The anime adaptation of Junji Ito's Uzumaki has been delayed, with no new premiere date given.

According to an announcement made in both Japanese and English by the series' official Twitter account, the new black-and-white anime series will not be ready in time for its originally announced October premiere date. According to the statement, the show is being delayed so that the animators can ensure that the show faithfully recreates Ito's trademark intricate linework and horrifiyingly detailed illustrations. "In order to replicate the quality of the intricate designs and detailed line work of Mr.

Ito's classic manga, Director Nagahama and the production team have asked for additional time to recreate Ito's masterpiece properly," the statement reads, adding, "As much as we'd like to deliver this show to the the public as soon as possible, we don't want to compromise its quality by delivering a mediocre final product."

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Uzumaki is directed by Hiroshi Nagahama, who is best known for his work on anime series such as Fruits Basket, Revolutionary Girl Utena and Mushishi, as well as The Reflection, a 2017 anime he co-created with legendary comic book creator Stan Lee. Last June, Nagahama apologized for the series' long production period, stating that the show's development had been significantly slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns.

The show was originally announced in 2019 and is being produced as a collaboration between the Adult Swim TV network and Production IG USA. A brief, teaser trailer was shown last year, which shows off the Uzumaki anime's unique visual style. The series tells the story of Kurouzu-cho, an isolated seaside town that is afflicted with a strange curse that causes spiral patterns to appear everywhere, inspiring fear and paranoia within the town's residents. The original manga was first published in 1998 and remains one of Ito's most celebrated works.

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The Uzumaki team's dedication to recreating Ito's artwork should be comforting to the fans who panned 2018's Junji Ito Collection, an anthology anime series based on several of the horror author's short stories that was widely criticized for failing to recreate Ito's unique visual style, which many critics considered integral to the stories' tone and atmosphere. A second anthology series based on Ito's works, entitled Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, is scheduled to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2023.

The Uzumaki manga is available in English from VIZ Media.

Source: Twitter