Memories, both good and bad, suffuse the high school experience. Whether it's hanging out with friends or cramming for tests, everyone has something they will remember from that time in their lives. At a certain high school, one class is faced with an event that can cause people to look back on their high school days in sadness: the death of a student.
The deceased is not just any student—she's Tomie Kawakami, a popular girl with an almost otherworldly beauty. Her death was particularly gruesome: her body was dismembered and the pieces scattered. As the class tries to make sense of the situation, they are shocked when a familiar voice calls out to them from the doorway, apologizing for being late.
With raven hair and a beauty mark under her left eye, this girl is the spitting image of their murdered classmate. But she can't actually be Tomie, right?
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garyborken
If you think "Ito Junji: Collection" was not good, well this is worse. Being an BD special OVA of said series, the art and animation is poor even for this series' stander. And it's rushed as hell, lots of monologue from the source material of episode 1 was cut out. Episode 2 was not as noticeable but they still cut out more than a little stuff, which hurts the atmosphere of the story, since those parts really helped building up mood in the manga. Episode 1, You'd think this being an adaptation of Ito's first story ever, there are lots of place they could have improved.But they didn't. The editing on transition is especially bad...
Episode 2, this was actually the first half of a two parter in the manga... why would they choose to adapt this but not the second half? If you can only do one more episode maybe choose one that's actually stand alone?
Also, somehow they still forced two story into one 22min episode for This. It doesn't have that time limit here! It's an OVA, you can make it how ever long it needed to be.
It's a mess, my local streaming service got this one for some reason, otherwise if I had to pay for the BD to watch this... I would be pissed.
Ito deserves better, Tomie deserves better.
DarkYuzuko
I recently got into Junji Ito and I really enjoyed reading Tomie, and when I discovered that it had an anime adaptation a while back, I was hyped! After watching the short two episodes, I was genuinely disappointed. The stories weren't clear, and for the people who might have watched it without reading it's manga, they might get confused and think tomie is a type of ghost or something. The stories were also pretty confusing for me, even though I read the manga. The censorship was pretty heavy as well which was a turn off for me. My overall opinion on this short series is that itcould have been a lot better, like instead of juming to different stories and speeding through them, they could have made an episode that could have focused on one story and gave more details and context about Tomie.
I heavily recommend you to read the manga, because everything good that was not here is there!
Renee96
This was a horrible adaptation. For anyone who wants to watch this to avoid reading the manga because the Omnibus is so thick....DON'T! If you haven't read the manga you're going to be lost when watching this. I couldn't tell what was going on since everything was so vague. I assumed they changed things for this OVA adaptation and thought Tomie was a vengeful spirit seeking revenge for her murder. The art and animation was okay except for the censorship. It was so annoying seeing black streaks taking up most of the screen.I was happy to hear Tomie was getting an OVA because all of the live action films are a mess and I always thought this series would look so good if animated.
This OVA was animated well and the voice acting isn't much to complain about which is why I gave it a 3.
Overall this OVA was a major disappointment and it is not worth your time.
Do yourself a favor and read the manga.
It maybe a thick book, but it's not that much to read.
Please read the manga....
Underson
Summarizing: the manga itself was written in an episodic way, making it really easy to take... say, 2 chapters and adapt to anime. Hell, they didn't even had to make it chronologically, just take two really cool stories and adapt it... But no, they choose to make TWO 10 minutes episodes that can't even cover 1 chapter properly and the result is... bad. I mean, the voice acting is really good, the sound track is very cool, but it's not worth it. I enjoyed cause I just finished the series and it was refreshing to go over some plot points again, the animation is not bad, andthe ost is nice so it wasn't all that bad for me, but as I said, it's not worth it
For me, this anime looks like a bonus that could come along with the manga so we can have a little fun hearing the voice acting of some classic scenes (and if you think about it, it could be much better anyway)
I'm not sure why they decided to make this in the first place, cause the result is not satisfying for most people who enjoyed the manga and it doesn't tell a proper Tomie story, specially to a new audience (I read some reviews of people that didn't read the manga and it's just sad).
jaekyungssgf
We begin with Tomie's funeral, revealing she was murdered and mutilated. Her teacher discusses the incident, only for Tomie herself to casually appear. Flashbacks detail the gruesome incident. The anime's main issue lies in pacing. Adapting twenty manga chapters into twenty minutes necessitates cuts, hindering the horror's buildup. Despite this, the premise remains strong, and while not overly frightening, it's unsettling. Characterization suffers in the anime. Limited time leaves characters underdeveloped and generic, lacking likability. Artwork is commendable, with subdued yet impactful body horror. The deliberate framing maximizes disturbing scenes. Sound and acting are adequate, but lack complexity due to shallow characters.Improvements include lengthening the runtime for depth, adding complexity to characters, and further developing major plot points.
