5 years and 3 delays later, Junji Ito's Uzumaki anime series has a new teaser and release date - and I'm still not ready
Jul. 26, 2024The Uzumaki anime is coming just in time for Halloween
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The looooong-awaited anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki manga has a new teaser and release date - and it’s sooner than you might expect.
Just like the manga, the teaser starts off with a wide-angle, black-and-white shot of the fictional town of Kurouzu-cho, whose denizens are being captured by an obsession with spirals. The haunting score, by Hereditary composer Colin Stetson, is appropriately dread-inducing and builds to a crescendo as the teaser sets up and straight up shows some of the manga’s most horrifying moments.
Uzumaki is generally considered Ito’s finest work when it comes to full-length stories, and if the anime adaptation can capture even a fraction of what makes it so mesmerizing, thought-provoking, and downright scary, horror heads have a lot to look forward to in September. And with Mushishi director Hiroshi Nagahama at the helm, there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic.
The four-episode adaptation centers on high school students and romantic couple Kirie Goshima and Shuichi Saito, whose loved ones begin committing atrocious acts as a mysterious “spiral curse” grips their hometown and threatens widespread destruction.
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