Anime Like Uzumaki

In the small town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. However, one day while walking to the station with her boyfriend Shuuichi Saito, they witness Shuuichi’s father gazing at a snail. Shuuichi casually remarks that his father has been acting weird lately and has become strangely enamored with spirals.

When the obsession of Shuuichi’s father becomes fatal, it sets off a chain of events that leave the town spiraling into madness.

The fifteen-year-old Megumi Shimizu dreamed of leaving her small country town behind for the big city, but those dreams died when she did.

It was her murder that kicked off a summer of blood and terror in this small town where a city boy and a country doctor try to stop the epidemic of death happening around them.

Ever since 1972, class 3-3 in Yomiyama North Middle School has had a strange tradition of pretending that one of their students did not exist.

When Kouichi Sakakubara transfers into the class, he finds himself drawn to a girl that no one seems to notice.

Not paying heed to the warnings of his classmates, all hell is about to break loose.

Keiichi Maebara just moved from Tokyo with his family to the small town of Hinamizawa in the summer 1983.

As the town is so small, school children of all ages are lumped into one class. There he becomes fast friends with four girls where he spends his days after school idly playing games.

However, as the town’s annual festival approaches, he learns about a series of murders, disappearances, and other mysteries that surround it.

When he confronts his friends, he finds them mysteriously tight-lipped.

After his parents died, Shinpei went to live with the Kofune family on Hitogashima Island. After leaving for school in Tokyo he has not been back since, but after receiving word that one of the two Kofune daughters, Ushio, drown tragically, he returns for the funeral.

However, with bruises on her neck, there is some doubt if Ushio’s accident was truly an accident.

As he considers her death, strange things begin to take place on this island that forces Mio, Ushio’s sister, to recall an old tale about how seeing a person that looks just like yourself foretells your own death.

One night, sixteen-year-old Shinichi Izumi was peacefully sleeping when a race of parasitic aliens descended on Earth.

One parasite infects Shinichi, trying to get to his brain to take over his body, but ends up getting stuck in his right hand. Unable to relocate to the brain, the alien, named Migi, now has no choice but to learn to coexist with Shinichi in his body in order to stay alive.

Unfortunately, the other parasitic aliens are not so friendly with humans or to parasites that failed to complete their mission.

In the seaside town of Kurosaki, there stands a rundown old apartment block known as Housing Complex C. Young Kimi and many of the residents are excited for the new people from abroad that move in while they observe technical research in the area.

However, soon after these new residents move in, a number of horrific incidents begin to occur.

Akira has always been a little weak and blends into the background, so when his childhood friend asks for help uncovering devils, he agrees. The pair head to Sabbath where many gather for debauchery and to be possessed by devils.

When the devils begin to wreck havoc in their new living hosts, Akira agrees to merge bodies with a devil in order to save his friend. Though he now has a voracious devil inside him, he still has the heart of a crybaby.

As the sun sets, a mysterious man comes to town. The children all gather round to hear his sinister tales based on Japanese urban legends.

Along with his demented narration, he uses a kamishibai, a traditional paper-scrolling device, to add in visuals.