Full Cast Revealed for 'Uzumaki' First Episode [Update 7/26]

by ImperfectBlue
Jul 22, 2020 12:16 PM | 22 Comments

The official Twitter for Production I.G.'s anime adaptation of Junji Ito's horror manga Uzumaki (Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror) revealed the full cast for the miniseries' first episode on Wednesday. The adaptation will have four episodes and premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block later this year.

Cast
Kirie Goshima: Uki Satake (Mob Psycho 100)
Shuichi Saito: Shinichiro Miki (Hakuouki)
Yasuo Goshima (Kirie's Father): Toshio Furukawa (Dragon Ball Z)
Toshio Saito (Shuichi's Father): Takashi Matsuyama (Haikyuu!!: To the Top)
Yukie Saito (Shuichi's Mother): Mika Doi (Mushishi)
Azami Kurotami: Mariya Ise (Kakegurui)
Katayama: Katsutoshi Matsuzaki (Aku no Hana)
Okada: Wataru Hatano (Dance with Devils)
Tsumura: Tatsumaru Tachibana (The God of High School)
Yokota: Kouichi Toochika (ef: A Tale of Memories.)
Shiho: Ami Fukushima (Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. (TV))
Boy 1: Gen Satou (Dr. Stone)
Boy 2: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Ling Qi)
Girl: Anna Nagase
Attendee 1: Kousuke Okamoto (Dorohedoro)

Uzumaki will be directed by Hiroshi Nagahama (Aku no Hana, Mushishi), and multi-instrumentalist and composer Colin Stetson (Color Out of Space, Hereditary) is in charge of the score.

The manga was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from 1998 to 1999, eventually compiling into three individual volumes and receiving two omnibus releases from Shogakukan in 2000 and 2010.

It has been published in at least nine foreign languages including English, running in VIZ Media's Pulp magazine from 2001 to 2002. Three individual volumes were released during the same two years and it has since received multiple reprints, most recently in the form of a hardcover omnibus in 2013.

Source: Official Twitter

Update July 26
The original teaser for Uzumaki and an interview with director Hiroshi Nagahama were shown with an updated 2021 release during Adult Swim Con on Saturday, July 25. No explanation for the delay was provided.

Source: Official Youtube

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News Update
The original teaser for Uzumaki and an interview with director Hiroshi Nagahama were shown with an updated 2021 release during Adult Swim Con on Saturday, July 25. No explanation for the delay was provided.

Source: Official Youtube

Jul 26, 2020 10:03 AM by ImperfectBlue

The anime adaptation for Uzumaki is slated for a 2021 release. I guess Covid-19 caused the production to be delayed because it was supposed to come out this year.

Jul 25, 2020 10:53 PM by AddaeAkono

I want to know the release date, a teaser maybe, i want to see it so bad.

Jul 25, 2020 5:12 AM by KavitaWood

apparently the Uzumaki clan got the anime too.....

Jul 25, 2020 12:29 AM by Yxzu0

I am feeling hopeful. I had no idea that they were going to make an adaptation tbh

Jul 24, 2020 3:17 AM by pmf96

Gunnerz- said:

IrrelevantGuy said:
I'm actually anticipating for it to be released and excited to see how they will adapt it since Itou Junji's works are really hard to adapt into anime for various reasons. I hope all the staffs are going to do a decent job with it.

Your taste is garbage.

Says the one with Koe no Katachi in favorites lmao

Apparently Koe no Katachi is also garbage now. And let me ask you why you think it is garbage? Actually, your taste is garbage, "lmao."

I'm joking. Let's not take this any further.

Jul 23, 2020 11:33 PM by IrrelevantGuy

So excited for this!

Jul 23, 2020 10:08 PM by xchyssa

I'm actually anticipating for it to be released and excited to see how they will adapt it since Itou Junji's works are really hard to adapt into anime for various reasons. I hope all the staffs are going to do a decent job with it.

Gunnerz- said:
Good that it’s the Mushishi director, he will be able to brings some magic to this adaptation since the source is garbage.

Your taste is garbage.

Jul 23, 2020 7:14 PM by IrrelevantGuy

Hereditary was amazing, so I have high expectations of the music here.

Jul 23, 2020 9:32 AM by kaider28

BZRKR said:

hverfa said:
colin stetson is such a good choice

The music is the part I'm looking forward to the most. The track in the trailer perfectly fits the tone of Uzumaki

yeah
will greatly amplify the atmosphere, i think

Jul 23, 2020 8:26 AM by cody

hverfa said:
colin stetson is such a good choice

The music is the part I'm looking forward to the most. The track in the trailer perfectly fits the tone of Uzumaki

Jul 23, 2020 8:14 AM by BZRKR

colin stetson is such a good choice

Jul 23, 2020 8:04 AM by cody

I'm definitely excited for this. It would be perfect if it came out during Halloween

Jul 23, 2020 1:35 AM by Therealcfb

Miki shinichiro as shuichi is perfect!

Jul 22, 2020 3:58 PM by oyabuntaro

JizzyHitler said:

Zexus95 said:
This is definitely looking good. Moreover, it is directed by the Mushishi director, hopefully he will be able to bring the atmosphere.

the teaser they showed forever ago already nailed the tone i want it to so im pretty confident in this team nailing it.

Yeah, I watched it back then, definitely the creepy atmosphere of the manga is present, also the music choice was great. This is it, we are finally getting a great adaptation.

Jul 22, 2020 3:10 PM by removed-user

Zexus95 said:
This is definitely looking good. Moreover, it is directed by the Mushishi director, hopefully he will be able to bring the atmosphere.

the teaser they showed forever ago already nailed the tone i want it to so im pretty confident in this team nailing it.

Jul 22, 2020 3:06 PM by JizzyHitler

This is definitely looking good. Moreover, it is directed by the Mushishi director, hopefully he will be able to bring the atmosphere.

Jul 22, 2020 3:03 PM by removed-user

Dolabella said:
can we get a release date tho

I am sure we'll be getting a release date and almost certainly a trailer on Adult Swim con that starts tomorrow.

Jul 22, 2020 1:12 PM by Tsarko

Can't wait for this miniseries. The staff looks solid, especially the director.

Jul 22, 2020 1:11 PM by von12

Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun getting an anime adaption eh? Sounds nice :))

Jul 22, 2020 1:00 PM by Vargnatt

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