Burbank, CA – July 29, 2024—Adult Swim’s adaptation of Junji Ito’s supernational horror manga “Uzumaki” will premiere on Saturday, September 28th, at 12:30 a.m. during the network’s action/anime block Toonami. New episodes will air weekly in Japanese with English subtitles. The series premiere date was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, alongside a special sneak peek.
The official series description is below:
“Let’s leave this town together,” asks Shuichi Saito, a former classmate of Kirie Goshima, a high school girl who was born and grew up in Kurouzu-cho. Everything from a strange whirlwind, billowing smoke from the crematorium, and the residents are turning into spirals. People’s eyes spin in whirls, a tongue spirals, and the bodies twist unnaturally. In an attempt to escape the curse of the spirals, Kirie decides to flee from Kurouzu-cho, but can she get away from this turmoil?
Animated TV series “Uzumaki” is produced by Adult Swim in partnership with Production IG USA with Jason DeMarco serving as Executive Producer.
Both the Japanese and English dubs will be available to stream the next day on Max. English-language encore airings will debut every Thursday at 12:30 a.m. beginning October 3rd.
