10 Best Uzumaki Moments We Can’t Wait To See Animated In Junji Ito’s Latest Anime Masterpiece

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Uzumaki!

Uzumaki is easily considered the most recognizable of legendary horror mangaka Junji Ito‘s work, with many recognizable moments even first-time readers will remember forever, that fans can’t wait to see come to life in the upcoming anime adaptation. Ito has a unique way of leaving indelible impressions on horror fans by tapping into cosmic horror concepts while mixing in enough black humor so it doesn’t feel too edgy.

Junji Ito has been active in the decade since Uzumaki’s release, capturing similar vibes with macabre tales depicting everything from liminal horror to tales of soichi and much more. yet, Uzumaki is commonly mentioned for its use of Witchcraft, supernatural, psychological, and body horror themes As a spectacular showcase of the horror master’s narrative spectrum. with these Uzumaki Anime comes to Adult Swim on September 28, 2024, it is exciting to see what moments will make it into the series.

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Fungi in the maternity ward

Chapter #11: Umbilical Cord

much of Uzumaki Features Kurôzu-Cho’s residents terrorized by the spiral curse, but seeing it affect even babies is incredibly upsetting. When Kirie discovers the origins of the mushrooms are fed to hospital patients, which are harvested from The babies who sprout spiral mushrooms from their regrown umbilical cords and placentasThe series takes a sinister turn. The worst part is that this isn’t even the darkest part of the chapter, with just pages later showing a scene that is disturbing enough to definitely not be shown here.

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Wakabayashi drills this scene into the reader’s brain

Chapter #13: The House

Peeping toms are common in manga, but rarely do they reach evil extremes like wakabayashi. After having to move into the same row house as Kirie Goshima’s family, Wakabayashi develops a habit of secretly drilling peepholes to spy on Kirie. This habit would make his image a perfect cautionary tale for people who display similar behavior When the spiral trouble causes him to transform into a monster riddled with drill-like spikesNot recognizing his relationship more innocent, inside, cringing.

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Medusa gets the Junji Ito treatment

Chapter #6: Medusa

Kirie’s most recognizable panel and one of Junji Ito’s best cover art features her hair, afflicted with the spiral curse, beginning to coil in a bid to draw attention. If the hair curse were more harmless, it would almost come out as quirky, But when Kirie tries to cut it, the hair tries to suffocate her, asserting itself as a symbiotic threat to her life. The worst part is that this causes one of Kirie’s friends, Kyoko Sekino, to try to emulate her hair, resulting in her contracting the curse. While Kirie escapes the encounter and gets the source of her curse cut off by the roots, the same cannot be said for Kyoko.

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Everything reminds Yuki of him

Chapter #2: The Spiral Obsession (Part 2)

Yuki Saito was the second to be completely claimed by the spiral curse after her husband’s passing, and it is a cruel fate, As she is haunted by images of Mr. Saito until she suffers a similar fate. No matter how much self-inflicted torture she administers to make the spiral springs go away, she can’t help but see the spiral claim her husband in everything, whether it’s hospital equipment, insects, or her inner ear.

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The horror lord himself

Various afterwords and post-chapter panels

Junji Ito is among the most horror mangaka and has received a lot of celebrity recognition in Japan and abroad. However, its chilling painting and writing for Uzumaki Readers are not always prepared for how strange and stupid the man is. In many panels following particularly dark moments of the series, Ito is drawing In situations ranging from research to preparing for the series or being hounded by his editors.

His most amusing panels include him innocently enjoying the perks of Uzumaki’s Creation process, namely sampling spiral-shaped foods for no particular reason. Hopefully, Ito’s voice acting credit means he’ll reenact the scenes.

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snail male

Chapter #8: The Snail

Katayama is one of the more sympathetic victims of the spiral curse in UzumakiWith his characterization as a slow character is cruel brought to his natural body horror extreme when he turned into a snail. This wouldn’t even be the last example of human-snail hybrids UzumakiWhich makes perfect sense given their perfect spiral shells. What emerges later are disturbing implications about their perception as early humans, with people making dark choices when there is suddenly an otherwise limited food supply.

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Spring time in the cemetery

Chapter #7: Jack-in-the-Box

Mitsuru Yamaguchi is similarly obsessed with Kirie, like Wakabayashi, but instead of drilling peepholes, Mitsuru has a habit of performing jumpscars even on his crush. After a tragic, completely preventable car accident that Mitsuru causes by jumping out in front of him, certain that his love for Kirei would stop it, he leaves behind a jack-in-the-box for her, Prophecy to return from the dead to kill you.

Mitsuru’s zombie resurrection in Uzumaki is a surprising, more typical horror moment. Still, there is a twist, like His slow movement came in the problem of the car, placed in his body.

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Spiral City

Chapter #19: Completion

Uzumaki’s Descent into Lovecraftian elements culminates in Chapter #19, the story’s conclusion, with A massive, grimly beautiful set of spiral constructions that resemble a city. The City of Spirals features a floor of corpses, the amalgamated victims of the spiral curse, and an ominous, impossible liminal space at the end of the row house. Despite Uzumaki With only four episodes, seeing this city brought to the screen with as much impressive detail as Ito used would be fascinating.

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Come join Mr. Saito

Recurring after Chapter #1: The Spiral Obsession

Mr. Saito’s mangled corpse, Arranged in an impossible spiral shape By breaking his bones to allow his contorted remains to be discovered by his family, is one of the most chilling, iconic sights of Junji Ito’s moments. The worst part for the Saito family is that they cannot escape his visage, and the chilling image is to them in wood impressions or even coiled insects. Uzumaki And Junji Ito fans will be especially keen to scrutinize this moment for its authenticity and bone-chilling terror.

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Kazunori & Yoriko’s union

Chapter #5: Twisted Souls

Kazunori Nishiki is one of the most tragic figures in Uzumaki, Along with his unfortunate lover, Yoriko Endo. Kazunori’s family is locked in a feud with Yoriko’s family, making things incredibly difficult for the couple. The spiral curse, as it turns out, has affected their families to make them always be in trouble, so in a macabre Romeo & Juliet wait, Their curse manifests itself in the two being locked in a binding romantic entanglement. The resulting visual is chilling, haunting and tragic, because the couple’s only real sin was loving each other.