REVIEW: FUNKO POP JUNJI ITO COLLECTION
TOYFARCE REVIEWS:
FUNKO POP JUNJI ITO COLLECTION!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re looking at the Junji Ito Collection Pop figures from Funko. I know, I know, Funko Pops are the devil and should not ever be brought up. On the other hand, this is the only easily available Junji Ito merch (apart from a few expensive designer toys) , and I was not gonna skip on those! Who’s Junji Ito, you ask? Only one of the greatest masters of horror manga! I discovered Junji Ito through a friend (thanks, Hugo!) who told me to read Uzumaki over a decade ago. My mind was blown and I needed to get my hands on everything that this man had written (even the cute story about his cats!). Here’s a sample…
Eye-roll taken to the next level
How to keep the memories of your ancestors: wear their heads (true story!)
“Are you ok, dad?”
During Comic Con 2020, a single Funko Pop figure from Junji Ito was announced, Souichi Tsujii, along with his voodoo doll and candles on his head. I got it right away, as there is not really any other merch available, and he would look nice on the shelf next to the books. Then, later, Funko announced a whole wave of other characters: Tomie, Yuuko, the model Miss Fuchi and another Souichi figure. And here they are!
Books and boxes
Crunchyroll did an anthology series about some of the best short stories, hence their logo
Gloomy books and pops!
Let’s see those characters in the books…
Tomie, from the book of the same name, is a girl that never seems to stay dead. She was killed on her way back from school, found in a dozen pieces, and came back to school the next day, as if nothing happened. In the books, she manipulates men to do her bidding, and is most likely possessed by an evil entity.
Yuuko, from the story “Slug girl”, she wore a face mask not to protect herself from a virus, but to hide what was inside her mouth…
Miss Fuchi, from the story “Fashion Model” where a young director is looking for a model for a movie he is about to shoot, but ends up finding Fuchi, who has a horrible face, but he somehow cannot get her out of his head. She ends up eating her co-star during the shooting. YAY!
Souichi, or “that little shit” as I like to call him. There are many stories featuring Souichi who tries to scare his schoolmates, but most of his schemes and tricks always end up backfiring on him.
Bonus: the 2020 Fall Convention exclusive Souichi Pop figure. He always has nails in his mouth because of an iron deficiency in his body. He also sometimes shoots them.
Who said Funko Pops couldn’t be creepy?
Crunchyroll is developping a Uzumaki animated series which should come out in 2022. Hopefully, that means more toys!
More news at 11:00… Spirals… This review is contaminated by spirals!
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