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2nd Mononoke Anime Film Unveils New Trailer, 2 New Cast Members
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for the Mononoke film project revealed the first full trailer, visual, and new cast members for the second film Mononoke the Movie Trilogy: Chapter 2 (Gekijōban Mononoke Dai-Ni-Shō: Hinezumi), on Wednesday.
The newly announced cast members are:
The second film will premiere in Japan on March 14.
Mononoke The Movie: Phantom in the Rain (Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa), the project's first film, premiered in Japan on July 26. Netflix is streaming the film. The film was previously slated to open last year, but was delayed. Alongside the announcement of the delay in February 2023, the film's staff also announced that Takahiro Sakurai would no longer reprise the role of the Medicine Seller as originally planned. Hiroshi Kamiya instead voices the protagonist the Medicine Seller in the film.
The first film won the Axis: Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation for best animated feature film at this year's annual Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
Kenji Nakamura returned to direct the first Mononoke film, with production at Twin Engine. Kitsuneko Nagata was the character designer, and Yūichi Takahashi adapted those designs for animation and served as chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki composed the music. EOTA animated the film.
Singer Aina The End performed the theme song "Love Sick."
The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The series is a spinoff of the Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales anime. Specifically, it follows the medicine seller from the "Bakeneko" (Goblin Cat) arc. The Mononoke anime has five arcs, the last of which is titled "Bakeneko."
Kenji Nakamura directed the television anime at Toei Animation, and Takashi Hashimoto designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music.
The anime previously streamed on Crunchyroll, but is currently available on other streaming services such as The Roku Channel and Netflix. New Video Group released the series on DVD in North America in 2014.
Sources: Mononoke film project's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
