Netflix Sets Global Streaming Date for Third Mononoke Film
The global streaming date brings the third Mononoke film to international audiences after a theatrical run complicated by the unannounced return of Takahiro Sakurai in a cameo role.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Netflix will stream Mononoke The Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent globally on September 29. The third installment in the Mononoke film trilogy opened in Japan on May 29. Netflix already streams the first two films. The release follows controversy over a cameo by original Medicine Seller voice actor Takahiro Sakurai.
Netflix confirmed on Wednesday that it will stream Mononoke The Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent on September 29. The film, which opened in Japan on May 29, is the third installment in the Mononoke franchise's film trilogy.
The release follows a controversy that emerged after the film's Japanese theatrical run. Theatergoers noticed that Takahiro Sakurai, who was replaced as the Medicine Seller in the trilogy, appeared in a cameo role as the original Medicine Seller. The staff had not announced the cameo or the recasting beforehand. Planning producer Koji Yamamoto apologized on X on June 5 and announced his retirement from producing.
The franchise will continue with a new project featuring a third Medicine Seller, Ken no Tsurugi, voiced by Hirofumi Araki.
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