At today’s stage greeting for Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain in Japan, the voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya revealed that “Chapter 2” of the series is currently in production. The first chapter was released on July 26 in Japanese theaters.
Updated on 28 July:
The staff revealed that the Mononoke film project will consist of three films. The second film, named “Gekijōban Mononoke Second Chapter: Hinezumi,” will premiere in Japan on March 14, 2025. The staff also announced that Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain won the Axis: Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
New Visual:
CAST of Chapter 1:
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Asa
Aoi Yuki as Kame
Mami Koyama as Utayama
Hana Kanazawa as Kitagawa
Yuko Kaida as Awashima
Yukana as Mugitani
Jun Fukuyama as Hiramoto
Daisuke Hosomi as Sakashita
Haruka Tomatsu as Botan Otomo
Yoko Hikasa as Fuki Tokita
Miyu Irino as Tenshi
Kenjiro Tsuda as Mizorogi
STAFF of Chapter 1:
Director: Kenji Nakamura
Animation character designer and chief animation director: Yuuichi Takahashi
Visual director: Youichi Senzui
Art director: Akira Kuramoto, Youko Saitou
Music composer: Taku Iwasaki
Animation Production: EOTA
The Mononoke film was revealed during the 15th-anniversary event for the 2007 Mononoke series in June 2022, with an initial aim for release in 2023. Mononoke originates as a spin-off from the 2006 series Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales.
Crunchyroll describes the Mononoke series as:
In feudal Japan, evil spirits known as mononoke plague the countryside, leaving a trail of fear in their wake. One mysterious person has the power to slay the mononoke where they stand; he is known as the Medicine Seller, and he vanquishes the spirits using the power of his Exorcism Sword. In order to draw his sword he must understand the Form, Truth and Reason of the mononoke. Armed with a sharp wit, the Medicine Seller wanders from place to place, striking down the evil spirits in his wake.
Source: Official Website
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