MM x SNS: "Spiraling Into the Uzumaki Anime!"

Manga Mavericks

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 track record of making middling original anime by being as good as the manga it spiraled out of?

Join Lum and VLord on this special episode of Saturday Night Shoggy as they spin out their thoughts on the first episode of this new Shoggy anime that's actually airing on Saturday night! Listen to them encircle 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 and make their heads spin!

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