Junji Ito’s terrifying Uzumaki hits Adult Swim in September
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Image: Adult Swim Adult Swim's long-awaited adaptation of Uzumaki finally has a premiere date - and an appropriately creepy trailer. The series, based on the classic horror manga from Junji Ito, will start airing on September 28th. Episodes will hit Adult Swim first, and then stream on Max the following day.
Uzumaki follows a cursed town that is - and I promise it's scarier than it sounds - plagued by spirals. Here's the full synopsis:
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 is turning into spirals. People's eyes spin in whirls, a tongue spirals, and the...