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Twin Engine shared a special preview of “Mononoke Movie: Karakasa” showcasing action-packed visuals with a unique art style. The movie is set to hit theatres in Japan on 26th July 2024.
The film was set to release last year but got delayed due to the recasting of the main voice artist for the role of Medicine Seller. In the series, Medicine Seller was originally voiced by Takahiro Sakurai, but due to his alleged 10-year extra-marital affair, Hiroshi Kamiya was recast for the role.
About Mononoke
Mononoke is a Japanese Animation Television Series by the studio ‘Toei Animation’, airing from July 13, 2007, to September 28, 2007, for 12 episodes. The anime series is a spin-off to “Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror”. The protagonist, Kusuriuri, was first introduced in the final chapter of the Ayakashi- “Bake Neko“. The anime has inspired several manga adaptations, stage plays, and the upcoming movie.
Mononoke Movie: Karakasa Music Video
Last week, Twin Engine also released the “Mononoke Movie: Karakasa” Theme Song “Love Sick” Animation Music Video by “Aina the End” (avex trax) on its official YouTube channel.
The first thing I thought when I saw “Mononoke: Karakasa the Movie” was how unique and wonderful the sense of color is. I was constantly amazed at the worldview that could be created with a sense of color that I had never experienced before.
I really love it.
The song this time has a Japanese feel to it, and it’s called “Love Sick,” which in Japanese translates to “sweet sickness.” It’s a song I took on myself, so I hope you enjoy listening to it.
I also sincerely hope that I can add a touch of glamour to “Mononoke: Karakasa the Movie.” I’m looking
forward to its release!-Aina the End
Check out the music video from here:
What Mononoke Anime is about?
Mononoke follows the story of a nameless Medicine Seller who travels through Japan somewhere between the Edo Period and Meiji Era, exorcising the evil spirits ‘Mononoke’ he encounters in his way. But, for the Medicine Seller to exorcise the spirits by unsheathing his sword, he must learn about the spirit’s Form, Truth, and Reason.
Mononoke Movie: Karakasa Plot
The Mononoke Movie: Karakasa is set in the Ooku, a special place where women are kept to give birth to the heir for the Emperor. The Ooku is an organization with its own rules. Asa (Tomoyo Kurosawa) and Kame (Aoi Yuki) are two new maids who enter the Ooku. Asa wants to advance her career, while Kame is looking for a place in Ooku. On the very first day, both took part in a ritual offering something important to them to ‘Omizu-Sama’ (worshiped in Ooku).
An incident triggers a bond between both, passion growing every night between them until they lose all their senses to the rattling umbrella sound. A tragic event occurs, and the medicine seller chases a Mononoke to the Ooku. To defeat the monster, he must learn the “form,” “truth,” and “reason.” The salvation and exorcism will only commence once he learns the heartbreaking truth.
Mononoke Movie: Karakasa Cast & Staff
CAST
- Medicine Seller (Kusuriuri): Hiroshi Kamiya
- Asa: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Kame: Aoi Yuuki
- Kitagawa: Kana Hanazawa
- Utayama: Mami Koyama
- Ootomo Botan: Haruka Tomatsu
- Tokita Fuki: Yoko Hikasa
- Awashima: Yuuko Kaida
- Mugitani: Yukana
- Saburomaru Tokita: Yuuki Kaji
- Heiki Saga: Jun Fukuyama
- Sakashita: Daisuke Hosomi
- Tenshi: Miyu Irino
- Hokuto Mizorogi: Kenjiro Tsuda
STAFF
- Director: Kenji Nakamura
- Character Design: Kitsuneko Nagata
- Animation Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Yuuichi Takahashi
- Art Design: Youichi Katoono
- Color Design: Kunio Tsujita
- Editor: Shigeru Nishiyama
- Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
- Music: Taku Iwasaki
- Producer: Kimiaki Satou, Yuuki Sudoku
- Chief Producer: Koji Yamamoto
- Animation Production: Twin Engine EOTA
- Visual Direction: Yoichi Senzui
- Art Supervisor: Takashi Kurahashi
- 3D Director: Kenichi Shirai
- Art Director: Akira Kuramoto, Yoko Saito
- Distribution: Twin Engine, Giggly Box
Theatres Playing Mononoke Movie: Karakasa
Book your advanced movie ticket right now with a folded mount portrait, a Movie Ticket Card-type (with merchandise as well), or a Mubichike card-type advance ticket.
Check the theatre list playing the movie near you here – https://theater-info.com/s/mononoke/
Source: Mononoke Movie X, Site, MAL
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