New Adult Swim Anime, Uzumaki, Debuts To Perfect Rotten Tomato Score: Why Junji Ito’s Latest Is Already A Critical Hit Explained

Adult Swim’s adaptation of Junji Ito’s renowned horror manga Uzumaki will debut on Saturday, September 28th, and it’s already off to an excellent start. As of the time of writing, Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror has received a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes across five different reviews. Critics have been praising numerous aspects of Uzumaki‘s adaptation, including its faithfulness to the source, its novel monochrome color palette, and its flawless duplication of the manga’s atmosphere.

The stellar accomplishment is certain to be a relief for fans of Junji Ito’s unique brand of surreal and macabre horror. Uzumaki centers around a small coastal town whose obsession with spirals devolves into mass hysteria in an all-consuming nightmare, and Adult Swim’s highly anticipated Uzumaki adaptation has been subject to several setbacks and delays. The wait has paid off, however, with a beautiful series poised to be not just one of the best adaptations of Junji Ito’s work, but one of the best psychological horror anime writ large.