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Mononoke (TV)

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Alternative title:
Мононокэ (Russian)
モノノ怪 (Japanese)
物怪~Mononoke化貓 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: demons
Plot Summary: "Mononoke" continues the story of the medicine seller from the "Bakeneko" arc of "Ayakashi," as he continues to face various dangerous spirits.
Watch Mononoke on: , JustWatch
User Ratings: 887 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 276 votes (sub:254, dub:10, raw:3, ?:1, others:8
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 256 votes (sub:225, dub:13, ?:2, raw:1, others:15
6 Spanish subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 173 votes (sub:158, dub:9, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Good: 96 votes (sub:88, dub:5, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 45 votes (sub:39, dub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:19, dub:1)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:1, sub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1447 users, rank: #857 (of 9777)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.484 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6773, rank: #195 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 8.442 (Very good+), rank: #181 (of 9919) (seen all: 8.57 / seen some: 7.49 / won't finish: 3.82)
Bayesian estimate: 8.428 (Very good+), rank: #85 (of 7496)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2007-07-12
2009-01-30 (Ep. 1–3, Italy—Future Film Festival)
2017-09-01 (I-Sat—Latin America)
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Kagen no Tsuki" by Ryouta Komatsu and Charlie Kosei
Ending Theme:
"Natsu no Hana" by JUJU
News: Show:
Japanese Box Office (Mar 2, 2005)
Ghibli News (Nov 29, 2000)
Mononoke DVD News (Sep 29, 2000)
More Mononoke DVD News (Jul 11, 2000)
Miyazaki DVDs on Amazon! (Jun 22, 2000)
Anime News Briefs (Feb 5, 2000)
Anime Movie News Briefs (Jan 31, 2000)
Anime Movie News Briefs (Jan 22, 2000)
Anime News Briefs (Jan 14, 2000)
News Briefs (Dec 17, 1999)
Mononoke on ET Weekend (Aug 13, 1999)
Miyazaki festival in NYC (Jun 24, 1999)
Other articles: Show:
Hey, Answerman! (Jun 12, 2010)
KUROSUFAIYAH! (Feb 11, 2003)
Answerman: Star Sick (Dec 7, 2001)
Mononoke Day is At Hand! (Oct 25, 1999)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Mononoke - The Complete TV Series (Blu-ray) 2023-03-28 (from $32.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Mononoke - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-07-15

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenji Nakamura
Screenplay:
Chiaki J. Konaka (eps 3-5, 8-9)
Ikuko Takahashi (Zashiki Warashi; eps 1-2, 10-11)
Manabu Ishikawa (eps 6-7)
Michiko Yokote (ep 12)
Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (Nopperabou 1)
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Umibouzu)
Kenji Nakamura (Zashiki Warashi 1; ep 1)
Kôji Yamazaki (Nue 1-2)
Sumio Watanabe (Zashiki Warashi 2)
Episode Director:
Hidehito Ueda (Nopperabou 1, Bakeneko 2)
Kenji Nakamura (Zashiki Warashi 1; eps 1, 12)
Kōhei Hatano (Zashiki Warashi 1; eps 1, 5, 10)
Kôji Yamazaki (Nue 1-2)
Mana Uchiyama (Umibouzu 1)
Masayuki Matsumoto (Umibouzu 2) 
Nama Uchiyama (Umibouzu 1) 
Sumio Watanabe (Zashiki Warashi 2)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (Umibouzu 2)
Yukihiko Nakao (Nopperabou 2)
Character Design: Takashi Hashimoto
Art:
Takashi Kurahashi (eps 3-12)
Yumi Hosaka (eps 1-12)
Chief Animation Director: Takashi Hashimoto
Animation Director:
Atsushi Soga (ep 4)
Hidemi Kubo (eps 5, 8)
Hideoki Kusama (ep 9)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 3)
Keiji Ishihara (eps 8-9)
Kenji Hayama (ep 9)
Mikine Kuwabara (ep 10)
Natsuki Watanabe (Zashiki Warashi 2)
Shigeki Kuhara (ep 9)
Takashi Hashimoto (Zashiki Warashi 1; eps 1, 12)
Tatsuya Oka (eps 6, 11)
Yūji Hakamada (eps 5, 7, 10)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Cgi Director: Nobuhiro Morita
Executive producer:
Masaaki Yukawa (Dentsu)
Masao Teshima (Asmik Ace Entertainment)
Norihiro Hayashida (SKY Perfect Well Think)
Shinji Shimizu (Toei Animation)
Taizō Itō (Sony Music Entertainment)
Yukihiro Ito (Fuji TV)
Producer:
Atsutoshi Umezawa (Toei Animation)
Atsuya Takase (Fuji TV)
Hiroaki Shibata (Toei Animation)

