The executive producer of Uzumaki The animated series spoke about the series’ downward spiral in quality for Episode 2. Jason DeMarco, who is also the co-creator of the action block Toonami on Cartoon Network, revealed what was wrong with it the animated adaptation of Junji Ito’s most famous work.
DeMarco spoke on the social media site Bluesky about Uzumaki Sudden drop in quality of Episode 2, airing October 5, 2024 on the Saturday night Toonami block on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Although DeMarco later deleted his comments, his revealing messages were captured and spread online. “It’s okay, we knew this would happen,” DeMarco said in a series of deleted messages. “I can’t speak to what happened, but we were screwed, and the options were A) don’t finish and air nothing and call it a loss, B) just finish and air Episode 1 and leave it incomplete or C) execute all four, warts and all, out of respect for hard work, we chose C. After waiting so long, it makes sense that people would be angry Unfortunately, I can’t. tell them who to blame…but someone is It’s definitely a fault here, and we all had to do our best when things imploded Maybe others would have made choices. different. We did the best we could with what we had.
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“But again, a lot of people worked really hard on this show, and I didn’t think the actions of just one or two people should be the reason it never saw the light of day,” continued DeMarco. Maybe it’s a bad choice. I really don’t know. But these people have the right to be annoyed and disappointed. I’m glad you like it.” The first of the series Uzumaki was highly praised for its haunting visuals that brought Ito’s gruesome artwork to life. Rave reviews for Episode 1 were unanimous, with many believing that the “curse” regarding adaptations of Ito’s printed works had finally been broken. However, the drop in animation quality for Uzumaki Episode 2 was anything but subtle. Snippets of extremely stilted animation, poor lip syncing, and inconsistent drawings – seemingly a complete 180 from Episode 1’s animation – began circulating on social media within minutes.
Although DeMarco did not explain in detail what was wrong with the production of UzumakiThe series’ development woes have been well known since its initial announcement in 2019. The highly anticipated adaptation of Ito’s famous horror story took five years to release, suffering three critical delays. The third delay occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the entertainment industry was struggling to adapt to remote work. DeMarco even joked about the show’s “cursed” production in a recent interview with Vulture.
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After being delayed indefinitely until June 2022, the Uzumaki The animation team announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 that the series would finally premiere on September 28. Episode 1 was directed by Hiroshi Nagahama (Busy, The flowers of evil) and animated by the Fugaku studio. However, episode 2 was directed by Yuji Moriyama and animated by Akatsuki studio.
THE Uzumaki There are two episodes left of the animated miniseries. Episode 3 will air on October 12, 2024 and the final episode will air on October 19, 2024. DeMarco is also the producer of the upcoming Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim animated film, which will be released on December 13, 2024.
Uzumaki: Spiral towards horror
A city gradually going crazy in the face of a growing obsession with spiral shapes: patterns in the clouds, everyday objects, hair, insects, skin.
- Release date
- September 29, 2024
- Cast
- Uki Satake, Shin-ichiro Miki, Mariya Ise, Toshio Furukawa, Mika Doi, Takashi Matsuyama, Katsutoshi Matsuzaki, Tatsumaru Tachibana, Kôichi Tôchika, Ami Fukushima, Wataru Hatano
- Seasons
- 1
- Studio
- Creator
- Main actors
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