Adult Swim’s adaptation of Junji Ito’s landmark horror manga Uzumaki has been a long time coming. How long, you ask? The four-episode miniseries has been delayed not once, not twice, but three times since it was first announced all the way back in 2019. The wait is almost over, however, as Adult Swim shared a new trailer on Friday for the anime, which will premiere during Adult Swim’s anime-focused Toonami block on Sept. 28.
The four-episode adaptation follows the story of Kirie Goshima and Shuichi Saito, two high school students living in the quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho. When a series of disturbing incidents linked to a mysterious “spiral curse” begins to afflict the townspeople, Kirie and Shuichi must find a way to survive amid the horrors in hopes of saving themselves and their loved ones.
Hiroshi Nagahama (Mushi-Shi and Flowers of Evil), is directing the Uzumaki anime, which is being produced by Japanese animation studio Drive (To Your Eternity season 2). In addition, Hereditary composer Colin Stetson is composing the score.
There have been a lot of anime adaptations of Junji Ito’s work in the past, most of which fans would agree are more misses than hits. Will Nagahama’s Uzumaki anime finally break that curse of subpar Junji Ito anime? We’ll have to wait — just a little bit longer — until the series’ premiere to find out.
Uzumaki will premiere on Adult Swim on Sept. 28 and stream the next day on Max.
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