by New information has been announced for the latest version of the TV anime Mononoke, Mononoke the Movie: Karagasa (to be released on July 26th). Aina The End will perform the theme song for the first time in an animated movie, and the trailer video featuring the theme song “Love Sick,” the primary visual, and all cast information has been released.
It is composed mainly of lines about the conflicts and sufferings of maids who are forced to “kill their individuality and become part of a group” and a medicine seller who goes out of his way to cut down and exorcise the monster “Karakasa” that was born from the passion that smolders deep inside.
In the trailer, Aina’s sad yet strong singing voice is accompanied by an angry cut carefully crafted to the last detail. In addition, cuts and action scenes of the “Divine Gi,” which is the form the drug seller transforms into when he exorcises the Mononoke, were also shown for the first time.
The new visual is tense and captures the drug seller’s expression when confronting the Mononoke. The costume has unique decorations exclusive to this visual, making it luxurious and invisible anywhere else.
The newly announced additional cast includes Kana Hanazawa as Kitagawa, a senior maid in Ooku that Asa admires, Yuko Kaida as Awashima, a maid who is a direct subordinate of Utayama and Asa and Kame’s educator, and Yukana as Mugitani, a senior maid who is entrusted with the role of a senior maid.
Yuki Kaji will play the role of Saburomaru, a samurai dispatched by the shogunate to Ooku as a guard, and Jun Fukuyama will play the role of Tairamoto, a samurai who is a colleague of Saburomaru and the security guard at “Ooku” and “Nanatsunanatsuguchi.” Daisuke Hosomi will play the role of Sakashita, the Hirokiban, Kenjiro Tsuda will play the role of Hokuto Mizorogi, the priest in charge of Ooku’s faith, and Miyu Irino will play the role of Tenshi, the symbol and highest ranking member of the shogunate.
Also, Haruka Tomatsu plays the role of Botan Otomo, a nobleman from a prestigious family. Yoko Hikasa will play the role of Fuki Tokita, a courtesan the Emperor favors despite coming from a low-ranking merchant family.
“Mononoke” is a work that was broadcast on Fuji TV’s late-night anime slot “Noitamina” in July 2007. It is a story about a mysterious man named “Medicine Seller” with a sword that can kill monsters. The story depicts a medicine seller who travels around the world with a sword to exorcise the demons who cut through the tragedy caused by the human heart and Ayakashi.
It is a famous work that combines CG processing, such as the texture of Japanese paper, to create an unprecedented and innovative image. It was a voting project held in 2020 for Noitamina’s 70 works, “3 Memories You Choose” ( It continues to be extremely popular, taking first place in the 2005-2009 production category.
Synopsis: A mysterious man named “Medicine Seller” appears out of nowhere where the Mononoke is born, slashes it, exorcises it, soothes it, and saves it. This time, the drug seller seems in the “Ooku, ” where women’s passions swirl. What is the “female passion” that lurks in this gorgeous, majestic, and beautiful world, and what is the true nature of the “Mononoke” born there?
Cast Information
Medicine Seller: Hiroshi Kamiya
Asa: Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kame: Aoi Kitagawa Yuuki: Kana Hanazawa Utayama
Mami Koyama
Otomo Button: Haruka Tomatsu Tokita Fuki: Yoko Hikasa Awashima: Yuko Kaida Mugitani: Yukana Saburomaru: Yukihei Kaji :Fukuyama Jun Sakashita : Hosomi Daisuke Tenshi: Irino Jiyu Mizorogi Hokuto: Tsuda Kenjiro
