Manga adaptation to premiere on May 26
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© Kitsuneko Nagata, Kodansha
The first volume of character designer Kitsuneko Nagata's manga adaptation of the Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa (Paper Umbrella) anime revealed on Tuesday that the manga will end with the second volume, which will be published in early 2025.
The manga adaptation debuted on the Comic Days service on May 26.
The film will open in Japan on July 26. It was originally scheduled to open last year but was delayed. Along with the announcement of the February 2023 release date, the production team also announced that Takahiro Sakurai will no longer be playing the role of the Drug Dealer as originally planned. Instead, Hiroshi Kamiya will voice the main character of the Drug Dealer in the film.
Kenji Nakamura will return to direct the Mononoke film, which is produced by Twin Engine. Kitsuneko Nagata is designing the characters, and Yūichi Takahashi is adapting those designs for animation and serving as chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki is composing the music. EOTA is animating the film.
The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and ran for 12 episodes. The series is a spin-off of the Ayakashi-Samurai Horror Tales anime. Specifically, it follows the drug dealer from the “Bakeneko” (Cat Demon) arc. The Mononoke anime has five seasons, the last of which is titled “Bakeneko.”
Kenji Nakamura directed the television anime at Toei Animation, and Takashi Hashimoto designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music.
The anime was previously streamed on Crunchyroll, but is now available on other streaming services such as The Roku Channel and Netflix. New Video Group released the series on DVD in North America in 2014.
Source: Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa manga volume 1