On the official site for the "
Mononoke "
franchise , a new promotional video was revealed for the film " Mononoke
the Movie Trilogy: Chapter 2: The Ashes of Rage ", scheduled to
premiere on March 14 in theaters in Japan. The video shows the
battle scenes within the feature film, and shows a snippet of the main theme
song performed by Aina The End and titled " Hana
Musou ".
The
original series was produced by Toei Animation Studios , directed by Kenji
Nakamura , with character designs by Takashi Hashimoto and
music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi , consisting of twelve episodes
and released in July 2007. A manga adaptation by Yaeko Ninagawa was published
in Square Enix 's Young Gangan magazine between
August 2007 and August 2008.
Mononoke
Synopsis
The
“Medicine Seller” is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels
across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called “mononoke” to slay.
When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first
learn its form, its truth, and its reason in order to wield the powerful sword
of exorcism and fight it. He must begin his strange exorcisms with intense
psychological analysis and careful investigative work—an extremely dangerous
step, as he must first confront and learn about the mononoke before he has the
means to defeat it.
The
Medicine Seller's journey takes him to an old inn where Shino, a pregnant
woman, has finally found a place to rest. The owner has reluctantly placed her
in the last empty room; however, as she settles in, it quickly becomes apparent
that the room is infested by a deadly band of mononoke, the Zashiki Warashi.
With his hunter's intuition, the Medicine Seller begins his investigation to
discover the Way, the Truth, and the Reason before the Zashiki Warashi can kill
again.
