The anime adaptation of Junji Ito‘s acclaimed horror classic, UZUMAKI is set to debut on Netflix in Asia later this year. Originally announced in 2019, this four-episode series premiered on Adult Swim and Max in September.
Official announcement:
Key Visual:
English Cast:
Abby Trott as Kirie Goshima
Robbie Daymond as Shuichi Saito
Cristina Vee as Azami Kurotani
Doug Stone as Kirie’s father
Aaron LaPlante as Shuichi’s father
Mona Marshall as Shuichi’s mother
Max Mittelman as Katayama
Japanese Cast:
Uki Satake as Kirie Goshima
Shin-ichiro Miki as Shuichi Saito
Mariya Ise as Azami Kurotani
Toshio Furukawa as Kirie’s father
Takashi Matsuyama as Shuichi’s father
Mika Doi as Shuichi’s mother
Katsutoshi Matsuzaki as Katayama
STAFF:
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Scripts: Aki Itami
Music: Colin Stetson
Co-Production: Production I.G USA and Adult Swim
Adult Swim streamed a trailer for the anime on July 2023, building anticipation for the highly-anticipated adaptation. The four-episode anime was originally slated to debut on Toonami in 2020 before it premiered in Japan, but it was delayed to 2021. It was then delayed again to October 2022, and most recently, delayed again in June 2022.
Warner Bros. Discovery describes the story of Uzumaki as follows:
“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?
Source: Netflix Anime
© Junji ITO, Shogakukan / Production I.G., LLC
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