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Junji Ito's manga horrors hit harder as live-action TV
HBO Max is adapting the manga artist's macabre short works into live-action half-hour episodes, with a preview of the next one already out; mornings just got creepier.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN This MorningPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Wired: “Junji Ito’s Manga Horrors Hit Harder as Live-Action TV”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 9:44 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: TV.
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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHBO Max is turning Junji Ito's horror manga into live-action television, thirty minutes at a time, and I got a preview of the next episode.
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