Junji Ito draws cover art for famous Kpop group singles.

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  • Junji Ito collaborated with Kpop group ZB1 on the single cover art.

  • ZB1's new single [Doctor! Doctor!] The album is scheduled to be released on February 24th.

  • Ito has had some unexpected collaborations, including with Jpop and worked on the Dead by Daylight skin.

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Horror manga artist Junji Ito and famous Kpop group are collaborating! While it's not that uncommon for manga artists to collaborate with bands in Japan, it's much less common for them to collaborate with bands overseas.

Zero Base One (ZB1) is a K-pop boy band that debuted in 2023. Formed through a reality show, boy planetand is managed by WakeOne. They have millions of followers on their social media accounts and have won several awards, including “Rookie of the Year” at the Asia Artist Awards 2023.

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ZB1 releases a new single. [Doctor! Doctor!]and The cover of the digital edition was drawn by Junji Ito.:

When is single out?

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The single has already been released and is available on several online music streaming services. but, doctor! doctor! It is also a song included in ZB1's new mini album, which is scheduled to be released on February 24, 2025.

Other recent Junji Ito collaborations

Junji Ito is probably the most famous horror manga artist alive today. Still, he's done some unexpected collaborations, like the recent Tomie x Hello Kitty merchandise line. He also illustrated the Jpop group Phantom Siita.

He has also partnered with: dead by daylight, When a set of skins based on his work were added to the game, including his most famous character, Tomie. In this case, it appears he didn't draw anything in particular and only licensed the character.

Besides his horror comics Tomie, Soichi, Uzumaki, Remina And known as an anthology Junji Ito CollectionIto also attempted to produce comedy comics. Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu It's a parody of his life living at home with two cats, and it's surprisingly quite fun to read.

Unfortunately, most anime adaptations based on his works are: Junji Ito Collection, Junji Ito Maniac and Uzumaki It did not please fans of his stories, with mixed or poor response from critics and the public.

Junji Ito Collection The anime adaptation streams on Crunchyroll. Junji Ito Manic It's on Netflix Uzumaki You can stream it on MAX.

Source: ZeroBaseOne

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Junji Ito Collection

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January 5, 2018

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