The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2
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The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2
The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2
Four-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares!
Welcome to the liminal zone, where things beyond your wildest imagination await.
What fate awaits when death is not the end?
A group of four university students stumbles upon a deserted, decaying village deep in the mountains only to find an enormous perpetual motion machine still at work there. Before they can answer the questions of who made it and to what end, the friends begin to disappear, one after the other.
Another story sees the return of the strange Hikizuri siblings! A girl weighed down since birth by an invisible burden meets the odd siblings and moves in with them in order to understand the truth about herself. But after a string of bizarre occurrences, the siblingsβ uncle appears on the sceneβ¦
The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2 by Junji Ito immerses readers into a realm of eerie suspense, with captivating tales that defy expectations and delve into the unknown. Prepare for enthralling and uncanny experiences in this latest volume of haunting narratives.
Series: Junji Ito
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781974752256
Publisher: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 May 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 146.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 460g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987, and he is now recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists in the horror genre. His long-form masterpieces include Gyo, No Longer Human, Tomie, and Uzumaki, and his short stories have been collected into volumes such as Alley, Deserter, Shiver, Smashed, The Liminal Zone, and several more, all available from VIZ Media. Itoβs professional memoir, Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, details the influences and experiences that led to his becoming a horror manga artist.
He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the βBest Adaptation from Another Mediumβ category, and in 2021 he was awarded βBest Writer/Artist,β while Remina received the award for βBest U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia).β Lovesickness won βBest U.S. Editionβ in 2022.
His titles have been adapted into live-action films and anime. The Netflix series Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is based on his short stories, and Uzumaki has inspired an anime miniseries.
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