Uzumaki - Could this be the first good Junji Ito adaptation?

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I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I really want this to be good. But the thing is, I think it's kind of impossible to make any animation series that is going to be as good and creepy as the manga. I think the medium itself is part of what makes the stories so creepy. Somehow, the animation ruins whatever magic the still images in magna create. Like the moving eyes scene in this latest trailer. It was creepy in the manga, but kind of silly looking animated.

Oh well, it still looks pretty cool so far.
 
CoolFool dijo:
I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I really want this to be good. But the thing is, I think it's kind of impossible to make any animation series that is going to be as good and creepy as the manga. I think the medium itself is part of what makes the stories so creepy. Somehow, the animation ruins whatever magic the still images in magna create. Like the moving eyes scene in this latest trailer. It was creepy in the manga, but kind of silly looking animated.

Oh well, it still looks pretty cool so far.
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I don't think it's actually possible to fully capture Ito's style in an animated format, so much of what he does artistically really only works as a page turner so to speak.
 
In case anyone wants this as a gif

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Animation looks really good. I'm very happy to see actual frame by frame movement and not just lip flapping. The only thing I don't like is some of the shading on the character's faces. The shots that replicate Ito's linework look great, but some other shots have this ugly grey shading with lines added that looks terrible. It almost reminds me of Berserk 2016, it's as if they added grey shading behind the linework to give it more contrast. It's disappointing because every shot of the Kirie looks great, but other shots look like this.
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This doesn't look right to me. The way the lines end at the harsh grey edges doesn't feel like a real ink drawing, it feels like a computer approximating one. I think they probably did this during complicated shots with a lot of movement to save time.
 
ShiftyBoi dijo:
Animation looks really good. I'm very happy to see actual frame by frame movement and not just lip flapping. The only thing I don't like is some of the shading on the character's faces. The shots that replicate Ito's linework look great, but some other shots have this ugly grey shading with lines added that looks terrible. It almost reminds me of Berserk 2016, it's as if they added grey shading behind the linework to give it more contrast. It's disappointing because every shot of the Kirie looks great, but other shots look like this.
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This doesn't look right to me. The way the lines end at the harsh grey edges doesn't feel like a real ink drawing, it feels like a computer approximating one. I think they probably did this during complicated shots with a lot of movement to save time.
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Sorta reminds me of those animated Doctor Who resorted bits. Still, could've been a lot worse
 
Here is an English translated version: https://chapmanganato.to/manga-ni964717

I liked it, and echo what some others have said that the animation feels too clean and computer made rather than actual line drawings. It's only a four part series so some stories may be shortened or even omitted. Part two looks to contain the snail boy and killer hair, with the jack in the box or twisted souls being shortened or cut. The black lighthouse is definitely in, but that story might be in part three.
 
I'm only speculating about those stories being shortened. I read in an interview that get the manga to fit into a two hour series, some concessions were made. Between the trailer and preview for part two, there was no mention of jack-in-box, which gives me the feeling it's cut down to a minute or two.

Part one contained chapters 1 to 3 with some of chapter 8 (the snail). Part two is advertised containing chapter 6 (medusa) and most likely the conclusion to the snail story. I've seen clips showing the lighthouse and hospital from chapters 9 and 10, so they are there in some form as well. Part four will likely be the rebuild of the town to the final decent, so chapter 16 to 19. That means chapters 4 to 15 have to fit into two 30-minute episodes.
 
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