Is Uzumaki a good read?

Is Uzumaki a good read?

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing quality, great manga series! I absolutely love this omnibus! It's hard cover gives it a nice heavy book feel and with the bonus color pages and lost chapter makes it a great collectors item. Binding and overall make of the book is brilliant.

Is Tomie a good manga?

Tomie is one of Junji Ito's best works, and it just makes me want to see more of his stuff translated. ... The story itself is quite like Junji, and although the first chapters aren't as good as the later, it's still a great read.

When did the first Uzumaki manga come out?

• Uzumaki Series. 3 primary works 10 total works. A seinen horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 19, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes by Shogakukan and published from August 1998 to September 1999.

Why is the horror of Uzumaki so good?

• Ito believes the horror of Uzumaki is effective due to its subversion of symbols which are positively portrayed in Japanese media, and its theme of protagonists struggling against a mysterious force stronger than themselves.

Is the book Uzumaki by Junji Ito good?

• Uzumaki really has it all: fucked-up body horror, Lovecraftian elements, boundless imagination, and an unnerving sense of dread that pervades throughout its entirety. Highly, HIGHLY recommend. I need ALL the Junji Ito now! 4.5 stars.

Who are the main characters in the anime Uzumaki?

• The anime will be produced entirely in black and white. Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima (五島桐絵); her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito (斎藤秀一); and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho (黒渦町, Black Vortex Town), which is cursed by supernatural events involving spirals.