Uzumaki

Uzumaki (Spiral in Japanese) is a Japanese supernatural horror anime mini-series, based on a manga by Junji Ito. The series will be a co-production between Adult Swim and Production I.G. The show was originally meant to air in 2021, but has been delayed and is set to air September 28, 2024.

Uzumaki was announced in 2019, at Crunchyroll Expo. The show is animated by Drive and directed by Hiroshi Nagahama, with Colin Stetson composing music. In an interview with Ito, he speaks of Hiroshi Nagahama in respect calling him quite talented. He also said that being faithful to his original manga made him quite happy. Ito confirmed that the screenplay of the series is finished, since he checked. He says: Four episodes is way shorter than the original manga. They did a good job of rearranging the series. For example, someone who dies early on, now plays an important role later on. They did a fantastic job of crafting things together like that. The screenwriter is a very talented individual.

On June 15, 2021, a second teaser video was posted with comments from director Nagahama, illustrating that the COVID-19 pandemic forced the team to restructure their plans and causing the series to be delayed.

Behind The Scenes

On June 10, 2020, the anime's official Twitter account presented some pictures of storyboards:

Videos

Uzumaki Update & Teaser - Toonami - adult swim

Uzumaki Teaser - Toonami

Creating Uzumaki - Toonami - adult swim

Uzumaki's Shinto Ceremony - Toonami - adult swim

Uzumaki Teaser Trailer (Coming 2021) - Toonami Special Edition - Adult Swim Con

FIRST LOOK- Uzumaki - Toonami - adult swim

TEASER- Uzumaki - Coming September 28 - adult swim

OFFICIAL TRAILER- Uzumaki - adult swim

EPISODE 1 PREVIEW- Azami Kurotani - Uzumaki - adult swim

Notes

• Uzumaki will have the longest runtime compared to most Adult Swim series as each episode (Except the first one) will run for 45 minutes.