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Uzumaki (manga)

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Alternative title:
Spirale (French)
Uzumaki - A Espiral do Horror (Portuguese)
Whirlpool
うずまき (Japanese)
漩渦 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: epidemic, spirals
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Kirei lives in a town that lately has odd occurrences, and each one somehow is connected to a spiral. Soon the spiral occurrences spread to infect even the bodies of people, which suddenly turns the everyday events in her life into chaos and horror.
User Ratings: 325 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 55 votes (Eng:35, sub:12, dub:8)
 Excellent: 97 votes (Eng:54, sub:21, dub:16, ?:3, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish
1 French
)
 Very good: 79 votes (Eng:51, sub:19, dub:6, others:3
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Portuguese
)
 Good: 51 votes (Eng:38, sub:7, dub:5, ?:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (Eng:18, sub:2, dub:1, others:2
1 Mandarin
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 9 votes (Eng:7, sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (Eng:3, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (Eng:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 541 users, rank: #144 (of 6831)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.068 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6646, rank: #772 (of 7658)
Weighted mean: 7.978 (Very good), rank: #1461 (of 7658) (seen all: 8.12 / seen some: 7.46 / won't finish: 4.09)
Bayesian estimate: 7.974 (Very good), rank: #492 (of 3502)
Number of tankoubon: 3
Number of pages: 208
Chapter titles: We have 20
Vintage:
1998-01-19 to 1999-08-30 (Big Comic Spirits, 1998 #7 - 1999 #39)
2004-10 to 2005-04 (Spain)
Release dates: We have 19
Reviews:
Uzumaki [3-in-1 Deluxe Edition] GN (Oct 6, 2014)
Uzumaki GN 1 (Jan 3, 2008)
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Graphic novel
    Uzumaki (GN 1) 2007-10-09 (from $11.99)
    Uzumaki (GN 2) 2007-12-11 (from $7.99)
    Uzumaki (GN 3) 2008-02-12 (from $3.11)
    Uzumaki [3-in-1 Deluxe Edition] (GN) 2013-10-15 (from $35.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Junji Ito
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Yuji Oniki

Adaptation: Yuji Oniki
Design: Sam Elzway (Deluxe Edition)
Editing:
Alvin Lu (First Edition)
Gary Leach (Signature Edition)
Jason Thompson (First Edition)
Masumi Washington (Deluxe Edition)
Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Steve Dutro
Susan Daigle-Leach
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation: Pablo Tschopp (Argentina)
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Panini Comics (Mexico)
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics (2018)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Paweł Dybała
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Japonica Polonica Fantastica
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Arnaldo Oka (Devir edition)
Publisher:
Conrad (Brazil)
Devir (2018)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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