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Mononoke Anime Gets 2nd Stage Play Adaptation in March
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official Mononoke anime revealed on November 30 that a second stage play titled Butai Mononoke ~Zashiki Warashi~ (Stage Mononoke ~Zashiki Warashi~) will run from March until April 2024. Hirofumi Araki will return from the first stage play as the Medicine Seller.
The new stage play will run at the Cool Japan Park in Osaka from March 29-31, and the play will return at the IMM Theater in Tokyo on April 4-7.
The first Mononoke stage play ran from February 4-15 in Tokyo.
The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The series is a spinoff of the Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales anime. Specifically, it follows the medicine seller from the "Bakeneko" (Goblin Cat) arc. The Mononoke anime has five arcs, the last of which is titled "Bakeneko."
Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music.
The anime previously released the series on DVD in North America in 2014.
The Mononoke anime Takahiro Sakurai will no longer reprise the role of the Medicine Seller as originally planned.
Sources: Mononoke stage play's Twitter , Anime! Anime! (仲瀬 コウタロウ)
