Tomie

Tomie (富江) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Tomie was Ito's first published work he originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shōjo magazine in 1987, which led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award. The manga centers on the titular character: a mysterious, beautiful woman named Tomie Kawakami, identified by her sleek black hair and a beauty mark below her left eye. Tomie is a malevolent, regenerative entity with the unexplained ability to cause anyone, particularly men, to be instantly attracted to her. These actions inevitably lead to violence, usually resulting in the murder of Tomie herself, or others.

## **Publication History**

See Junji Ito Bibliography

* Appeared as a serial in the manga magazine **Monthly Halloween (月刊ハロウィン)** between 1987 to 1995.
See Magazines - Monthly Halloween.

1987/02:  Tomie1988/08: Tomie: Part 2 - Morita Hospital1989/06: Tomie: Part 3 - Basement1989/11: Tomie: Part 4 - Photo1989/12: Tomie: Part 4 - Photo1990/02: Tomie: Part 5 - Kiss1990/03: Tomie: Part 5 - Kiss1990/06: Tomie: Part 6 - Mansion1993/06: Tomie: Revenge1995/07: Tomie: Painter1995/08: Tomie: Assassins1995/09: Tomie: Hair1995/10: Tomie: Adopted Daughter
* Subsequently published by **Asahi Sonorama** in **Halloween Shoujo Comic Kan**.
	+ "The Long Hair in the Attic" *(屋根裏の長い髪, Yaneura no Nagai Kami)*
	+ "Basement" *(地下室, Chikashitsu)*
	+ "Mansion" *(屋敷, Yashiki)*
	+ "The Groaning Drain" *(潤二の恐怖夜話(1) うめく排水管, Junji no Kyoufu Yobanashi v.1: Umeku Haisuikan)*

* Received one bound volume on February 1996, **"Horror of Tomie: Painter"** *(シリーズ富江の恐怖:画家, Series Tomie no Kyoufu: Gaka)*

* Two volumes were collected into the overarching series **"The Horror World of Junji Ito"** *(伊藤潤二恐怖マンガＣｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ, Ito Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection)* as Volume 1 and 2 of the series.

* + **ComicsOne** released both volumes in English for North America on April 1, 2001 with flipped artwork (read left-to-right).

* Tomie: Waterfall Basin was published in Nemuki 1995/11 issue.

* **Nemuki March Issue - Junji Ito World *(伊藤潤二 WORLD)***, first publication of Tomie: Little Finger.

* Asahi Sonorama released an omnibus volume in February 2000 titled, **"Tomie Zen"** *(富江 全 The Complete of Tomie)*, including both Tomie: Waterfall Basin and Tomie: Little Finger.

* A second series was serialized in Nemuki titled Atarashī Tomie (新しい富江, New Tomie).

1999/11: Tomie: Boy2000/01: Tomie: Moromi2000/03: Tomie: Babysitter2000/05: Tomie: Gathering2000/07: Tomie: Passing Demon2000/09: Tomie: Top Model2000/11: Tomie: Old and Ugly
* Atarashī Tomie was subsequently collected into a single bound volume titled **Tomie Part 3: Tomie Again** *(富江　 Ｐａｒｔ３　 富江　 Ａｇａｉｎ)*, released March 2001.

* Tomie was re-released again as part of **Museum of Terror** *(伊藤潤二恐怖博物館, Itou Junji Kyoufu Hakubutsukan)* series. This version was also released in two volumes with the addition of the chapters originally released in Tomie Again.

* + **Dark Horse Comics** released this version in English for North America in its original right-to-left format.

* Asahi Sonorama re-released the manga again in two volumes as part of the **Masterpiece Collection** *(伊藤潤二傑作集, Itou Junji Kessaku Shuu)* on January 20, 2011.

* **VIZ Media** announced their license to the series on March 26, 2016. They published it as a single hardcover volume, similar to their releases of Gyo and Uzumaki.

* An arc released exclusively with the **original DVD release of the Junji Ito Collection**, titled Tomie: Takeover, features Tomie encountering a narcissistic man obsessed with beauty, he has the ability to swap his consciousness with another, resulting in him becoming Tomie, without knowledge of her malevolent influence.

* "Selected Masterpieces" contains Tomie: Painter, in addition, a four-page crossover arc with Souichi Tsujii, "Souichi Possessed", was part of **"Selected Masterpieces Warped"** *(伊藤潤二自選傑作集 歪, Itou Junji Jisen Kessaku Shuu Ibitsu)* released in 2018. In the story, the titular's Souichi's older brother Koichi tells a younger Tomie of his attempted villain of a brother's encounter with a different elderly Tomie, the arc serving as the prologue to a larger confrontation between the pair, as the younger Tomie requests an introduction.

## Chapters

TomieMorita HospitalBasementPhotoKissMansionRevengePainterAssassinsHairAdopted DaughterWaterfall BasinLittle FingerBoyMoromiBabysitterGatheringPassing DemonTop ModelOld and Ugly
PickupNarcissistDesire
## **Film Series**

Tomie has been adapted into a series of Japanese horror films released between 1999 and 2011.

Tomie (1998)Another Face (1999)Replay (2000)Re-birth (2001)Forbidden Fruit (2002)Beginning (2005)Revenge (2005)Tomie vs Tomie (2007)Unlimited (2011)
### **Tomie (2021)**

Alexandre Aja developed series adaptation for Quibi starring Adeline Rudolph as Tomie, in conjunction with Sony Pictures Television and Universal Content Productions, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick as writer and executive producer, Hiroki Shirota as co-producer.

On October 21, 2020, just six months after Quibi's launch, The Wall Street Journal reported that the streaming service was shutting down. On January 3, 2021, it was announced that Roku is in advanced talks to acquire rights to Quibi's library.

## Junji Ito Collection

The ninth episode of Junji Ito Collection adapts the Tomie chapter Painter.

* "Painter" & "Blood-bubble Bushes"
	+ First Aired: March 2, 2018

An up-and-coming painter finds dangerous new inspiration in the first story, and in the second, a young couple's outing turns deadly when they happen upon an abandoned village. [1]

### OVA

The first two chapters of Tomie were adapted as an OVA released on the second and third DVD sets of the Junji Ito Collection anime.

* OVA 1 - Tomie Part 1
*「富江」Part1*
* OVA 2 - Tomie Part 2
*「富江」Part2*

## See Also

*Tomie may also refer to:*

* Tomie Kawakami - The titular character of the manga series.
* Tomie (film series) - The series of Jpanese horror films adapted from Tomie.
* Tomie (1999 film) - The first film the film series.
* Tomie (chapter) - The first chapter of the manga series.