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Players are tasked by the Uzumaki Sennin (うずまき仙人, Spiral Master) to spread the spiral curse. The second game, titled Uzumaki: Noroi Simulation (うずまき 〜呪いシミュレーション〜, Spiral -Curse Simulation-), was released on Maand is a simulation game. Kirie Goshima's actor, Eriko Hatsune makes a special appearance. The first, Uzumaki: Denshi Kaiki Hen (うずまき 〜電視怪奇篇〜, Spiral -Power Vision Strange Edition-), was released on Februand is a visual novel retelling the events of the manga. Two video games were developed and published by Omega Micott for the Bandai WonderSwan based on Uzumaki. See also Merchandise - Video Games - Wonderswan
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It was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2003, and placed in the Young Adult Library Services Association's list of the "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens" in 2009.Īn anime television series adaptation co-produced by Production I.G USA and Adult Swim has been announced, and is scheduled to premiere in 2020 in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block before Japan. The manga has received generally positive reviews from English-language critics. The manga was adapted into two video games for the WonderSwan and a Japanese live-action film directed by Higunchinsky. Ito believes the horror of Uzumaki is effective due to its subversion of symbols which are positively portrayed in Japanese media, and its theme of protagonists struggling against a mysterious force stronger than themselves. The story for Uzumaki originated when Ito attempted to write a story about people living in a very long terraced house, and he was inspired to use a spiral shape to achieve the desired length. The series tells the story of the citizens of Kurouzu-cho, a fictional city which is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals. Viz Media then published the volumes from October 2001 to October 2002, with a re-release from October 2007 to February 2008, and published a hardcover omnibus edition in October 2013.
In North America, Viz Media serialized an English-language translation of the series in its monthly magazine Pulp from February 2001 to August 2002. In March 2000, Shogakukan released an omnibus edition, followed by a second omnibus version in August 2010.
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Appearing as a serial in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes by Shogakukan and published from August 1998 to September 1999. "Spiral") is a seinen horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Ito's influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki, which have been adapted into live-action films Gyo, which was adapted into an animated film and his short story collections Fragments of Horror, Shiver and Frankenstein, all of which are available from VIZ Media.
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As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurozu-cho are pulled ever deeper into a whirlpool from which there is no return! About the Author: Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. It manifests itself in everything from seashells and whirlpools in water to the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father and the voice from the cochlea in our inner ear. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed.
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