Production company Twin Engine announced that a new project in the Mononoke anime series is in production on Sunday.

Actor Hirofumi Araki (Tennis no Oujisama), who played the Medicine Seller in the most recent Mononoke stage play, will voice a new Medicine Seller named Ken no Tsurugi.

The original character designer of the trilogy, Kitsuneko Nagata, returns for the new project.

Produced by Toei Animation, Mononoke, a spin-off of the 2006 anthology Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror (Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales) aired in 12 episodes in Summer 2007. Crunchyroll streamed the anime with subs and dubs in multiple languages.

The trilogy movies were produced by EOTA, with the first movie, Mononoke Movie 1: Karakasa (Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain), premiering in Japanese theatres in July 2024 and the second movie, subtitled Dai ni Shou - Hinezumi (Chapter II - Fire Rat) releasing in March 2025. The final movie in the trilogy, Mononoke Movie 3: Hebigami (Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - Snake God), opened in theaters on May 29.

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Official site: https://www.mononoke-movie.com/
Official X: @anime_mononoke

Source: Comic Natalie

Mononoke (Shin Project) on MAL