Mononoke (2007)

Original title

モノノ怪

Directed by

Kenji Nakamura

Genre

horror anime and manga, mystery anime

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A medicine seller journeys through Edo-period Japan encountering powerful spirits born from human emotions. He must uncover each spirit's form, truth, and regret before he can draw his sword and exorcise it.

otherworldlytensevisually stylizedcerebralunsettlingslow-burnphilosophicaleeriesupernatural

What happens

Mononoke (モノノ怪) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. A spin-off of 2006's horror anthology series Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, Mononoke follows the character of the medicine seller as he continues to face a myriad of supernatural perils. The series takes place between the end of the Edo period and the Meiji era of Japan with a four-class system, with samurai being the highest class and merchants (such as the medicine seller himself) being in the lowest class. The anime has spawned manga adaptations, two stage plays, and an anime film trilogy, with the first film released in 2024, the second in 2025, and the final one in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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