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Strange

Details

• Title: ストレンジ
• Title (English): Strange
• Tagline: 伊藤潤二の夜も眠れぬ奇妙な話 / Ito Junji no Yoru mo Nemurenu Kimyona Hanashi
• Also known as: Ito Junji's strange story that keeps you awake at night
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Omnibus, Horror
• Episodes: 11
• Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
• Broadcast period: 2026-Jul-03 to 2026-Sep-11
• Air time: Friday 24:12
• Opening theme: JIGSAW by IVE
• Ending theme: The Darkest Night by 10CM

Synopsis

Adapted from Ito Junji's manga, a complication of stories with theme of "everyday life that suddenly transformed into an absurd terror".

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Cast

Episode 1,8,10 (Lovesickness of the Dead) Hosoda Kanata as Fukada Ryusuke Imaizumi Nao (今泉尚) as child Ryusuke Riko as Shibayama Midori (Ryusuke's childhood friend) Komatsu Yuria (小松優里亜) as child Midori Matsumiya Rin (松宮倫) as Tanaka Suzu (Midori's friend) Takahata Yuki (高畑結希) as Shibayama Aoi Wakai Naoko (若井尚子) as Ryusuke's mother Yanagi Yurina (ep8) Fujimoto Kodai (ep8) Episode 2 (Bully) Maki Yoko as Kuriko Terui Nonoka (照井野々花) as young Kuriko Miyazawa Yu as Naoya (Kuriko's childhood friend) Ono Hinato (小野光南翔) as child Naoya Imamura Kento (今村謙斗) as Yutaro (Kuriko's husband) Yonaha Rui (與那覇琉生) as child Yutaro Unai Rina (卯内里奈) as Naoya's mother Episode 3 (Earthbound) Marui Wan as Asano Yui Fukuyama Shodai as Watanabe Shin Kataoka Sennosuke (片岡千之助) as Matsumoto Minoru Minamihisamatsu Mana (南久松真奈) as Matsumoto Tomoko (Minoru's mother) Mishima Yutaka as Fujiwara Tadao Episode 4 (Ribs Woman) Saito Nagisa as Yuri Fujibayashi Yasunari as Keisuke (Yuri's elder brother) Ogura Yuka as Ruriko (Keisuke's girlfriend) Episode 5 (Father's Heart) Sakamoto Manato as Orihara Tsukasa Yagi Miki as Endo Miho (Tsukasa's classmate) Sasahara Hiyori as child Miho Ishihara Yoshizumi as Miho's father Akuzawa Nana (阿久澤菜々) as Miho's mother Tsukumo Kisuke (九十九黄助) as Endo Satoru (Miho's eldest brother) Hiramatsu Aren (平松杏蓮) as child Satoru Kawano Yota (カワノヨウタ) as Endo Eiji (Miho's elder brother) Tanaka Hiroto (田中寛人) as child Eiji Iwata Kanade (岩田奏) as Kakinuma (Eiji's friend)

Episode 6 (Tomio, Red Turtleneck / Memory) Sugita Rairu as Tomio Watabe Ayana (渡部綾菜) as child Rie Irei Himena as Madoka (Tomio's girlfriend) Tomite Ami as Masami (Tarot reader) Nakamura Riho as Rie Love Morinaga (ラブ守永) as Rie's father Tobari Mika (戸張美佳) as Rie's mother Aoba Kuu (青葉空) as Yuriko (Mysterious girl) Episode 7 (Used Record / Face Thief) Higuchi Hina as Nakayama Yuya Shintaro (遊屋慎太郎) as Fujita Ando Akinori (安藤彰則) as mansion owner Minamiyama Azusa (南山あずさ) as Nakayama's friend Yamazaki Nanami (山﨑七海) as Machida Yumi Hoshino Anna as Kamei (Yumi's classmate) Iwasaki Aoi (岩崎碧) as Hibino (Yumi's classmate) Maeda Mizuki (前田瑞貴) as teacher Episode 11 (Oshikiri's Strange Tales) Saito Jun as Oshikiri Toru Jinno Kowa (陣野小和) as Fujii Mio Episode 12 (A Gentle Farewell) Tsunematsu Yuri as Riko Postponed Episode (The House of Phantom Pain) Murakami Nijiro as Koseki

Production Credits

• Original work: Manga by Ito Junji
• Screenwriter: Hosaka Daisuke (保坂大輔), Inamoto Tatsuro (稲本達郎)
• Chief Producer: Kitagawa Toshiki
• Producer: Nobe Mayu (野部真悠), Koga Soichiro (古賀奏一郎), Suzuki Kentaro (鈴木健太郎), Hirata Mikihiko (平田樹彦)
• Director: Yamada Atsuhiro (山田篤宏), Shimotsu Yuta (下津優太), Kondo Ryota (近藤亮太)

Notes

• Murakami Nijiro was supposed to be featured on Episode 1 (The House of Phantom Pain). However, due to reports of him being referred to the Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of assaulting a woman in June 2026, the broadcast and distribution of the episode has been postponed. Episode 1 is replaced by Episode 2.

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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