July 26, 2024 (Friday) "Mononokai Karagasa the Movie" Aina the End comments arrive! She confesses her thoughts on the movie theme song "Love Sick"!

Aina the End, the theme song artist of "Mononokai Karagasa the Movie," has released a video commentary about her thoughts on the theme song "Love Sick," which will be released in theaters on July 26, 2024 (Friday).

Mononokai" aired on Fuji Television's late-night anime program "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.

⇒ The main character and medicine seller in "Mononokai the Movie" will be played by "Hiroshi Kamiya"! The film is scheduled to be shown nationwide in the summer of 2024! New visuals and a special report are now on view!

⇒Click here for the screening schedule of the anime movie!

It was just announced that the theme song artist for "Mononokai Karakasa the Movie" is Aina the End, and now a video commentary on her thoughts on the theme song "Love Sick" has been released. In addition to her comments on the world view of the film, she also talks about her own thoughts on the song. This is the first time for Aina the End to sing the theme song for an animated film.

Aina's strong and sad voice, which accompanies the emotions born from the conflicts and suffering of the characters in the film, can be heard in the just-released trailer for "Mononokai Karagasa the Movie".

A comment from Aina the End has arrived!

Aina the End, the theme song artist for "Mononokai Karakasa the Movie," has commented on the film.

Aina the End's comment
The first thing I thought when I saw "Mononokai Karagasa the Movie" was that the unique sense of color was wonderful.
I was surprised that there was such a world view with a sense of color that I had never seen before! I was constantly surprised.
I like it very much.
This song is called "Love Sick," which in Japanese means "sweet disease.
I hope you enjoy listening to this song as it was a challenge for me.
And I sincerely hope that I can add some flowers to "Mononokai Karagasa the Movie".
I am looking forward to its release!

(*Comments in Japanese only)

Trailer

Film Information
Mononokai Karagasa the Movie
<Release Date>
July 26, 2024 (Friday)

<Staff> Director: Kenji Nakamura
Director：Kenji Nakamura
Character Design：Koiko Nagata
Animation Character Design/ Chief Animation Director：Yuichi Takahashi
Art Setup : Yoichi Kamitono
Art Director : Akira Kuramoto Yoko Saito
Color Design: Kunio Tsujita
Visual Director: Yoichi Izumizui
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

Theme Song:"Love Sick" by Aina the End (avex trax)

＜Cast

Medicine Seller: Hiroshi Kamiya
Asa: Tomoyo Kurosawa Kame: Aoi Yuki
Kitagawa: Kana Hanazawa Utayama: Maomi Koyama
Otomo Button: Haruka Tomatsu Tokita Fuki: Yoko Hikasa
Awashima: Yuko Kaita Mugiya: Yukana
Saburomaru: Yuki Kaji Hiramoto: Jun Fukuyama Sakashita: Daisuke Hosomi
Tenko: Miyu Irino Mizorogi Hokuto: Kenjiro Tsuda

<Synopsis
Ooku is a special place, a "woman's garden" and an important bureaucracy, where men are forbidden.
Newly recruited maid Asa (Tomoyo Kurosawa) and Kame (Aoi Yuki) enter this place.
Asa is a brilliant and talented woman seeking to advance her career, while Kame is a woman seeking a place in the inner palace, a place she has always longed to be.
From day one, these two opposites are forced to participate in a "ritual" to become part of the group.
Utayama (Mami Koyama), a courtesan, puts the prosperity and perpetuation of the inner chambers first and organizes the ladies' maids, but there is something hidden behind her expressionless face. But behind her expressionless face, she is hiding something.
Finally, a decisive tragedy occurs, and the medicine man (Kamiya Hiroshi) follows the monster to the center of the inner chambers, but the sword that can cut and exorcise the monster must have the three elements of "form," "truth," and "reason" to be able to break the seal.
When the medicine seller comes in contact with the horrifying and sad truth hidden in the inner chambers, the ritual of exorcism and salvation begins...

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