Anime

• IGN: Uzumaki Premiere Review - A classic horror manga comes to frightening life. 8/10 "Uzumaki does the seemingly impossible: Adapts a Junji Ito story into motion and makes it fun, silly, and horrifying."
• Comicbook .com: Uzumaki Review: The Perfect Junji Ito Adaptation 4.5/5 "Adult Swim's Uzumaki does the impossible in creating a worthy anime adaptation of Junji Ito's work."
• Gizmodo: The Uzumaki Anime Was Well Worth Its Endless Spiral of Delays - "Production I.G pushed animation to new heights to successfully adapt horror auteur Junji Ito's magnum opus."
• Paste: Adult Swim’s Uzumaki Adaptation Is Pure Spiraling Dread
• Otaku Magazine: Uzumaki Finally Delivers an Anime Worthy of Junji Ito’s Name

Uzumaki: The Animated Series premieres September 28 on Adult Swim, next day on Max.

Enter the spiral Sept 28th @ 12:30 - next day ‪on Max‬

Three years ago, mutant demons began appearing in Japan. While some are harmless or helpful towards humans, others are troublesome. Created from humans suffering from extreme emotional distress or unresolved trauma, these mutant demons began to wreak havoc as they began to evolve to be more intelligent and dangerous.

A lone rooster named Keiji wanders around various cities of Japan while defeating mutant demons he encounters. His ultimate goal is to find and kill the mutant dubbed "The White Demon" who killed his sister in order to avenge her death.

• Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer) as Kirie Goshima
• Robbie Daymond (Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen) as Shuichi Saito
• Cristina Vee (Killua in Hunter x Hunter) as Azami Kurotani
• Doug Stone (Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid) as Kirie’s father
• Aaron LaPlante (Duke in Resident Evil: Village) as Shuichi’s father
• Mona Marshall (Izzy Izumi in Digimon) as Shuichi’s mother
• Max Mittelman (Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth) as Katayama

I went hands-on with Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero during Summer Game Fest, and I think it’s going to be the perfect sandbox tool for hardcore Dragon Ball fans. It’s got a story mode that covers the manga’s iconic narrative, a vast cast of characters to use in satisfyingly bombastic brawls, and a Custom Battle mode that will let players create the battle scenarios of their dreams.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero launches on October 11 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

After more than 20 years off the air, Sailor Moon will return to Cartoon Network under Adult Swim.

Adult Swim is launching a new Friday block of programming called Toonami Rewind this month, per an announcement on their Facebook page. The two-hour block will feature classic shōnen anime shows, including Dragon Ball Z Kai and Naruto.

However, the real highlight of the announcement is the grand return of Sailor Moon and, for the first time, being aired uncensored with its new English dub from Viz Media.

https://youtu.be/ahgcrOO9Jdg

As explained by Popverse, the original English dub of Sailor Moon, which was produced by the now-defunct DiC Entertainment and then Cloverway for later seasons, was heavily censored and edited objectionable content to be more suitable for children back when it aired on Cartoon Network’s original Toonami after-school programming block between 1998 to 2002.

Sailor Moon’s original English dub altered character names, removed cultural Japanese references, and cut entire episodes. The 90’s dub also altered LGBTQ+ storylines with Sailor Neptune and Uranus, originally written as lovers, to be depicted as cousins.

Adult Swim is "going back in time" as it is set to launch a new Toonami Rewind block on May 31, 2024, that will feature such classic anime as Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Naruto.

Toonami shared the news on Facebook with a video and the schedule of when fans can expect to enjoy this new programming.

"We are happy to announce that every Friday, starting May 31st, Toonami is going back in time," Toonami wrote. "Say hello to Toonami Rewind, Friday 5-7p on Adult Swim."

The VIZ English Dub version of Sailor Moon will kick off Toonami Rewind at 5pm and it will be followed by two episodes of Dragon Ball Z Kai from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. Naruto will then close things out at 6:30pm.

While the tweet has since been deleted, Anime News Network reported that Toonami co-creator Jason DeMarco confirmed that Rewind is really leaning into the nostalgic vibes as it will also feature "classic older Toonami music and some older packaging."