With a career that stretches across nearly 40 years of game design, Hideo Kojima is one of the most experienced developers in the industry. Kojima’s work isn’t just about gameplay; it’s about provoking thought and reflection. Apart from being the mastermind behind the Metal Gear and Death Stranding franchises, Kojima is well known for sharing his love for the anime and manga industry.
Hideo Kojima is on friendly terms with iconic horror manga artist Junji Ito and has known each other for almost 30 years. Junji Ito’s manga has been adapted to both film and anime television series, with upcoming Uzumaki being the most anticipated series for September.
A Panel from Uzumaki Manga | Credit: Viz Media
Interestingly, Kojima recently posted a manga recommendation from none other than horror author Junji Ito, and surprisingly, it wasn’t his famous work Uzumaki.
Uzumaki Creator’s Manga Recommendation That Thrilled Hideo...
Hideo Kojima is on friendly terms with iconic horror manga artist Junji Ito and has known each other for almost 30 years. Junji Ito’s manga has been adapted to both film and anime television series, with upcoming Uzumaki being the most anticipated series for September.
A Panel from Uzumaki Manga | Credit: Viz Media
Interestingly, Kojima recently posted a manga recommendation from none other than horror author Junji Ito, and surprisingly, it wasn’t his famous work Uzumaki.
Uzumaki Creator’s Manga Recommendation That Thrilled Hideo...
- 9/7/2024
- by Mehul Rolta
- FandomWire
With the domination of Shonen manga like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach for years, a subgenre has also been discreetly thriving in the industry— horror. At the forefront of this genre stands Junji Ito, a master of eerie storytelling and grotesque imagery. Among his creations, Uzumaki is regarded by Ito as the “most complete demonstration” of his artistic ability, in addition to being one of the most terrifying horror stories ever written.
A Panel from Uzumaki Manga | Credit: Viz Media
While this masterpiece manga first started its serialization in 1998, fans had to wait quite a long time for the anime adaptation to come to fruition. The long wait is finally over as Uzumaki‘s Adult Swim adaptation is set to premiere on 28th September.
Junji Ito’s Perspective on Uzumaki
After going through constant delays, the news of Uzumaki‘s anime adaptation’s release has sent the anime community into a frenzy.
A Panel from Uzumaki Manga | Credit: Viz Media
While this masterpiece manga first started its serialization in 1998, fans had to wait quite a long time for the anime adaptation to come to fruition. The long wait is finally over as Uzumaki‘s Adult Swim adaptation is set to premiere on 28th September.
Junji Ito’s Perspective on Uzumaki
After going through constant delays, the news of Uzumaki‘s anime adaptation’s release has sent the anime community into a frenzy.
- 9/7/2024
- by Moumita Chakraborty
- FandomWire
Back in 2019, it was announced that Adult Swim‘s Toonami was teaming up with Production I.G. for a four part animated mini-series adaptation of Junji Ito’s horror manga Uzumaki – an animated mini-series that would be presented in black and white, just like the manga source material. A couple years later, a teaser trailer arrived online… and then it was said that the premiere of the show had been delayed so director Hiroshi Nagahama and the production team could have more time to “replicate the quality of the intricate designs and detailed line work of Mr. Ito’s classic manga”. Uzumaki still doesn’t have a premiere date, but a trailer for the mini-series has been released, and you can check it out in the embed above.
Scripted by Aki Itami, the mini-series will tell the following story: Kurozu-cho, a small fog-bound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed.
Scripted by Aki Itami, the mini-series will tell the following story: Kurozu-cho, a small fog-bound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed.
- 7/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Adult Swim‘s mini-series “Uzumaki,” based on the supernatural horror manga by legendary author Junji Ito, was announced way back in 2019, and, as of a year ago, delayed with no Eta. A brand new trailer unveiled today at San Diego Comic-Con indicates that the upcoming series may be more than worth the wait.
Check out the eerie new trailer below with stunning animation that seeks to capture Junji Ito’s nightmarish art style.
No release date has been announced just yet, but the unveiling of the new trailer means that we’re one step closer to seeing what madness Adult Swim and Junji Ito have in store.
Written and illustrated by Ito, the original manga series told the story of the citizens of Kurōzu-cho, a fictional city that is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals.
The “Uzumaki” manga series is made up of three volumes that were first published...
Check out the eerie new trailer below with stunning animation that seeks to capture Junji Ito’s nightmarish art style.
No release date has been announced just yet, but the unveiling of the new trailer means that we’re one step closer to seeing what madness Adult Swim and Junji Ito have in store.
Written and illustrated by Ito, the original manga series told the story of the citizens of Kurōzu-cho, a fictional city that is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals.
The “Uzumaki” manga series is made up of three volumes that were first published...
- 7/23/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Adult Swim‘s mini-series “Uzumaki,” based on the supernatural horror manga by legendary author Junji Ito, was announced way back in 2019, and, as of a year ago, delayed with no Eta. The series’ producers confirmed that the series is still in the works with an update at this year’s Anime Expo, Anime News Network reports.
At the Production I.G. x Wit Studio panel that took place over the weekend, Production I.G. USA President Maki Terashima-Furuta reassured fans that “Uzumaki” is still in the works, and “any news that it’s canceled should only be believed if it comes directly from her mouth.”
While that was the only mention of the adaptation at the panel, manga creator Junji Ito is a confirmed guest at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, which brings great potential for a more substantial update soon.
