The official website for the trilogy anime film project that continues the stories of the Medicine Seller from the 2006 Mononoke TV anime announced today that its third and final chapter, subtitled “Hebigami” (literally means “Snake God”) is set to releases in the spring of 2026.
Following the first and second chapters, the third chapter of the story takes place in Ooku, the women’s quarters of Edo Castle in the Edo Period of Japan, and the Medicine Seller confronts Hebigami. A teaser visual featuring him has been released.
Teaser Visual
The TV anime Mononoke aired in Japan for 12 episodes from July to September 2007. The first part of the trilogy film series, Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain released on July 26, 2024, then the second part Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage followed today on Mach 14, 2025.
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.
Source: “Mononoke” anime official website / X (formerly Twitter)
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