Hiroshi Kamiya to Play the Leading Role of "Mononokai the Movie" as a Medicine Seller! The film will be shown nationwide in the summer of 2024! New visuals and a special trailer are now available!

It was announced that the movie version of "Mononokai" will be released in the summer of 2024, and that Hiroshi Kamiya will play the role of the main character, a medicine seller. A new visual and a special trailer were also released.

Mononokai" aired on Fuji Television's late-night anime slot "Noitamina" in 2007. It is a popular work that ranked high among dozens of works in a fan poll held as a project for the 15th anniversary of "Noitamina". It is also the starting point for director Kenji Nakamura, who has created such unique works as "Flying Trapeze," "C," "Suspension Ball," and "Gatchaman Crows.

Last year, as one of the commemorative projects for the 15th anniversary of the broadcast of "Mononokai," a completely new theatrical project was announced, set in the inner chambers of a grand palace. Animation production is by "EOTA," which unites the production studios of the Twin Engine Group. Within EOTA, there are many creator units of various sizes, and for "Mononokai the Movie," director Kenji Nakamura is leading the team.

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An aesthetic medicine peddler appears in the luxurious inner chambers of a grand palace.
New Visuals and Special Report" are released to heighten expectations for the story, which is captivating with its overwhelming visual beauty!

The film will be released in theaters in the summer of 2024. A new visual and a special trailer have been released.

In addition, it was announced that Hiroshi Kamiya will play the role of the main character, a medicine seller. It was also announced that the character design will be done by manga artist Koko Nagata, and that the animation character design and chief animation director will be Yuichi Takahashi, who has worked with director Kenji Nakamura on "Tsurikyu" and "Gatchaman Crows.

The new visual is designed to express the world view of the film by scattering key elements from the play. The overwhelming presence of the medicine seller, with his aesthetic figure and facial expression and his fingertips resting on his mouth, is gorgeously and beautifully portrayed, and spurs the viewer's interest in the events that take place in the closed-off "O-oku" (the inner chambers of the Imperial Palace).

The special feature begins with the voice of the medicine seller inviting the viewer into the world of the film. The mysterious and mysterious medicine man appears in a black costume that stands out even among the glittering ladies' maids.
The film's grandiose music, which evokes the scale of the theatrical version, is juxtaposed with a series of impressive cuts that are unique to "Mononokai" with its unique use of color and intricate artwork. Expectations are high for the passion created by the ladies-in-waiting and the medicine salesman created by Kamiya in the "boys-only" O-oku (the inner palace).

Special Report

Film Information
Mononokai the Movie
＜Release date:
Summer 2024

<Staff> Director: Kenji Nakamura
Director：Kenji Nakamura
Character Design：Koiko Nagata
Animation Character Design/ Chief Animation Director : Yuichi Takahashi
Art Director: Akira Kuramoto, Yoko Saito
Color Design: Kunio Tsujita Visual Director: Yoichi Izutsui
3D Director: Kenichi Shirai Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki Music: Taku Iwasaki
Producer: Kimiaki Sato Yuki Sudo Planning Producer: Koji Yamamoto
Production: EOTA Production: Twin Engine

＜Cast
Medicine Seller: Hiroshi Kamiya

<Synopsis
A mysterious man, the "Medicine Seller", appears out of nowhere where monsters are born, slays them, exorcises them, calms them, and saves them. This time, the medicine man appears in the "O-oku", the inner chambers where women's passions swirl. What is the true nature of the "woman's passions" that lurk in this luxurious and solemnly beautiful world, and the "mononoke" that is born there?

Related Links
The Movie Official Website: #
15th anniversary commemorative website : #
Official Twitter: @anime_mononoke
Hashtag: #Mononoke the Movie #mononoke

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