The employees of the anime movie Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa (Paper Umbrella) revealed on Sunday that the Mononoke movie mission will encompass three movies. The second movie, titled Gekijōban Mononoke Second Chapter: Hinezumi (which may also be romanized as “Kaso,” that means “hearth rat”), is ready to premiere in Japan on March 14, 2025.
Tickets for the second movie will go on sale in Japan on August 2, and the movie group has revealed the ticket design.
The movie’s creators additionally introduced that Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa gained the Axis: Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation for Greatest Animated Characteristic on the twenty eighth annual Fantasia Worldwide Movie Competition, held from July 18 to August 4 in Montreal.
The Axis: Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation acknowledges excellent achievement in animation within the animated function class. This 12 months’s jury consists of jury chair Johane Matte, Jonathan Alvarez and Elizabeth E. Schuch. Final 12 months, the anime movie The First Slam Dunk gained the award.
Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa, which premiered in Japan on Friday, introduced earlier than the credit: “To be continued within the second chapter Hinezumi.” Voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya, who voices the medication salesman within the movie, stated throughout a welcome occasion on stage for the movie on Saturday that he’ll start filming a “second chapter” titled “Hinezumi” on Sunday.
Mononoke: Karakasa Film Returns with New Voice Actor, However Delayed Launch
Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa was initially scheduled to be launched final 12 months, however was delayed. Together with the announcement of the delay in February 2023, the movie crew additionally introduced that Takahiro Sakurai would now not be reprising the position of the Drugs Vendor as initially deliberate. As a substitute, Hiroshi Kamiya will voice the protagonist, the Drugs Vendor, within the movie.
Kenji Nakamura returned to direct the Mononoke movie, with Twin Engine producing. Kitsuneko Nagata served as character designer, with Yūichi Takahashi adapting the designs for animation and appearing as chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki composed the music, and EOTA was accountable for the movie’s animation.
Singer Aina The Finish sings the theme music “Love Sick.”
The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The collection is a spin-off of the Ayakashi – Samurai Horror Tales anime, particularly based mostly on the medication vendor from the “Bakeneko” (Goblin Cat) arc. The Mononoke anime consists of 5 arcs, the final of which is known as “Bakeneko”.
Kenji Nakamura directed the tv anime at Toei Animation, with Takashi Hashimoto as character designer and chief animation director. Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music.
The anime was beforehand streamed on Crunchyroll, however is presently out there on different streaming companies akin to The Roku Channel and Netflix. New Video Group launched the collection on DVD in North America in 2014.
