{"id":39406,"date":"2022-06-27T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=39406"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:50:57","slug":"uzumaki-anime-adaptation-delayed-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/06\/27\/uzumaki-anime-adaptation-delayed-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzumaki Anime Adaptation Delayed Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The highly anticipated anime adaptation of <\/span><b>Junji Ito<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uzumaki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga series has been delayed indefinitely once again. The announcement was made by the Uzumaki Anime Production Team on the anime\u2019s official Twitter page. No firm updated premiere date has been given at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The production team explained that series director <\/span><b>Hiroshi Nagahama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mushishi, The Flowers of Evil<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) had asked for more time to recreate the manga properly and replicate the intricate designs, quality, and detailed line work present in Ito\u2019s original manga.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An important update for our Uzumaki Anime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J3auulSvTI\">pic.twitter.com\/J3auulSvTI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UzumakiAnime (@UzumakiAnime1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UzumakiAnime1\/status\/1541477045112143872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">They also stated that they don\u2019t want to \u201ccompromise its quality by delivering a mediocre final project\u201d and are \u201ccommitted to pursuing the completion of this work at the highest caliber.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adult Swim senior vice president <\/span><b>Jason DeMarco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also confirmed news of the delay on his Twitter page.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/uzumaki?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#uzumaki<\/a> update:<br>GOOD NEWS- it\u2019s coming along amazing<br>BAD NEWS- we are delaying it yet again. <br>The production asked for more time, and we are giving it to them. <br><br>Here\u2019s the director\u2019s statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XewUGT94He\">pic.twitter.com\/XewUGT94He<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clarknova1\/status\/1541477650430148611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Originally announced in 2019, this will be the third delay in the highly anticipated anime production after an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/06\/15\/uzumaki-anime-scheduled-for-october-2022-in-new-teaser\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">updated premiere date in October 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It was previously scheduled for release in 2020 and 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The four-episode <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/03\/19\/uzumaki-anime-twitter-account-posts-cryptic-new-visual-for-toonami-25th-anniversary\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uzumaki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be produced entirely in black and white animation. <\/span>Studio<b> Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production while Production I.G USA and Adult Swim are producing the anime.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The voice cast includes <\/span><b>Uki Satake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kirie Goshima, <\/span><b>Shinichirou Miki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shuichi Saito, <\/span><b>Toshio Furukawa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kirie\u2019s Father, <\/span><b>Takashi Matsuyama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shuichi\u2019s Father, <\/span><b>Mika Doi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Yukie Saito, <\/span><b>Mariya Ise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Azami Kurotami, <\/span><b>Katsunoshi Matsuzaki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Katayama, <\/span><b>Wataru Hatano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Okada, <\/span><b>Tatsumaru Tachibana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Tsumura, <\/span><b>Kouichi Touchika<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Yokota, and <\/span><b>Ami Fukushima<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shiho.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uzumaki Update &amp; Teaser | Toonami | adult swim\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnQOO8Y1Ck0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Viz Media publishes the manga in English and describes the series as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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\u2014the 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!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UzumakiAnime1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uzumaki Official Anime Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated anime adaptation of Junji Ito\u2019s Uzumaki manga series has been delayed indefinitely once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":39412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[444,78,4101,483,2331,2805],"class_list":["post-39406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-adult-swim","tag-crunchyroll","tag-drive","tag-junji-ito","tag-production-i-g-2","tag-uzumaki"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/uzumaki-anime-trailer-feature-image.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-afA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39426,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39406\/revisions\/39426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}