Written and illustrated by Ito, the original manga series...
At the Production I.G. x Wit Studio panel that took place over the weekend, Production I.G. USA President Maki Terashima-Furuta reassured fans that “Uzumaki” is still in the works, and “any news that it’s canceled should only be believed if it comes directly from her mouth.”
While that was the only mention of the adaptation at the panel, manga creator Junji Ito is a confirmed guest at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, which brings great potential for a more substantial update soon.
Written and illustrated by Ito, the original manga series...
- 7/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
For almost a decade, producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy helped make some of the biggest film festival sensations, from “The Witch” to “American Honey.” In 2016, though, their production company Parts and Labor hit a wall. “I’m very proud of everything we did,” Knudsen said over Zoom this week, “but we couldn’t really get out of the gate. You get a film into Sundance or Cannes and it just doesn’t do anything. It wasn’t sustainable. There had to be a way to not only make a movie create a career path.”
Knudsen and Van Hoy parted ways in 2016 and began producing independently. When Knudsen was introduced to director Ari Aster and produced his 2018 debut “Hereditary,” it led to a new partnership. “It felt effortless to work together, which is all you want as a producer,’ Knudsen said. The pair created a new production company, Square Peg,...
Knudsen and Van Hoy parted ways in 2016 and began producing independently. When Knudsen was introduced to director Ari Aster and produced his 2018 debut “Hereditary,” it led to a new partnership. “It felt effortless to work together, which is all you want as a producer,’ Knudsen said. The pair created a new production company, Square Peg,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The first word people use to describe Akihiro Higuchi’s Uzumaki is “twisted”—appropriate for a horror film in which an obsession with spirals overtakes a small town with surreal consequences. Higuchi, better known as “Higuchinsky”, based his film on a popular manga written by Junji Ito in 1998 which spawned two successful video games. An animated version has been announced by Adult Swim.
The post Uzumaki appeared first on Trailers From Hell.
The post Uzumaki appeared first on Trailers From Hell.
- 3/7/2023
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Cosmic horror operates on a specific, dread-inducing feel of human insignificance in the face of a vast, unknowable threat. Its characters slowly discover how meager their place in the universe is when faced with horrors beyond their reality. Our world is merely a tiny blip in the cosmos, after all.
Robbie Banfitch takes found footage to immersive cosmic horror highs in The Outwaters, releasing in limited theaters on February 9, 2023 from Bloody Disgusting and Cinedigm. In anticipation, this week’s streaming picks capture the unquantifiable terror of cosmic horror.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Banshee Chapter – Screambox, Tubi
Drawing inspiration from actual government hallucinogenic drug experiments and H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, Blair Erickson’s feature debut is as creepy as mysterious and engaging. After her friend’s sudden disappearance, journalist Anne Roland (Katia Winter) discovers...
Robbie Banfitch takes found footage to immersive cosmic horror highs in The Outwaters, releasing in limited theaters on February 9, 2023 from Bloody Disgusting and Cinedigm. In anticipation, this week’s streaming picks capture the unquantifiable terror of cosmic horror.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Banshee Chapter – Screambox, Tubi
Drawing inspiration from actual government hallucinogenic drug experiments and H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, Blair Erickson’s feature debut is as creepy as mysterious and engaging. After her friend’s sudden disappearance, journalist Anne Roland (Katia Winter) discovers...
- 2/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Eighteen tales of terror from the master of horror manga, “Junji Ito Maniac” offers a variety of stories from the iconic creator including recognizable characters such as Tomie and Soichi. This is the second collection of his works put into a series, with 2018 ‘The Junji Ito Collection” taking a similar structure of presenting a broad range of stories in the mangaka’s repertoire.
The work of Junji Ito has made him one of the most recognizable names in manga, with his tales of metaphysical horror and cosmic absurdity striking a chord with readers across the world. Unsurprisingly, this has led to many efforts to adapt his work to other mediums, notably anime and live-action. While many of these endeavors have gained favor with the fandom, it is undeniable that these projects have to be removed from the source material. For example, despite the cult status of the live-action “Uzumaki...
The work of Junji Ito has made him one of the most recognizable names in manga, with his tales of metaphysical horror and cosmic absurdity striking a chord with readers across the world. Unsurprisingly, this has led to many efforts to adapt his work to other mediums, notably anime and live-action. While many of these endeavors have gained favor with the fandom, it is undeniable that these projects have to be removed from the source material. For example, despite the cult status of the live-action “Uzumaki...
- 1/20/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese Mangaka Junji Ito has flown under the radar for some time as one of the prominent figures in Cosmic and Metaphysical Horror. His work has garnered a dedicated fan base that rabidly seeks out all of his work. For myself, Junji Ito was an introduction into Horror Manga, with “Uzumaki” being the first manga I owned. The Eisner Award winning Mangaka has seen his work adapted, including a TV series, to mixed reactions from his fan base. However, any project related to Ito’s work is bound to be met with some excitement and a chance for others to learn about Ito’s particular brand of surreal horror.
The anime style for the production has yet to be seen, but Adult swim has provided a trailer that outlines some of the ideology behind the series, as well as words about the process of adapting the career defining “Uzumaki” into anime.
The anime style for the production has yet to be seen, but Adult swim has provided a trailer that outlines some of the ideology behind the series, as well as words about the process of adapting the career defining “Uzumaki” into anime.
- 10/31/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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