Art Advancement: Hiroshi Misono (eps 1-12)
Assistant Episode Director:
Masato Mitsuka (ep 9)
Tomokazu Iwasaki (ep 4)
Yasunori Gotō (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Assistant producer: Yoshinori Takeeda (Fuji TV)
Background Art:
Emiko Kaneyama (eps 1-12)
Yuzuka Aoyagi (eps 1-12)
CG Design:
Akihiro Yoshida (ep 5)
Daiki Nakazawa (eps 4, 6)
Emiko Nishida (eps 7, 10-11)
Hirotoshi Akai (eps 3-4)
Kazuhiro Nishikawa (ep 12)
Kentarō Yayama (eps 8-9)
Kousuke Taguchi (ep 4)
Masaaki Kamada (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10-12
)

Naoki Miyahara (eps 3-5, 12)
Satoko Toyokawa (eps 6-8, 10-11)
Satoshi Nōzawa (eps 5-7)
Taro Matsuura (eps 6, 10-12)
Tomoyuki Yamada (ep 3)
Tsukasa Saitō (eps 8-9)
Yoshihiro Yanagiya (eps 8-9)
CG Production Manager:
Hirotsugu Yokoo (eps 1-12)
Masaki Sakurai (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 9-11
)

Shigeki Nemoto (eps 1-12)
Color design: Rumiko Nagai
Color setting:
Atsushi Furukawa (ep 9)
Hiroaki Kojima (eps 6-7, 11)
Michiaki Nakano (ep 2)
Minako Yashiro (ep 4)
Noriko Yamaguchi (ep 3)
Tomoko Kohioki (ep 12)
Yoshiko Sakuma (eps 1, 5, 8, 10)
Digital Photography:
Akira Iribe (eps 1-12)
Daiki Nakazawa (ep 12)
Emiko Nishida (ep 12)
Hironobu Hatanaka (畑中浩信 in ep 1; eps 1-12)
Kaori Ōiwa (eps 1-8)
Kazuya Arahata (eps 1-5, 9-11)
Keisuke Arai (eps 10-11)
Kiyotaka Suzuki (ep 9)
Kosuke Arakawa (ep 1)
Kousuke Taguchi (eps 2, 6)
Masaaki Kamada (ep 2)
Noriaki Kato (eps 6-7, 9)
Noriyuki Wakasugi (ep 1)
Reiko Takamatsu (eps 8-12)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (eps 1-5, 8-12)
Satoshi Nōzawa (ep 2)
Takahiro Misaki (eps 1-7, 9)
Takumi Endo (eps 10-11)
Taro Matsuura (ep 3)
Tetsuya Sasaki (eps 4-5, 8)
Yoshitaka Matsuura (ep 7)
Yumi Nomura (eps 8, 12)
Editing: Kenta Katase
Finish Check:
Atsushi Furukawa (ep 9)
Hiroaki Kojima (eps 6-7, 11)
Minako Yashiro (ep 4)
Noriko Yamaguchi (ep 3)
Yoshiko Sakuma (ep 1)
Yumiko Kokubu (ep 2)
Finish Manager: Satoshi Kitamura (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 12
)

In-Between Animation:
Ami Kuniyoshi (ep 4)
Ayaka Shimoji (ep 7)
Etsuko Tsunoda (eps 6-7)
Hisashi Mawatari (ep 1)
Junko Abe (ep 3)
Mariko Kiyota (ep 7)
Mariko Oka (eps 6-7)
Nobuki Nakamura (ep 7)
Shouhei Hosoya (eps 6-7, 11)
Key Animation:
Akiko Matsuo (ep 9)
Hideki Kakita (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Hisashi Mori (ep 5)
Kōhei Hatano (ep 10)
Masahiko Kubo (ep 1)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 6)
Sōichirō Matsuda (eps 4-5, 8, 12)
Takaaki Yamashita (eps 1, 5, 12)
Takashi Hashimoto (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 8-10, 12
)

