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Uzumaki (manga)

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Alternative title:

Spirale (French)

Uzumaki - A Espiral do Horror (Portuguese)

Uzumaki - Spirala (Polish)

Whirlpool

うずまき (Japanese)

漩渦 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: horror

, mystery

, psychological

, supernatural

Themes: epidemic

, spirals

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Kirei lives in a town that lately has odd occurrences, and each one somehow is connected to a spiral. Soon the spiral occurrences spread to infect even the bodies of people, which suddenly turns the everyday events in her life into chaos and horror.

User Ratings: 327 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 55 votes (Eng:35, sub:12, dub:8)

Excellent: 97 votes (Eng:54, sub:21, dub:16, ?:3, others:3

1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish
1 French

)

Very good: 79 votes (Eng:51, sub:19, dub:6, others:3

1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Portuguese

)

Good: 50 votes (Eng:37, sub:7, dub:5, ?:1)

Decent: 25 votes (Eng:20, sub:2, dub:1, others:2

1 Mandarin
1 French subtitled

)

So-so: 9 votes (Eng:7, sub:1, raw:1)

Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)

Weak: 4 votes (Eng:3, sub:1)

Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)

Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)

Worst ever: 3 votes (Eng:3)

Seen in part or in whole by 545 users, rank: #144 (of 7008)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.034 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7246, rank: #819 (of 7884)
Weighted mean: 7.938 (Very good), rank: #1575 (of 7884) (seen all: 8.07 / seen some: 7.46 / won't finish: 4.09)
Bayesian estimate: 7.935 (Very good), rank: #586 (of 3550)

Number of tankoubon: 3

Number of pages: 208

Chapter titles: We have 20

Vintage:

1998-01-19 to 1999-08-30 (Big Comic Spirits, 1998 #7 - 1999 #39)

2004-10 to 2005-04 (Spain)

2011-05-01 (Poland)

Release dates: We have 19

Reviews:

Uzumaki [3-in-1 Deluxe Edition] GN (Oct 6, 2014)

Uzumaki GN 1 (Jan 3, 2008)

News: Show: 10 +24 +12 ref. +155 unverified

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Interest:

Japan's Readers Pick 20 Horror Manga to Keep You Up at Night (Aug 30, 2018)

Press Release:

VIZ Media Releases a Deluxe, Hardcover Omnibus Edition of Junji Ito's Celebrated Horror Manga Uzumaki (Oct 18, 2013)

Other articles: Show: 2 +2 ref. +26 unverified

A Glance into Junji Ito's Horror: Uzumaki, Black Bird, and Enigma at Amigara Fault (Mar 24, 2023)

Uzumaki Feeds Off the Claustrophobia of a Small Town (Jun 16, 2021)

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Graphic novel

Uzumaki (GN 1) 2007-10-09 (from $29.98)

Uzumaki (GN 2) 2007-12-11 (from $7.99)

Uzumaki (GN 3) 2008-02-12 (from $6.69)

Uzumaki [3-in-1 Deluxe Edition] (GN) 2013-10-15 (from $19.99)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Story & Art: Junji Ito

(none)

Japanese companies

Publisher: Shogakukan

English staff

English cast

Translation: Yuji Oniki

Adaptation: Yuji Oniki

Design: Sam Elzway (Deluxe Edition)

Editing:
Alvin Lu (First Edition)

Gary Leach (Signature Edition)

Jason Thompson (First Edition)

Masumi Washington (Deluxe Edition)

Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Steve Dutro

Susan Daigle-Leach

(none)

English companies

Licensed by: Viz Media

French staff

French companies

(none)

Publisher: Editions Tonkam

French cast

(none)

Spanish staff

Spanish companies

Translation: Pablo Tschopp (Argentina)

Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)

Panini Comics (Mexico)

Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)

Spanish cast

(none)

Italian staff

Italian cast

Translation:
Chieko Toba

Ernesto Cellie

Lettering: Christian Biscaro

(none)

Italian companies

Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics (2018)

Polish staff

Polish cast

Translation: Paweł Dybała

(none)

Polish companies

Publisher: Japonica Polonica Fantastica

Portuguese staff

Portuguese companies

Translation: Arnaldo Oka (Devir edition)

Publisher:
Conrad (Brazil)

Devir (2018)

Portuguese cast

(none)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff

Chinese (Taiwan) companies

(none)

Licensed by: Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast

(none)

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