Although Mononoke is a spinoff of the Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales series, the tales of the medicine seller have an audience of their own. The anime’s first season received a lot of positive attention from critics, and this time, the series will be back with a theatrical adaptation.
This ominous medicine seller appears wherever trouble brews, mostly of the supernatural kind. His field of expertise is slaying Mononoke, unnatural spirits who linger in the human world. The new installation to the anime will definitely attract otakus, who love the psychological genre.
On the 15th anniversary of the Mononoke anime, it was announced that it will receive an anime film in 2023. The film will be an original, so you can expect something that goes beyond the manga.
In the movie’s promotional video, you can see the unnamed medicine seller and all the cases he had solved in season 1. Different types of ayakashi (Mononoke) have been featured in the video, along with some humans who are worse than these spirits.
As always, the mystifying art style of Mononoke will be preserved if not enhanced in the movie.
The video also announces that the series will receive a crowdfunding campaign and a stage play. Both Kickstarter and Ubgoe will host the campaigns so Japanese, as well as overseas fans, can participate in it on June 24.
As a part of the 15th-anniversary celebrations, 15 artists will post different illustrations for the franchise. You can check out the first one by Yaeko Ninagawa, Mononoke’s manga artist.
The second visual is by Arina Tanemura, the mangaka of Idolish7.
Mononoke has always been a unique series despite being an offshoot of Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales. The upcoming movie has every chance to surprise you with a blend of supernatural stories and human follies.
About Mononoke
Mononoke is a spinoff series of Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales; its anime is produced by Toei. The series premiered with 12 episodes in 2007.
The story features an unnamed and mysterious medicine seller who travels and slays ayakashi. Ayakashi or Mononoke are supernatural spirits who linger in the mortal world and are often born due to negative human emotions.
In the anime, the protagonist appears in places infested by ayakashi and kills them with his sword. His sword allows him to slay the spirits only after he knows their shape, truth, and reasoning.
Source: Official Website
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