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“Kirie and Shuuichi flee cursed Kurouzu-cho as spiral obsession drives townsfolk to madness and death.”
Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror
うずまき
5.67
12,378 rank · 242,747 viewers · 1,242 favorites
Avant Garde
Drama
Horror
Suspense
Psychological
Seinen
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Synopsis
Kirie and Shuuichi flee cursed Kurouzu-cho as spiral obsession drives townsfolk to madness and death.
In the town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. As she walks to the train station one day to meet her boyfriend, Shuuichi Saito, she sees his father staring at a snail shell in an alley. Thinking nothing of it, she mentions the incident to Shuuichi, who says that his father has been acting weird lately. Shuuichi reveals his rising desire to leave the town with Kirie, saying that the town is infected with spirals. But his father's obsession with the shape soon proves deadly, beginning a chain of horrific and unexplainable events that causes the residents of Kurouzu-cho to spiral into madness.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 99 sampled reviews
5.1
/10
What 99 viewers settled on.
34%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 5
σ 2.01
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.01 · split reception
The polarity gap
3.7 pts
Recommenders 7.2 · others 3.6
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 1.10
Running avg · Oct 2024 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “tl;dr only: It’s not that bad. The animation in episode 1 is a 10/10, episode 2 is a 3/10, and episodes 3 and 4 are around 7–8/10. The story is nice, and the art is unique, making it a visually...”
- 7 “It's the best animated adaption of Junji Ito's work by far. Sticking with the black and white style was smart, because it helped them focus on the creepy details that Junji Ito is able to create...”
- 8 “I am happy to say that Uzumaki was the first anime that I've ever seen (without counting Doraemon, because yk). What I mean is that it was the first anime that I've actually finished, and I loved...”
Verbosity
Short · 36%
Medium · 49%
Long · 14%
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- Format 4 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 52m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2024 – Oct 2024 Fall 2024
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-15637 catalog
Produced by
- Production I.G Producer
Licensed by
- VIZ Media Licensor