Uzumaki
うずまき
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 4 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Fall 2024
- Studio
- Akatsuki, Fugaku
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 29 min
- Started
- 29 Sep 2024
- Ended
- 20 Oct 2024
- Score
- 54/100
Drama Horror Mystery Psychological Supernatural Achromatic Cosmic Horror Body Horror Gore CGI Rotoscoping Denpa Female Protagonist
Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the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. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return... (Source: VIZ Media)
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Ending Dojoji No Kotoriuta Uki Satake (episodes 1-4) Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror ↗ · うずまき
Manga · Finished · 3 volumes · 20 chapters · 1998–1999
Read it officially: Official English release ↗ Amazon ↗
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
In the news
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Oct 25, 2026 · Anime! Anime!
ハロウィンで仮装したい男性キャラは？ 3位「NARUTO」うずまきナルト＆「鬼滅」冨岡義勇、2位「進撃」リヴァイ、1位は… ＜26年版＞ ↗ -
Oct 24, 2026 · Anime! Anime!
うずまきナルトのゴーグル姿立体マグネットがキュート！ ジャンプショップの新商品が北海道に集結 ↗
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Yūji Moriyama, Hiroshi Nagahama
- Original creator
- Junji Itō
- Script
- Aki Itami
- Character Design
- Hirokazu Satō
- Art Director
- Rie Oda, Takeshi Satō, Duc Song An Nguyen
- Sound Director
- Yasushi Nagura
Japanese voice cast
- Shuichi Saito: Shinichirō Miki
- Mitsuo Goshima: Yūko Sanpei
- Kirie Goshima: Uki Satake
Home video releases
- 9 Sep 2025 Uzumaki (Blu-ray)
- 9 Sep 2025 Uzumaki - [SteelBook] (Blu-ray)
Latest news
- 10 Sep 2025 North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 7-13
- 16 Dec 2024 Uzumaki Anime Streams in India on December 20
- 3 Dec 2024 Uzumaki Anime Gets Netflix Release in Asia
- 28 Oct 2024 Viz Releases Uzumaki Anime Digitally
- 6 Sep 2024 Adult Swim Streams Uzumaki Anime's New Trailer
Episode titles (4)
- 1. Episode 1
- 2. Episode 2
- 3. Episode 3
- 4. Episode 4
Anime News Network readers rate it 5.32/10 (82 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Kirie Goshima
五島桐絵
Voiced by Uki Satake
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Shuuichi Saitou
斎藤秀一
Voiced by Shinichirou Miki
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Toshio Saitou
斎藤敏夫
Voiced by Takashi Matsuyama
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Yukie Saitou
斎藤雪枝
Voiced by Mika Doi
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Yasuo Goshima
五島康夫
Voiced by Toshio Furukawa
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Chizuko Goshima
五島ちずこ
Voiced by Shino Kakinuma
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.