WE’RE SEEING SPIRALS! After five long years, the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s iconic horror manga Uzumaki is finally premiering on Adult Swim, and we got a chance to preview and review the first episode! With an ambitious production that spiraled out of control and was so cursed with delays that executive producer Jason DeMarco has joked that he’s “still seeing spirals,” did the show end up being just as cursed to watch, or does it break the curse of Adult Swim’s middling original anime by being as good as the manga it spiraled out of? Join Lum and VLord as they spin out their thoughts on the first episode, encircling the show’s production, animation, adaptation, music, both the Japanese and English dub performances, and other topics whilst trying not to let their fascination with the spiral get them too sucked in! 

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 – Intro

04:27 – Discussion Start 

06:32 – Uzumaki’s Publication and Production Background

09:05 – The Art and Animation of the Anime 

18:07 – The Adaptation and Pacing

23:43 – Colin Stetson’s Soundtrack 

30:14 – Hiroshi Nagahama as a Director 

32:24 – Narrative and Adaptational Changes

35:14 – Thoughts on the Sub and Dub

40:20 – Final Thoughts

41:57 – Wrap-Up

 

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Music Credits:

Intro – “Spiraling Shape” by They Might Be Giants, Karaoke Version provided by Karaoke Nerds 

SNS Intro – “Can’t See Your Face” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SNS Outro – “Curtain Call” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠

Edited by LumRanmaYasha

About The Author Siddharth Gupta

Siddharth Gupta is an illustrator, animator, and writer based in Minnesota. They graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Animation from the School of Visual Arts, and have worked on projects for the University of Minnesota and the Shreya R. Dixit Foundation. An avid animation and comics fan since childhood, they've turned their passion towards being both a creator and a critic. They credit their love for both mediums to Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball, which has also defined their artistic and comedic sensibilities. A frequent visitor to their local comic book shop, they are an avid reader and collector, particularly fond of manga. Their favorite comics include The Adventures of Tintin by Herge, Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed, and pretty much anything and everything by Rumiko Takahashi.

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