Animator Henry Thurlow, widespread for his work on One piece, Boruto and different anime, lately posted a sequence of posts on X (previously Twitter) shedding mild on what may have probably gone mistaken with the Uzumaki modification.
The anime has taken an alarming downward spiral with regards to animation high quality, leaving everybody fairly discouraged.
Whereas Thurlow admitted he wasn’t absolutely conscious of what was taking place behind the scenes Uzumakis Throughout manufacturing, he lashed out at Western producers for possible ruining the present.
He identified {that a} producer of the anime, in an effort to only get performed with manufacturing and launch it, might need introduced in a foul studio to work on it.
“In the end, so far as Uzumaki manufacturing is worried, that is virtually sure *some* the fault of the western producer. ‘That is taking too lengthy, so power one other studio to complete it. I do not care what it seems like.’ I guess every thing I’ve went like this“
Thurlow identified that such patterns have been noticed prior to now with Kawajiri’s anime and the unreleased Alien vs. Predator anime, extensively criticizing Western producers and calling them garbage.
“Time and time once more, these Western produced anime have issues as a result of the Western producers are fucking rubbish.“
By the way in which, Thurlow’s clarification got here near one thing Uzumakis mentioned producer Jason DeMarco.
DeMarco mentioned they had been screwed and mentioned in his personal social media rant that the Uzumaki staff selected to air all episodes of the anime regardless of the apparent issues. He famous that the response from followers was anticipated.
Based mostly on the producer’s feedback, it looks like the standard of the ultimate two episodes will not dwell as much as followers’ expectations both.
Thurlow additionally famous that the last-minute manufacturing studio modifications and personnel modifications may have affected the standard of the anime.
Uzumaki Initially, the anime was mentioned to be animated by Studio Drive, with Manufacturing IG and Adultswim performing as producers. Nonetheless, in 2023, it was speculated that the anime was a joint manufacturing between Drive and Akatsuki.
This growth got here 4 years after Uzumaki was introduced.
And by the point the anime aired, Drive was not within the image Fugaku, a planning and manufacturing firm credited with the animation of the primary episode.
The hated episode 2, alternatively, was animated by Akatsuki.
Moreover, Hiroshi Nagahama would direct the episode. Nonetheless, when the anime aired, he was solely credited for the storyboards.
Whereas the query of whether or not the employees was given ample time to finish the challenge is one factor, Thurlow identified that Manufacturing IG itself has been sluggish to ship initiatives lately.
The animator, whereas nostalgic concerning the time when IG was on the high of the anime trade, admitted that the studio was now a shadow of what it was prior to now.
“In fact, artists want time and assets to do nice issues. If that was taken from IG, it is horrible. Nonetheless, it appears that evidently recently (in contrast to its glory days), IG has been endlessly delaying their initiatives. They proceed yr after yr finishing little or no. TO BE CLEAR. I really like IG. I am nostalgic for the times when IG, Madhouse and 4C had been on the high and all the time outdid one another. Nonetheless, all three seem to have misplaced their means to ship constant, well timed powerhouse work. It takes endlessly for them to do even somewhat bit now…“
Uzumaki was initially set to premiere on Toonami in 2020, forward of its Japanese debut. Nonetheless, manufacturing confronted a number of delays. Initially postponed to 2021, it was later moved to October 2022. In June 2022, one other delay pushed the discharge date additional.
The anime lastly aired on September 28, 2024.
Solid consists of:
- Uki Satake as Kirie Goshima
- Shinichiro Miki as Shuichi Saito
- Toshio Furukawa as Kirie’s father
- Takashi Matsuyama as Shuichi’s father
- Mika Doi as Yukie Saito
- Mariya Ise as Azami Kurotami
- Katsutoshi Matsuzaki as Katayama
- Wataru Hatano as Okada
- Tatsumaru Tachibana as Tsumura
- Kouichi Toochika as Yokota
- Ami Fukushima as Shiho
- Common Sato as a boy 1
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as boy 2
- Anna Nagase as a woman
- Kosuke Okamoto as Contestant 1
Uzumaki is a Japanese horror manga sequence written and illustrated by Junji Ito. The chapters had been serialized in Shogakukan’s weekly seinen manga journal Huge Comedian Spirits from 1998 to 1999 and had been collected into three sure volumes, printed from August 1998 to September 1999.
Supply: Henry Thurlow’s X account
