On Monday, May 13, 2024, the official X (formerly Twitter) account for Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine announced that the Mononoke anime film, titled Karakasa, will be adapted into a manga on Comic Days. The manga is scheduled to premiere on May 26, 2024, and the first volume will be released on Amazon on July 23, 2024.
The Mononoke anime movie is scheduled to debut in Japan on July 26, 2024. It was initially intended to be released last year, but due to various circumstances, primarily related to production, it was postponed. The manga adaptation will be illustrated by the movie’s character designer, Kitsuneko Nagata.
Mononoke anime movie gets a manga with Kitsuneno Nagata’s illustration
As previously stated, on Monday, May 13, 2024, the official X account for Kodansha’s Monthly Sirius magazine (@shonen_sirius) announced via tweet that the upcoming Mononoke anime movie, titled Karakasa (paper umbrella), will be adapted into a manga. The manga will be serialized on the Comic Days service starting on May 26, 2024.
Amazon has made the first volume of the manga available for pre-order, with shipping beginning on July 23, 2024. Additionally, it has been announced that Kitsuneko Nagata, the character designer for the Mononoke anime movie, will be providing illustrations for the manga adaptation. The series is expected to span two or three volumes.
In addition to the official X account in Monthly Sirius magazine, Kitsuneno Nagata-san has also shared his thoughts on the manga adaptation through his tweets. When translated from Japanese to English, his comments can be summarized as follows:
“Following the design, I will now be helping out with the manga. My main job! Thank you.”- @n_Kitsuneko on X (Twitter)
The character designer has not only released a special message, but also an illustration featuring the Medicine Seller from the original movie. Additional information about the manga is expected to be disclosed in the near future.
About the Mononoke anime movie
The highly anticipated film, Mononke the Movie: Karakasa, is expected to premiere in Japan on July 26, 2024. While originally planned for a 2023 release, the movie faced delays due to production and staffing complications, as previously mentioned.
In February 2023, it was announced that Hiroshi Kamiya will be taking over the role of Medicine Seller in the film, replacing Takahiro Sakurai. This decision was made after it was revealed that Takahiro-san would not be reprising his role as the voice actor for the character.
Kenji Nakamura, who was part of the original franchise, has been brought back to direct the Mononoke anime movie produced by Twin Engine at EOTA. The character designer for the film is Kitsuneko Nagata, while Taku Iwasaki has been chosen as the music composer.
Yuichi Takahashi has been added to the staff as the animation director, alongside Shigeru Nishiyama who serves as the editor. Serving as producers are Kimiaki Sato and Yuki Sudo, with Yukio Nagasaki taking on the role of sound director.
The film is a sequel to the original television series, which aired from July 2007 to September 2007 and consisted of 12 episodes. It takes place in Ooku, the inner chambers of the Edo castle, and follows the story of a Medicine Seller who exorcises Ayakashi that are born from the grudges of women.
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