Burritolingus Wrote:No problem. No idea how I came across your twitter posts on the topic (or half the stuff I come across ;p), but I figured we Lovecraftian folks must stick together. Yes I'm also a fan of Junji Ito--well, back from before I studied Japanese. As I mentioned to alyks ages ago in another thread, I also have copies of English-translated works by K. Asamatsu which are in the Cthulhu mythos but haven't been able to find in .jp form. Edit: Oops, I did that unfair thing again and focused on the editor rather than the authors of the short stories. Must revise searches...nest0r Wrote:the complete works of HP Lovecraft translated into JapaneseHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG. You are officially my savior.
Have some unfathomable horror.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6202181
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6210010
Slightly off topic, but Junji Ito's manga are heavily Lovecraft inspired, and totally awesome, as well. One of his most notorious (the source of more than one minor Internet meme!) is The Enigma of Amigara Fault, a short horror story with an incredibly claustrophobic twist. DRR... DRR... DRR...
You might also check out Thomas Ligotti's works when you're on a break from Japanese. Teatro Grottesco is 'around' (some place with torr--streams of demono(i)c power).
@blackmacros I only recently learned that Akihabara @ Deep (in the same area of the fifth batch as IWGP) was by the same author.
Edited: 2010-02-19, 2:25 am