Anime Expo was stuffed with surprises on Saturday, however I don’t suppose anybody anticipated to get new data on the UZUMAKI anime adaptation that has been in manufacturing for the reason that starting of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and has confronted a protracted manufacturing since then.
With lengthy gaps between updates over time, even essentially the most devoted Junji Ito followers could possibly be forgiven for giving up on the manufacturing at varied factors over the previous 4 years. On Saturday evening, long-suffering followers holding out hope for the difference lastly had their prayers answered with the revealing of the anime’s English forged and Japanese major forged re-introduction through the Manufacturing IG x WIT x Sign MD Panel.
Previous to the forged announcement on Saturday, Junji Ito beforehand revealed that the primary of 4 episodes of Uzumaki are accomplished and met together with his approval in an in depth profile printed by The Japan Occasions newspaper late final month. The anime is now slated for a premiere later this yr on Grownup Swim‘s Toonami block, after meant premieres in 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been in the end postponed in June of 2022. The forged is listed under.
- Abby Trott as Kirie Goshima
- Robbie Daymond as Shuichi Saito
- Cristina Vee as Azami Kurotani
- Doug Stone as Kirie’s Dad
- Aaron LaPlante as Shuichi’s Dad
- Mona Marshall as Shuichi’s Mother
- Max Mittelman as Katayama
Hiroshi Nagahama is directing the mini-series at Studio Drive and Studio Akatsuki. Manufacturing I.G. USA and Grownup Swim are co-producing the anime. Colin Stetson is composing the music.
Viz Media describes Uzumaki:
Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound city on the coast of Japan, is cursed. In accordance with Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their city is haunted not by an individual or being however a sample: UZUMAKI, the spiral—the hypnotic secret form of the world. The weird masterpiece horror manga is now out there all in a single quantity. Fall right into a whirlpool of terror!
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