Adult Swim released a new official trailer for the upcoming Uzumaki four-episode anime series, which will premiere on September 28. The new anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki manga will air on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block.
Watch the new Uzumaki official trailer below:
The English dub cast of Uzumaki includes:
- Abby Trott as Kirie Goshima
- Robbie Daymond as Shuichi Saito
- Cristina Vee as Azami Kurotani
- Doug Stone as Kirie’s father
- Aaron LaPlante as Shuichi’s father
- Mona Marshall as Shuichi’s mother
- Max Mittelman as Katayama
Junji Ito built a cult following through his incredible works like Tomie and Uzumaki. His works have also inspired games such as WORLD OF HORROR. Moreover, Ito’s most recent work includes Tomie: Control, a one-shot manga released this past April in the Nemuki+ magazine. Tomie: Control is not available in English officially.
Uzumaki premieres September 28 on Toonami. Lastly, here’s an overview of Uzumaki, via VIZ Media:
Kurozu-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 According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people’s bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi’s father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return…
