The official website for the film Mononoke has released a new teaser and visual. The trailer reveals the film's cast, a summer 2024 release date, and Hiroshi Kamiya as the new voice of the protagonist, the Medicine Seller.
Mononoke – Movie gets teaser and new information
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The film was originally scheduled for release this year, but has been delayed. Along with the February delay announcement, the film's crew also announced that Takahiro Sakurai will no longer reprise his role as the Medicine Salesman as originally planned.
Twin Engine said in a statement:
The film "MONONOKE" is set in Ōoku (historically the women's quarters of Edo Castle) and attempts to portray women's suffering and the need for medicine. Considering the story's perspective, we decided to change the Medicine Seller's cast.
As previously announced, Kenji Nakamura will return to direct the Mononoke film, with Twin Engine producing. New team members include:
- Animation Production: EOTA
- Character Design: Kitsuneko Nagata
- Character Animation Designer, Chief Animation Director: Yūichi Takahashi
- Background Design: Yōichi Katohno
- Fund Directors: Akira Kuramoto, Yōko Saitō
- Color Design: Kunio Tsujita
- Visual Director: Yoichi Senzui
- 3D Director: Kenichi Shirai
- Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
- Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
- Music: Taku Iwasaki
- Producers: Kimiaki Sato, Yūki Sudō
- Production Planning: Kōji Yamamoto
The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The series is a spinoff of the anime Ayakashi – Samurai Horror Tales. 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."
Source: Official website
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