Netflix confirmed on Thursday that it’ll stream Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain (Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa), the primary anime film within the new Mononoke movie undertaking, “quickly.” The corporate streamed an English-subtitled trailer:
The movie premiered in Japan on July 26, and ranked at #7 in its debut weekend. The movie was beforehand slated to open final yr, however was delayed. Alongside the announcement of the delay in February 2023, the movie’s workers additionally introduced that Takahiro Sakurai would now not reprise the position of the Drugs Vendor as initially deliberate. Hiroshi Kamiya as an alternative voices the protagonist the Drugs Vendor within the movie.
Kenji Nakamura returned to direct the Mononoke movie, with manufacturing at Twin Engine. Kitsuneko Nagata was the character designer, and Yūichi Takahashi tailored these designs for animation and served as chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki composed the music. EOTA animated the movie.
Singer Aina The End performs the theme track “Love Sick.”
The whole movie was leaked in August.
The Mononoke movie undertaking could have three movies. The second movie titled Gekijōban Mononoke Second Chapter: Hinezumi (additionally may very well be romanized as “Kaso,” which means “fireplace rat”), will premiere in Japan on March 14, 2025.
