In a now deleted sequence of posts on Bluesky, Uzumaki producer Jason Demarco shared a little bit of perception into what went incorrect with the sequence.
When it was first introduced earlier this yr that the anime adaptation of the basic Junji Ito horror manga Uzumaki would lastly be releasing this yr, followers have been clearly extremely excited, myself included in that. The primary episode began actually robust too, with this hanging 3D look that helped you ignore how briskly paced it was. However then… the second episode aired. And it was actually, actually not superb. This got here as a little bit of a shock contemplating none of this was proven within the trailers, however then once more, none of this was within the trailers – return and you may see just about every little thing was from the primary episode, all the nice bits anyway.
There are some rumours about why issues ended up the way in which that they did, and it does seem to be there was a change in workers for the second episode, however producer Jason Demarco shared some perception on Bluesky (although he has since deleted his posts). “It’s advantageous, we knew this is able to occur,” wrote Demarco. “I can’t speak about what went down, however we have been screwed over, and the choices have been A) not end and air nothing and name it a loss, B) Simply end and air Episode 1 and depart it incomplete or C) run all 4, warts and all. Out of respect for the onerous work we selected C.”
Demarco continued, “After ready so lengthy, it is smart folks can be mad. Sadly, I can’t inform them who responsible it on… however somebody is unquestionably at fault right here, and all of us simply needed to do our greatest when issues imploded. Possibly others would have made totally different selections. We did the very best we might with what we had.” In his final submit, he defined, “However once more, lots of people labored very onerous on this present, and I didn’t assume the actions of only one or two folks must be the rationale it by no means noticed the sunshine of day. Possibly that’s the incorrect alternative. I really don’t know. However these folks have a proper to be aggravated and disenchanted. I’m glad you might be digging it.”
Primarily, it appears like manufacturing on the present ended up being fairly the mess. The present was first introduced manner again in 2019, and obtained a number of delays through the years. There’s nonetheless two episodes to air, however based mostly on Demarco’s feedback, we will most likely count on extra of the identical. Possibly this can be a signal that not every little thing must be tailored.
