Wild New Trailer for Adult Swim's Horror Anime Miniseries UZUMAKI
Adult Swim has released a new trailer for director Hiroshi Nagahama's anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s classic horror manga Uzumaki, which looks awesomely terrifying.
The story centers on a high school student named Kirie Goshima, who lives in the cursed town of Kurôzu-cho, on the coast of Japan.
“According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral — the hypnotic secret shape of the world.”
The series follows the (mis)adventures of several of its citizens, as each seemingly succumbs to a terrible fate. It's based on an iconic manga series from Ito, which ran from 1998 to 1999 across 19 chapters.
This is a 4-episode miniseries meant to capture Ito’s distinct art style in black and white, and as you’ll see, it looks like an unsettling and wild series filled with nightmarish visuals.
This project has been in development for several years and it will finally premiere on September 28th on Adult Swim with a next-day release on Max.
The four-episode anime series will also include a score created by Hereditary‘s Colin Stetson. I’m excited to watch this.