An announcement of an anime adaptation for the newcomer, Malevolent Spirits Mononogatari, took place on the 17th of May 2022. Based on its announcements, we can expect this winter slot to live up to our expectations
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari’s source material is under the same name. Onigunsou wrote and illustrated the battle action fantasy manga. They initially published the series in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine, Miracle Jump, and appeared on the Young Jump Comics label. It is still running, has fourteen volumes out as of May 18, 2022, and Ultra Jump publishes it now.
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Now, to give you some details of the release.
The Release Date
On May 17, 2022, a teaser trailer came out, announcing the coming of this anime.
Correspondingly, the anime will premiere on the 10th of January 2023 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and other networks.
What Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Will Be About
The action-packed supernatural tale revolves around Hyouma Kunato’s struggle to deal with evil spirits and the anger he harbors for them.
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari series is set in a world where spirits can manifest into the physical world by possessing objects. They gain a physical form called overprotective tsukumogami. Furthermore, the Saenome clan is responsible for keeping the balance between the two worlds.
Since each tsukumogami’s temperament is different, the Saenome clan tries as much as possible to gently send them back to the spirit world.
The plot follows Kunato, who is part of the clan but doesn’t share the ideology of peacefully sending back the tsukumogami. The spirits took something precious away from him and as a result, his rage eats at him. He became a vengeful Exorcist.
Eventually his Grandfather noticed the situation and sent him to Kyoto to live with Nagatsuki Botan to deepen his understanding of the tsukumogami. Hyouma was to learn to control his anger so as not to cause supernatural catastrophes and leave his violent path.
In Kyoto however, he learns that the kind-hearted girl they sent him to live with shares a house with an assortment of tsukumogami and treats them like family.
The Production Staff and Cast
Bandai Namco Pictures will produce Malevolent Spirits Mononogatari. Director Ryuichi Kimura (Known for Gurren Lagann, Corpse Princess: Aka, Beyblade) will directly work with Keiichiro Ochi (known for The Quintessential Quintuplets, Girlfriend, Girlfriend) who will write the scripts.
John Kanda (known for composing songs such as I got it! By Mia REGINA) and XELIK will compose the music.
In addition, Shiori Fujisawa will handle the character designs (known for The Secret World of Arrietty 2010, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013, and MFKZ 2017).
Takeo Ootsuka (voiced Poseidon in Sleepy Princess in Demon Castle and Takeo in Noblesse amongst others) will voice Hyouma Kunato. Whereas Yuuki Takada (known for her roles as Rin Kurosawa in Aikatsu! and Aoba Suzukaze in New Game!) will voice Botan Nagatsuki.
Additionally, Chikahiro Kobayashi (best known for voicing Saichi Sugimoto in Golden Kamuy), Reina Ueda (known for her role as Mallow in Pokémon: Sun & Moon,) and Aimi Tanaka (played Ryuzu Meyer in Re:Zero) will voice Nagi, Yuu, and Kagami respectively.
Lastly, Yoshiki Nakajima (known for his role as Jiro Yamashita in The Idolmaster: SideM) will voice Suzuri while Miyuki Sawashiro (known for various roles she played as Kurapika in Hunter × Hunter, Fujiko Mine in later installments of Lupin the Third, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven amongst others) will voi ce Haori.
Extra Info About Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari
They revealed the opening track to be ‘Koigoromo’, performed by the Arcana Project and the ending to be ‘Rebind’ by True.
Terms to know;
- Marebito: These are the spirits that wander from the next world to the human world.
- Tsukumogami: A vessel that has come to life. These as spirit possessed objects that resemble humans. Consequently, the abilities they possess are named after the objects they possessed.
- Saenome: A clan of Exorcists whose job is to send back tsukumogami to the spirit world. They prefer peaceful resolutions where both parties are in agreement but are also capable of violent resolutions. It has a lot of families under it, to point out.
Stay tuned for more anime updates!
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Malevolent Spirits part of the Monogatari series?
No. These are different shows.
Where to watch it?
Tokyo MX, BS11 and most probably crunchyroll.
Source: official Twitter, official website, MAL
