“Uzumaki” is a horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. The series is about a small town named Kurōzu-cho that is plagued by a curse involving spirals. The story follows the life of high school student Kirie Goshima as she and her friend, Shuichi Saito, uncover the secrets of the curse and try to escape the town before it’s too late. The series is known for its grotesque and terrifying imagery, as well as its exploration of themes such as obsession, fear, and the unknown.
An anime adaptation of Uzumaki was announced and it is set to release in 2022. the anime adaptation will be directed by Hiroshi Nagahama and the studio that will animate the series is Production I.G.
Fans of horror and Junji Ito’s work can look forward to the adaptation of Uzumaki and expect to see a chilling and terrifying story that will leave an impression.
In the town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. As she walks to the train station one day to meet her boyfriend, Shuuichi Saito, she sees his father staring at a snail shell in an alley. Thinking nothing of it, she mentions the incident to Shuuichi, who says that his father has been acting weird lately. Shuuichi reveals his rising desire to leave the town with Kirie, saying that the town is infected with spirals.
But his father’s obsession with the shape soon proves deadly, beginning a chain of horrific and unexplainable events that causes the residents of Kurouzu-cho to spiral into madness.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
