gear guide Golden Joystick magazine, and there's an interview were he pretty explicitly says all he wants to do is make video games and has never really thought seriously about getting into the film industry despite loving films. Don't know how old that interview in question was, or if it is still how he feels, though.
The Last of Us isn't a horror game, Resident Evil 2 came out in 1998...
If you want to talk about successful horror games today you should be talking about Five Nights at Freddie's and maybe Amnesia. Which, like, are obviously very very different than Silent Hills would've been. What's the last AAA-budget horror game you can think of that hit? Alien Isolation? Hardly a blockbuster (a couple million sold), and it had the Alien name on it.
He's a frontrunner for a nomination, he's certainly not a frontrunner for election.
NOPE
I-is that a shark/spider hybrid, or did the spider kill a shark? Either one is terrifying.
They're still making PES. It's possible they may license it, but they'll most likely just use that for the next several years until they decided to cut production on that as well.
Aizo
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It's a dead shark being re-animated by the robotic device attached to its underbelly with legs.
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