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Uzumaki

2024 · 1 season

A slow, creeping dread settles in as ordinary shapes turn wrong and the town's obsession becomes inescapable.

Created by
Kouichirou Sohtome, Taiki Nishimura
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Animation
Starring
Uki Satake, Shin-ichiro Miki, Mariya Ise
Tagline
Spiral into horror.
Overview
Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.

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Created by
Kouichirou Sohtome, Taiki Nishimura
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Animation
Starring
Uki Satake, Shin-ichiro Miki, Mariya Ise
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • death
  • fate
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror9
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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