Junji Ito, the biggest name in the horror genre manga industry has witnessed major success with his iconic series like Tomie and Gyo, but none of them compares to Uzumaki, which is considered by many to be his one of the best works. The series became so popular among fans that Adult Swim even announced an anime adaptation of the masterpiece in 2019.
However, fans have been waiting since then for the series to get an official release, but it only gets delayed more and more. It has been almost 5 years since the announcement of the anime adaptation by Adult Swim, but the series getting delayed and not getting an official release date has frustrated the fans.
While there have been multiple reasons in the past for the delays that have been announced by Adult Swim, the most recent one seems to be a legitimate and valid reason that fans might be able to understand. But this update was also given by the company in 2022, and since then there have been very few updates about the release date of the series.
Junji Ito’s Uzumaki is a Horror Masterpiece
Uzumaki is a Dark fantasy, psychological horror manga series that has been developed into three bound volumes by Shogakukan. The series has two video games and a live-action adaptation movie, but it is yet to get an anime adaptation which is eagerly awaited by Ito and Uzumaki’s fans.
The show centers on high school student Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend Shuichi Saito as they watch together as their town is consumed by an obsession with spirals, which have extraordinary physical and psychological abilities that can control anyone who comes into contact with them and kill them in devastating and horrific ways.
Ito has had a lot of success in the manga world and Uzumaki is considered a masterpiece in the horror manga genre. It delves into the elements of horror, mystery, fantasy, and dark plot structures which have amassed a huge fan following, who have been waiting for the anime adaptation for so long.
Adult Swim’s Reason for Indefinitely Delaying Uzumaki
The most recent update about Uzumaki was released on Adult Swim’s YouTube Channel, where they shared the First Look of the series. However, it did not carry any update regarding the release date of the series. The last update about the release date came in 2022 when the official X(Formerly Twitter) account for Uzumaki anime shared a memo regarding the delay.
According to the memo, the series is being delayed because the creators want to replicate the quality of the designs and work done by Ito, thus the directors and the production team had asked for more time. This additional time will help the creators do justice to Ito’s masterpiece and make a series deserving of Ito’s Uzumaki title.
Although the process of achieving perfection has delayed the series by almost two years, Ito and Uzumaki fans would understand the delicate work and focus that the creators will need to do to adapt the horror masterpiece. Fans can only wait and hope that the series gets a release date as soon as possible.
You can read Uzumaki manga on Viz Media.
