Junji Ito’s terrifying Uzumaki hits Adult Swim in September
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The long-awaited adaptation is finally coming soon.
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Adult Swim’s long-awaited adaptation of Uzumaki finally has a premiere date — and an appropriately creepy trailer. The series, based on the classic horror manga from Junji Ito, will start airing on September 28th. Episodes will hit Adult Swim first, and then stream on Max the following day.
Uzumaki follows a cursed town that is — and I promise it’s scarier than it sounds — plagued by spirals. Here’s the full synopsis:
“Let’s leave this town together,” asks Shuichi Saito, a former classmate of Kirie Goshima, a high school girl who was born and grew up in Kurouzu-cho. Everything from a strange whirlwind, billowing smoke from the crematorium, and the residents is turning into spirals. People’s eyes spin in whirls, a tongue spirals, and the bodies twist unnaturally. In an attempt to escape the curse of the spirals, Kirie decides to flee from Kuouzu-cho, but can she get away from this turmoil?
It’s one of Ito’s most popular and unsettling stories, and based on the new trailer, it looks like the show is really nailing the detailed black-and-white art that’s so intrinsic to his work. Ito’s particular style has proven to be a tricky thing to translate to animation, as seen in the Netflix anthology from last year. That’s likely why Adult Swim’s version has been in the works for so long; it was first announced in 2019.
For another taste, here’s the first released clip of the show from 2023:
