On November 7, 2024, Netflix Anime announced the streaming of the Mononoke anime film on its platform. It is set to air on November 28, 2024. The anime film was released in its home country Japan in July 2024, after getting postponed. The second part of the film is set to be released in 2025.
The anime film, with a run time of 89 minutes, is an original story animated by Toei Animation Studio. The series also received a manga adaptation after the anime's release, written and illustrated by Kitsuneko Nagata.
Mononoke anime film set to release on Netflix on November 28, 2024
The special trailer focuses on the main protagonist, Medicine Seller, and his transformations. The trailer ended with the airing date of the film, November 28, on the streaming platform. The movie was titled Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain.
On July 28, 2024, the Mononoke anime film's production team announced that it would be a trilogy, with the second part (Mononoke Movie: Hinezumi) set to be released on March 15, 2025. The first part aired in Japan on July 26, 2024, and was set to release Blu-ray (with English subtitles) on December 18, 2024.
The voice casting for the anime film consisted of talented personnel from the industry like Medicine Seller voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya, who is best known for voicing Levi Ackermann from Attack on Titan and Trafalgar Law in One Piece.
Kame voiced by Yuki Aoi (Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries), Botan Ootome voiced by Haruka Tomotsu (Hori from Horimiya), and Asa voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi from The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls).
The staff members for the Mononoke anime film include Kenji Nakamura as the director and Taku Iwasaki (music composer of Soul Eater) as the music composer. It is written by a set of writers like Manabu Ishikawa, Chiaki J. Konaka, Michiko Yokote, and Ikuko Takahashi.
Mononoke anime film synopsis
Continuing the adventures of the Medicine Seller in the world of the occult, the main protagonist's journey takes him to Ooku, the pleasure district of Lord Tenshi. In this district, the anime film introduces two women named Kame and Botan.
With both of them looking for something of their own interests, they stumble upon the dark side of Ooku and its lord, but as no male is allowed in this district, things become complicated. However, with the entry of the Medicine Seller, how long will the dark mysteries of this district remain a mystery?
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