After facing multiple days, one of Japanese horror mangaka Junji Ito’s most popular manga series, Uzumaki, is set to air on Adult Swim and Max. The insights into this new noir anime look very promising. In preparation for the series’ premiere, this article will delve into the history of the manga and the new adaptation.
About Uzumaki’s horror
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How can fascination lead to madness? First published in 1998, Uzumaki delves into the infinite depths of this question and spirals forward in search of answers. Kirie Goshima and Shuichi Saito, the main characters, immerse themselves in the town of Kurouzu, which is infected by madness and its repercussions. The town’s people obsess over the spiral patterns that appear all over the city until those spirals invade their skin and bones and twist their bodies. This mysterious curse, caused by strange and unresolved reasons, becomes more and more feared as the series progresses.
About the Adaptation
Aesthetic Horror
Displayed in the black and white panels of classic manga, Junji Ito’s art reveals the story of Uzumaki. Blending terror with beauty, Ito creates an appealing aesthetic horror. Through subtle details, careful lines, and impactful backgrounds, Ito presents a certain delicacy and a visual appeal to the monsters’ and human characters’ horrifying forms. The presence of his characteristically beautiful young women make the contrast between beauty and horror even clearer.
In the new adaptation, Adult Swim and Max are mindful of the details in Ito’s work. Respecting the beauty and horror that Uzumaki embodies, the anime adaptation aims to preserve and present the manga’s essence to the audience.
The Challenges of Uzumaki
The beauty of the horror is also reflected in the script of the anime adaptation. In a behind-the-scenes post by Adult Swim back in 2019, Aki Itami, a scriptwriter of the series, discussed the challenges of adapting the manga as an anime. He described Junji Ito’s art both as “beautiful and terrible.”
The show transposes the classic black-and-white manga style on the screen by lacking any other colors. Committed to faithfully adapting the art, the show’s art team worked diligently to be careful with the details and honor the author’s original work. After multiple delays, the extra care the team took ensures that this series will be a high-quality release.
More Behind the Scenes Information
The series is animated by the studio Drive, co-produced by Production I.G., the same company that produced Ghost in the Shell, directed by Hiroshi Nagahama, and orchestrated by Colin Stetson. Hoping for a successful release and a lack of curses traced to the anime’s dark content, the production team received blessings before starting to work. They performed a Japanese ritual in front of an altar, ensuring the safety of the production and gave a blessing for safety to Cartoon Network.
Junji Ito
The famous manga artist Junji Ito is famous for his beautiful artwork and dark storylines. He was inspired by Western horror, particularly from writers like H.P. Lovecraft, who’s known for cosmic horror, impossible creatures, and deep madness. Unlike Lovecraft, however, Ito conveys his horror through images rather than words. The muted aspects of Lovecraft’s work come alive in Ito’s grotesque and fantastical scenarios, as seen in Uzumaki, where the primary horror isn’t ghosts or monsters but a deep, mysterious, and irrational menace that evokes fear.
Conclusion
The Uzumaki adaptation will premiere on Adult Swing on September 28 at 12:30 AM and will be available on Max the next day. While some fans believe Junji Ito’s work is impossible to adapt, the anime’s trailer appeals to their interest. The new series looks to be a promising, horrifying, and beautiful noir depiction of the author’s manga on screen.
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