The official Mononoke movie website has revealed a new teaser and visual for the film. The trailer reveals the film's crew, the expected release date of summer 2024 and Hiroshi Kamiya as the new voice of the protagonist, the Medicine Salesman.
Mononoke – Film gets teaser and new information
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The film was scheduled to be released this year, but was postponed. Along with announcing the postponement in February, the film's team also announced that Takahiro Sakurai will no longer reprise the role of the Medicine Salesman as originally planned.
Twin Engine stated 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 medicine. Considering the story point of view, we decided to change the cast of the Medicine Salesman.
As previously announced, Kenji Nakamura will return to direct the film Mononoke, produced by Twin Engine. 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, she follows the medicine seller from the “Bakeneko” (Goblin Cat) arc. The Mononoke anime has five arcs, the last one being titled “Bakeneko”.
Source: Official website
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