For those in the unknown, Guillermo del Toro is the director responsible behind such films as ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘Hellboy’. The most notable example I will bring to your attention is the influence Junji Ito had on Guillermo del Toro. Most of the discussions I have seen about ‘Gyo’ have revolved about how frightening the fish machines are. The story revolves around a couple, Tadashi and Kaori, as they fight to survive against a mysterious swarm of undead fish with metal legs powered by an odour that will be known as the ‘death stench’ throughout the novel. Like a lot of Junji Ito’s works, Gyo’s plot is quite frankly absurd. The Viz Media publication has the complete story in one book and was released in 2003. Shogakukan collected the chapters into two bound volumes from February 2002 to May 2002. Ito's universe is also very cruel and capricious his characters often find themselves victims of malevolent unnatural circumstances for no discernible reason or punished out of proportion for minor infractions against an unknown and incomprehensible natural order.Gyo Ugomeku Bukimi appeared as a serial in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2001 to 2002.
Some of the recurring themes of Ito's work include body horror, seemingly ordinary characters who begin to act out of irrational compulsion, the breakdown of society, deep sea organisms, and the inevitability of one's demise. Lovecraft as being major influences on his work. In addition to Kazuo Umezu, Ito has cited Hideshi Hino, Shinichi Furuka, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and H.P. In 1987, he submitted a short story to Gekkan Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges). Ito first began writing and drawing manga as a hobby while working as a dental technician in the early 90's. He was inspired from a young age by both his older sister's drawings and the work of Kazuo Umezu. Junji Ito was born in the Gifu prefecture of Japan in 1963. Some of his most notable works includes a series of stories about Tomie, an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness, Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals, and Gyo, a single-volume story where fish are controlled by a death stench. Junji Ito (伊藤 潤二 Itō Junji?, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist best known for his horror stories.
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