Uzumaki
うずまき
Four episode anime adaptation of the Junji Ito manga. 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 According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the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... (Source: VIZ Media)
Uzumaki is a tv with 4 episodes, from Fall 2024, produced by Akatsuki, Fugaku, rated 5.4/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Four episode anime adaptation of the Junji Ito manga. 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 According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the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... (Source: VIZ Media)
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- Achromatic — Contains animation that is primarily done in black and white.
- Cosmic Horror — A type of horror that emphasizes human insignificance in the grand scope of cosmic reality; fearing the unknown and being powerless to fight it.
- Body Horror — Features characters who undergo horrific transformations or disfigurement, often to their own detriment.
- Gore — Prominently features graphic bloodshed and violence.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- CGI — Prominently features scenes created with computer-generated imagery.
- Rotoscoping — Animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action.
- Natural Disaster — It focuses on catastrophic events of natural origin, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and severe storms. These works often present situations of extreme danger in which the characters struggle to survive and overcome the adversity.
- Denpa — Works that feature themes of social dissociation, delusions, and other issues like suicide, bullying, self-isolation, paranoia, and technological necessity in daily lives. Classic iconography: telephone poles, rooftops, and trains.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Augmented Reality — Prominently features events with augmented reality as the main setting.
- Seinen — Target demographic is adult males.