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Mononoke

Mononoke

20078.01 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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 mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against 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 even has the means to defeat it.

NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Medicine Seller (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Sougen (voice)

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Hyoue Sasaki (voice)

Eiji Takemoto

Eiji Takemoto

Kiyoshi Moriya (voice)

Aiko Hibi

Aiko Hibi

Zashiki Warashi (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Setsuko Ichikawa (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

Man in Fox Mask (voice)

Hiroshi Iwasaki

Hiroshi Iwasaki

Jutarou Fukuda (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

O-chou (voice)

Kozo Shioya

Kozo Shioya

Tokuji (voice)

Themes & Keywords

magicdemonseinenjapanese mythologyanimepsychologicalsuspensehorror

About Mononoke

Mononoke is a animation, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of magic, demon, seinen, japanese mythology, anime, psychological. it stars Takahiro Sakurai, Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Sakaguchi. 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 mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against 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 even has the means to defeat it.

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