In conclusion, while visually striking with a solid premise and atmosphere, the anime's brevity hampers its potential. Though not awful, it falls short of fully realizing the Itou Junji classic, earning a 7/10 for its short horror experience and untapped potential.
Saaayuriii
I really don't know what really happend because they have switched everytime and I could not understand whats happening right now. First they showed us the class and then in the other episode there were just a girl and a boy. I also hated the reasons why they killed her, but it made the anime scarier. I wish she would take revenge from the class, but they did not show them. Also I think this anime is similiar to the Thai drama called "Girl from Nowhere", but the only difference is that "Girl from nowhere" made sense but this anime made no sense for me.Also the characters looked really ugly, also the art, but you know that its an old anime so I did not care. I think this would be so much better if the anime were longer but you just stopped in the most exciting scene and in the other episode it was about someone else.
ktulu007
Itou Junji is a well known figure in Japanese horror known for a lot of body horror. I've talked about him once before with the Gyo anime. This time around we're delving into the Itou Junji collection from Studio Deen. Specifically, the Tomie special adapting one of Itou's best known titles. Story: We open with Tomie's funeral. Apparently, she was murdered and horrifically mutilated. Her teacher is discussing the incident with his class when Tomie herself strolls in like nothing happened. This quickly leads into a flashback of the actual incident and the gruesome details of what precisely happened. The big problem with theanime version is the pacing. In all fairness to Deen, they are trying to turn twenty chapters of a manga into twenty minutes of an anime which is going to necessitate making a lot of cuts. However, horror as a genre functions best when it has time to breathe and build up. Especially when you're doing a complete story as opposed to the kind of short form content you would see in something like Yami Shibai. And you lose a lot of the impact when there's a very brief respite between scares and not much in terms of build up.
On the positive side, the premise of the story is really solid. And the anime version, while not particularly frightening, does manage to be unsettling and disturbing in a way that's actually kind of horrific. They also do a good job of incorporating all of the most important plot points even if they don't properly extrapolate on all of them.
Characters:
This is an area where the anime definitely drops the proverbial ball. One of the factors that usually lets horror shine is concern for the characters. But due to the pacing issues, we don't really know shit about any of the characters. They're very under-developed and generic. Especially in the first episode where they juggle three major characters (not including Tomie herself), a slew of minor characters and all the background details. It doesn't help that none of the characters in the first part come across as likeable.
Art:
The artwork here deserves a lot of praise. It's not as outlandish with its body horror as Gyo was. If anything, it's surprisingly subdued for an Itou Junji work. However, that makes the body horror elements a lot more impactful when they do get used. There's some very twisted and disturbing moments in this. Deen is very deliberate and skilled with how they frame the most disturbing scenes as well in order to maximize their impact.
Sound:
The acting is fine. It could be better if the characters had more complexity for the actors to work with but, as previously discussed, there's just not much there. The music is very atmospheric.
Ho-yay:
There isn't any.
Areas of Improvement:
This really would have benefitted from being longer. Like, film length long instead of cramming everything into twenty minutes.
They needed more character complexity.
The major plot points needed more development.
Final Thoughts:
While the visual horror, premise and atmosphere all work pretty competently, the special is let down by its short, condensed run time. The characters don't get the development they need. The build up isn't what it should be. The important plot points are under-developed. Is it an absolutely awful anime? No. Is it a worthy version of the Itou Junji classic? No. Overall, I would give it the same rating I gave Gyo, a 6/10. It's decent enough for a short horror experience but it's also a bit frustrating because you know there's a more fully fleshed out and better executed story hidden inside there.
karyli
Well, seems like this is gonna be my first review. As someone who has read the manga before and decided "oh, there´s an anime adaptation of it, I should go watch it" I'm feeling a lot of regret. Not only did the anime not covered everything about the story, as it is even confusing for me, who as read the manga. The story is confusing, jumping from place to place without any background to it, and introducing new characters without actually introducing them, no background, nothing. I really like the work of Ito Junji and I think his mangas have a lot of potential for everyone who isinterested in the theme and knows how to interpret it,but the adaptation is awful, please just read the manga, it's way better and you will actually enjoy it and know what Tomie is about and not see her as some type of "ghost"
