Junji’s Ito’s Uzumaki Anime Adaptation Reveals New Release Date & Trailer

After facing multiple delays, San Diego Comic-Con unveiled the much awaited release date for the anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki.

Uzumaki anime is all set to start airing on Sep 28 at 12:30 a.m. EDT on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block. It will also stream on the Max streaming service.

A brand new trailer was also revealed to commemorate the announcement.

The anime was initially set to premiere on Toonami in 2020, ahead of its Japanese debut. However, the production faced multiple delays. Initially postponed to 2021, it was later rescheduled for October 2022. In June 2022, another delay pushed the release date further.

Uzumaki anime’s cast includes:

• Uki Satake as Kirie Goshima
• Shinichiro Miki as Shuichi Saito
• Toshio Furukawa as Kirie’s Father
• Takashi Matsuyama as Shuichi’s Father
• Mika Doi as Yukie Saito
• Mariya Ise as Azami Kurotami
• Katsutoshi Matsuzaki as Katayama
• Wataru Hatano as Okada
• Tatsumaru Tachibana as Tsumura
• Kouichi Toochika as Yokota
• Ami Fukushima as Shiho
• Gen Sato as Boy 1
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Boy 2
• Anna Nagase as Girl
• Kōsuke Okamoto as Attendee 1

Hiroshi Nagahama will be directing the 4 episode Uzumaki anime at Studio Drive, with Colin Stetson composing the music. The mini-series is coproduced by Adult Swim along with Production I.G. USA.

Uzumaki is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in Shogakukan’s weekly seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes published from August 1998 to September 1999.

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