Uzumaki
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This article is about the Japanese manga. For the feature film adaptation, see Uzumaki (film). For the Naruto character, see Naruto Uzumaki.
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| Uzumaki | |
| うずまき | |
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| Genre | Horror |
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| Written by | Junji Ito |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Viz Media, USA |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| English magazine | Pulp, USA |
| Original run | 1998 – 1999 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Uzumaki (うずまき, lit. Spiral) is a horror manga written and Illustrated by Junji Ito, and serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits.
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[edit] Story
The story concerns the inhabitants of the small Japanese town of Kurôzu-cho as they become obsessed by the occurrences of natural and artificial spirals around them. The result of this obsession is a slow transformation into something other than human, leading to a gruesome, realistically-depicted death.
The manga was published in English by Viz Communications in 2002 and rereleased with new covers in 2007. It was adapted to a feature film of the same name in 2000.
[edit] Media
[edit] Manga
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| Release date | ISBN | Release date | ISBN | |||
| 1 | October 1, 1998 | ISBN 4-09-185721-3 | - | — | ||
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| 2 | April 1, 1999 | ISBN 4-09-185722-1 | - | — | ||
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| 3 | November 1, 1999 | ISBN 4-09-185723-X | - | — | ||
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[edit] Live action film
Main article: Uzumaki (film)
On February 11, 2000, a live action adaption of Uzumaki, directed by Higuchinsky, was released in Japan.
[edit] External links
- Official Viz Uzumaki manga website
- Uzumaki (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