Takeshi Yoshioka (eps 8, 12)
Yuki Hayashi (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Planning: Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV)
Production Advancement:
Akina Hasegawa (ep 4)
Katsunori Kobayashi (ep 7)
Kōhei Ukita (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 12
)

Manabu Nemoto (ep 9)
Masae Sano (ep 9)
Osamu Ozawa (eps 6, 11)
Takashi Sakakibara (ep 3)
Tomoaki Hirukawa (ep 2)
Production manager:
Kazumi Fujioka
Yoshiaki Yanagi
Sound Effects: Daisuke Murakami
Special Effects: Rumiko Nagai (ep 9)
Theme Song Arrangement:
CHOKKAKU (ED)
Ryōta Komatsu (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Naohisa Taniguchi (ED)
Ryōta Komatsu (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aya Harukazu (OP)
Miyuki Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Charlie Kosei (OP vocals only)
JUJU (ED)
Ryōta Komatsu (OP)
Takahiro Sakurai as Medicine seller

Aiko Hibi as
Masao Kobayashi (Bakeneko)
Zashiki Warashi (Zashiki Warashi)
Daisuke Namikawa as Shougen (Umibouzu)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Hyoue Sasaki (Umibouzu)
Eiji Takemoto as
Kiyoshi Moriya (Bakeneko)
Tomoyoshi Muromachi (Nue)
Fumiko Orikasa as Setsuko Ichikawa (Bakeneko)
Hikaru Midorikawa as Nopperabou (Nopperabou)
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Jutarou Fukuda (Bakeneko)
Houko Kuwashima as O-chou (Nopperabou)
Kōzō Shioya as Tokuji (Zashiki Warashi)
Masashi Hirose as Tansui Nakarai (Nue)
Minoru Inaba as Sakae Kadowaki (Bakeneko)
Rie Tanaka as Shino (Zashiki Warashi)
Ryūsei Nakao as Genkei (Umibouzu)
Seiji Sasaki as Bunpei Kinoshita (Bakeneko)
Takeshi Aono as Roubo Oosawa (Nue)
Tomokazu Seki as Genousai Yanagi (Umibouzu)
Toshiko Fujita as Hisayo (Zashiki Warashi)
Wakana Yamazaki as Ruri-Hime (Nue)
Yasuhiro Takato as Mikuniyatamon (Umibouzu)
Yōko Soumi as Haru Yamaguchi (Bakeneko)
Yukana as
Chiyo Nomoto (Bakeneko)
Kayo (Umibouzu)

Aki Sasaki as
Couple female (ep 2)
Customer (ep 1)
Passenger (ep 10)
Waitress (eps 11-12)
Woman (ep 4)
Younger brother's wife (Nopperabou)
Asaka Ueoka as Citizen (ep 12)
Daisuke Matsubara as Citizen (ep 12)
Eiji Takemoto as
Goroumaru (Umibouzu)
Naosuke (Zashiki Warashi)
Ochou's husband (Nopperabou)
The Sword (ep 5)
Haruna Ikezawa as Oyou (ep 5)
Hidehiko Kaneko as
Station attendant (ep 10)
The Dead (ep 9)
Hidemi Anzai as Passenger (ep 11)
Hiroshi Okamoto as Younger brother-in-law (Nopperabou)
Isao Teramoto as The Dead (ep 9)
Keiichirō Yamamoto as Customer (ep 1)
Keiji Hirai as Shihan Iwao (ep 4)
Kōhei Fukuhara as
Magistrate (ep 6)
Sea Monster (ep 5)
Kōta Nemoto as Passenger (ep 10)
Kouji Haramaki as
Couple male (ep 2)
Customer (ep 1)
Kozue Kamada as
Girl (Nue)
Sad Man (ep 9)
Masaru Suzuki as Passenger (ep 11)
Miku Yoshikawa as Passenger (ep 11)
Naoya Uchida as Korenari Jissonji (Nue)
Noriko Uemura as Mother-in-law (Nopperabou)
Norio Wakamoto as Umizatou (Umibouzu)
Rika Komatsu as The Infant (ep 2)
Rin Mizuhara as Ochou's mother (Nopperabou)
Ryouhei Nakao as
Bakeneko (ep 12)
Cat (ep 11)
Employee (ep 10)
Saki Yasuda as
Cat (ep 12)
Customer (ep 1)
Shunzō Miyasaka as Cat (ep 12)
Shuuma Hiki as The Dead (ep 9)
Takahiro Fujimoto as The Dead (ep 9)
Tomohisa Asō as Executive (eps 10, 12)
Tomoka Endō as Passenger (ep 11)
Umeka Shōji as Newspaper Staff (ep 12)
Yoshihiro Kanemitsu as Newspaper Staff (ep 12)
Yumi Sudou as Passenger (ep 10)
Yuri Kobayashi as
Old priestess (ep 9)
Old woman (ep 8)
Yūsuke Numata as Young lord (Zashiki Warashi)
Yūta Kasuya as Passenger (ep 11)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Animation Production Cooperation:
A-Line (eps 6-7, 11)
Doga Kobo (ep 4)
Studio Guts (ep 2)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 3)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 9)
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
CG Design: Tatsunoko Digital Room (ep 9)
Co-Production: Tatsunoko Production
Digital Photography:
DR TOKYO
Tatsunoko Production
English cast
English staff
Dubbing Director: Victor Lee
Producer: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)

