Joseph Luster
January 23, 2025 
Following the release of the first Mononoke movie, Mononoke the Movie: Karakasa, it was announced that the big screen outing would be a film trilogy. Now the second film, subtitled The Ashes of Rage, is here with another preview and theme song news.
AiNA THE END will perform “Hana Musou” as the theme song for The Ashes of Rage, which opens in Japan on March 14. Check out the new music video below.
Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage Music Video
Kenji Nakamura is directing the anime films, with Twin Engine producing. Following a delay that moved it out of last year, Mononoke the Movie: Karakasa opened in Japan on July 26, 2024.
This follows the 12-episode Mononoke TV anime, which itself is a spinoff of the Ayakashi – Samurai Horror Tales anime. The series is available to stream on The Roku Channnel, Netflix and Crunchyroll, which describes it like so:
Mononoke Plot
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: Crunchyroll News
