Junji Ito, the master of modern horror manga, has been inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame, solidifying his legacy ahead of the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Awards ceremony happening tonight.
With a career spanning nearly four decades, Ito has continually redefined the horror genre in manga. This new recognition follows his previous four Eisner Award wins, which include his groundbreaking 2021 double-win for Remina and Venus in the Blind Spot, making him the first international artist to receive Best Writer/Artist.
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He also earned awards for Frankenstein in 2019 (Best Adaptation from Another Medium), Remina (Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia), and Lovesickness in 2022 for the same category. In 2023, Ito received Comic-Con’s Inkpot Award, further underlining his global impact on the comic world.
Ito‘s eerie stories have reached global audiences not just through manga but also anime and live-action adaptations. His latest projects include Adult Swim’s Uzumaki and the upcoming Junji Ito Crimson. VIZ Media, who publishes most of his translated works, shared their congratulations and described him as one of the greatest horror artists of all time.
VIZ Media describes Ito’s work as this:
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. Ito’s professional memoir, Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, details the influences and experiences that led to his becoming a horror manga artist.
Source: Press release
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