Uzumaki anime revealed a September 28 premiere date alongside a teaser trailer. The anime will air in Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block and will stream on HBO’s Max.
Production I.G (USA) and Adult Swim are producing the Uzumaki anime, which will be animated by studio Drive. Hiroshi Nagahama is directing and Colin Stetson is composing the music. The anime adaptation was initially slated to premiere in October of 2022 but was delayed in order to improve the quality and give justice to the original work. A promotional video was revealed last year.
The manga by Junji was first published in 1998. It consists of 3 volumes, with 19 chapters. Viz Media licensed the manga for the English market.
Uzumaki synopsis:
A mysterious spiral shape, Uzumaki, haunts the small Japanese coastal town. Citizens suddenly become attracted to spiral-shaped objects. Shuichi Saito’s father is one of them. He becomes increasingly obsessed with spirals – snails, whirlpools, as well as decorations on pottery. This by itself isn’t a huge problem, but something more sinister is lurking. When his dead body is found positioned in a spiral shape, the town must prepare for the worst…
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