'Mononoke: Karakasa' Movie Sequel in Production [Update 7/28]

by Vindstot
Jul 27, 2024 4:44 PM | 10 Comments

The stage greeting event commemorating the opening of the Mononoke: Karakasa anime movie revealed on Saturday that a second installment is in production.

Voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya, who plays the lead character Kusuriuri (Medicine Seller) in the movie, mentioned that the recording for the sequel will begin on Sunday.

Kenji Nakamura (Kuuchuu Buranko) returned to direct the movie at EOTA. Yuuichi Takahashi (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song) designed the characters and Taku Iwasaki (Bungou Stray Dogs) composed the music. The movie commemorates the original anime series' 15th anniversary.

Mononoke, a spin-off of the 2006 anthology Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror, aired in 12 episodes on Fuji TV's noitaminA programming block in Summer 2007. Nakamura directed the fantasy horror series at Toei Animation, with Takashi Hashimoto (C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control) serving as the character designer and chief animation director.

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

Source: animate Times

Update July 28
The official website of the Mononoke: Karakasa anime movie revealed the title, opening date, and a visual (pictured) for the second part on Sunday. The movie, titled Mononoke Movie: Dai ni Shou - Hinezumi (Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - Fire Rat), is scheduled to open in Japan on March 14, 2025. The anime movie project will be released in three installments.

Source: Press Release

Mononoke Movie: Dai ni Shou - Hinezumi on MAL

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Keep em comin this is how you do it. Tired of old shows just getting a reboot but nothing is done with the spin-offs/sequels

Jul 28, 2024 9:44 AM by Genocyber

Mononoke stop it, I already gave you a 10 you overachiever. Absolutely looking forward to these.

Jul 28, 2024 5:24 AM by SignsOfSuicide

Holy... this is really a treat after more than a decade of no sequel

Jul 28, 2024 4:27 AM by addictedtoliving

News Update

The official website of the Mononoke: Karakasa anime movie revealed the title, opening date, and a visual (pictured) for the second part on Sunday. The movie, titled Mononoke Movie: Dai ni Shou - Hinezumi (Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - Fire Rat), is scheduled to open in Japan on March 14, 2025. The anime movie project will be released in three installments.

Source: Press Release

Jul 28, 2024 2:00 AM by Vindstot

welp that was unexpected

Jul 27, 2024 11:59 PM by deg

How was the movie by the way I enjoyed the show when I first watched it years ago

Jul 27, 2024 9:41 PM by yamiyugi101

These movies are the first time Kenji Nakamura's directed an anime in like a decade, and it's for a franchise I never expected to get brought back, let alone get a second movie. I'm so happy we're getting two of these!

Jul 27, 2024 7:50 PM by BrewingItRight

@tsubasalover Oh, I understand it now. Thanks for the detailed explanation!

Jul 27, 2024 6:16 PM by KitsuFrost

KitsuFrost said:
...even before the release of the first.

no, it has been premiered on movie theaters in Japan. it was "mentioned by Hiroshi Kamiya on the premiere stage greeting of the movie (where the casts appear and talk about the movie on the first day it released on movie theater) that the recording of part 2 will begin the next day (which is on Sunday)".

Jul 27, 2024 6:04 PM by tsubasalover

Wow! It's truly surprising to see a +15 year-old show receiving two sequels, with the second being announced even before the release of the first.

Jul 27, 2024 5:09 PM by KitsuFrost