Musician AiNA THE END performs the official theme song for Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage, the upcoming second film in the animated trilogy that continues the stories of the Medicine Seller from the 2006 Mononoke TV anime. The official theme song is entitled “Hana Musou” (“Peerless Flower”). The film premieres in Japan on March 14, 2025.
Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage Theme Song Music Video
Kenji Nakamura directs Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage at animation studio Twin Engine EOTA. Kitsuneko Nagata provides the original character designs, Yuuichi Takahashi provides the animation character designs and serves as chief animation director, and Taku Iwasaki provides the music. The first film in the trilogy, Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain, currently streams on Netflix.
Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage key art
Crunchyroll currently streams the 2006 Mononoke TV anime and describes it as follows:
In feudal Japan, evil spirits known as mononoke plague both households and the countryside. Only one person has the power to kill them where they stand: the Medicine Seller. But in order to draw his spirit-slaying sword he must first understand the Form, Truth, and Reason of the mononoke. Armed with sharp wit, he wanders from place to place striking down the evil spirits in his wake.
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