Associate producer: Caleb McPhee (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek Blu-ray)
Quality Control: Marc Levy (Discotek Blu-ray)
Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (Discotek Blu-ray)
Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Victor Lee as Medicine Seller (uncredited) 

Elizabeth Loennborn as Okami Hisayo the Innkeeper (Zashiki Warashi)
Jessica de Borja as
Haru Yamaguchi (Bakeneko)
Oyo (Umibouzu)
Zashiki Warashi (Zashiki Warashi)
Kate Hawkins as Lady Ruri (Nue)
Lydia Lee Tang as
Kayo (Umibouzu)
Ocho (Nopperabou)
Michael Pizzuto as
Bunpei Kinoshita (Bakeneko)
Kiyoshi Moriya (Bakeneko)
Nakarai Tansui (Nue)
Tokuji (Zashiki Warashi)
Mike Brooks as Jyutaro Fukuda (Bakeneko)
Sarah Hauser as Shino (Zashiki Warashi)
Scott Evans as
Genyousai Yanagi (Umibouzu)
Man in Fox Mask (Nopperabou)
Osawa Robo (Nue)
Sakae Kadowaki (Bakeneko)
Victor Lee as
Hyoe Sasaki (Umibouzu)
Narrator
Vinay Nariani as
Genkei (Umibouzu)
Muromachi Tomoyoshi (Nue)
Toman Mikuniya (Umibouzu)

Elizabeth Loennborn as Ocho's Mother-in-Law (Nopperabou)
Jessica de Borja as
Old Woman (Nue)
Wife of Ocho's Brother-in-Law (Nopperabou)
Kate Hawkins as Ocho's Mother (Nopperabou)
Michael Pizzuto as
Goromaru (Umibouzu)
Jissonji Konari (Nue)
Nue (Nue)
Young Lord (Zashiki Warashi)
Victor Lee as
Naosuke (Zashiki Warashi)
Ocho's Brother-in-Law (Nopperabou)
Vinay Nariani as Ocho's Husband (Nopperabou)

English companies
ADR Production:
BTI Studios
Omni Productions 
Broadcaster: CVM TV (Jamaica)
Distributor: Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Dubbing Studio: Omni Productions 
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2022)
New Video Group
Production Cooperation: The Japan Foundation
Recording Studio: BTI Studios 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Script: Alejandro Bono

Mix Engineer: Noel Romero
Alejandro Bono as Boticario

Alan García as Hyōe Sasaki
Alejandro Graue as
Genousai Yanagi
Oosawa Roubo
Ángeles Lescano as Princesa Ruri
Livia Fernan as Hisayo (Zashiki Warashi)
Mario De Candia as Genkei (Umibouzu)
Noelia Socolovsky as Shino (Zashiki Warashi)

Agostina Longo as Kayo
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Estudio Mandinga
Broadcaster: I-Sat (Latin America)
Distributor: The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Netflix
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: I.Sat (Subbed)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Brazil)
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Horng En Culture
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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