Uzumaki


Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Spiral
Japanese: うずまき
English: Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 28, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024
Premiered: Fall 2024
Broadcast: Unknown
Producers: Production I.G
Licensors: VIZ Media
Studios: Akatsuki, Fugaku
Source: Manga
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama, HorrorHorror, SuspenseSuspense
Theme: PsychologicalPsychological
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 28 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 5.691 (scored by 7221072,210 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #118532
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1146
Members: 239,472
Favorites: 1,235

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Synopsis

In the town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. As she walks to the train station one day to meet her boyfriend, Shuuichi Saito, she sees his father staring at a snail shell in an alley. Thinking nothing of it, she mentions the incident to Shuuichi, who says that his father has been acting weird lately. Shuuichi reveals his rising desire to leave the town with Kirie, saying that the town is infected with spirals.

But his father's obsession with the shape soon proves deadly, beginning a chain of horrific and unexplainable events that causes the residents of Kurouzu-cho to spiral into madness.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Terashima-Furuta, Maki
Producer
Nagahama, Hiroshi
Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, In-Between Animation, Animation Director, Key Animation
Moriyama, Yuuji
Director
Nagura, Yasushi
Sound Director


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Ending Theme

"Doujouji no Kotoriuta (道成寺の小鳥歌)" by Uki Satake




Reviews

Oct 12, 2025
Story: 9/10
Uzumaki is one of the most intense horror anime I’ve ever seen. From the very beginning, it pulls you into a terrifying spiral that you can’t predict or escape from. What makes it stand out is how faithfully it adapts Junji Ito’s legendary manga—every disturbing detail is there, with nothing left out. For once, an Ito adaptation truly does the manga justice.

What impressed me the most is how the anime treats the town itself as the real protagonist. It’s not just about Kirie or her boyfriend—the entire town is consumed by the spiral curse, and that creeping, inescapable atmosphere is what drives the horror. ...
Dec 3, 2025
Mixed Feelings
The basic idea is terrifying and original. The obsession with spirals as a curse gradually invading an entire city—bodies, minds, environment—is a powerful and unsettling concept, very well executed.

• The horrific atmosphere, blending body horror, psychological horror, and cosmic horror, is precisely what makes the work memorable. The grotesque, disturbing aspects often leave us feeling like we're walking a tightrope between fascination and disgust.

• For the anime adaptation: the black and white visuals are quite effective—they recall the manga's style and reinforce the sinister atmosphere.

• A few striking scenes remain effective: when the horror erupts, the mix of sounds, movements, and disturbing images can truly ...
Aug 16, 2025
You will just waste your time watching this anime.
Better read the manga.

The production experienced delays and changes in animation studios. One theory suggests the initial studio spent most of the budget on the first episode, necessitating a studio change for the remaining episodes.
Reading the manga is better because of the character designs , it is anime with a simple horror story and is not that interesting there are better choices in horror anime.

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Initial Promise and Quality:
The first episode was praised for its animation and accurate depiction of the manga.
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