Uzumaki Anime Drops Trailer, Curls Onto Toonami September 28

by Matt Schley
July 28, 2024

Uzumaki, the long (and we mean long) awaited anime adaptation of the manga by Junji Ito, finally has a premiere date. The series is set to debut on Toonami September 28. It’ll also stream on Max.

Along with this news comes a brand-new trailer for the Hiroshi Nagahama-directed series, showing off Ito’s mad story in all its newly animated glory. Long live the spiral!

Uzumaki was originally announced for 2020 before being delayed multiple times. Co-produced by Production I.G USA and Adult Swim, it stars:

Kirie Goshima: Abby Trott / Uki Satake

Shuichi Saito: Robbie Daymond / Shinichiro Miki

Azami Kurotani: Cristina Vee / Mariya Ise

Kirie’s father: Doug Stone / Toshio Furukawa

Shuichi’s father: Aaron LaPlante / Takashi Matsuyama

Shuichi’s mother: Mona Marshall / Miki Doi

Katayama: Max Mittelman / Katsutoshi Matsuzaki

Uzumaki was previously adapted into a wild and wacky live-action film in 2000 directed by Higuchinsky, which is totally worth tracking down. Here’s how Viz describes the original Junji ito manga:

Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but a pattern: UZUMAKI, the spiral—the hypnotic secret shape of the world. The bizarre masterpiece horror manga is now available all in a single volume. Fall into a whirlpool of terror!

Source: ANN