Uzumaki
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This article is about the Japanese manga. For the feature film adaptation, see Uzumaki (film). For the Naruto character, see Naruto Uzumaki.
| Uzumaki | |
 Cover of Uzumaki, vol 1 | |
| うずまき | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Horror |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Junji Ito |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Viz Media, USA |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| English magazine | Pulp, USA |
| Original run | 1998 – 1999 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Uzumaki (うずまき, lit. Spiral) is a horror manga written and Illustrated by Junji Ito, and serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits.
Story
The story concerns the inhabitants of the small Japanese town of Kurôzu-cho that seems to be cursed by supernatural events surrounding spirals. Many people become obsessed or paranoid about spiral shapes, which starts resulting in several gruesome deaths.
The manga was published in English by Viz Communications in 2001 and rereleased with new covers in 2007, and in 2013 with an omnibus hardcover deluxe edition. It was adapted to a feature film of the same name in 2000.
Media
Manga
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | October 1, 1998 | ISBN 4-09-185721-3 | October 16, 2007 | ISBN 978-1-4215-1389-8 | ||
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| 2 | April 1, 1999 | ISBN 4-09-185722-1 | December 18, 2007 | ISBN 978-1-4215-1390-4 | ||
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| 3 | November 1, 1999 | ISBN 4-09-185723-X | February 12, 2008 | ISBN 978-1-4215-1391-1 | ||
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Live action film
Main article: Uzumaki (film)
On February 11, 2000, a live action adaption of Uzumaki, directed by Higuchinsky, was released in Japan.
External links
- Official Viz Uzumaki manga website
- Uzumaki (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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