The second part of the documentary on the making of “Mononoke: Fire Rat” is now available: Creating “fireworks like you’ve never seen before”
Three main staff members talk about the behind-the-scenes of the production of “Fire Rat”
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The second part of the production documentary for “Mononoke The Movie: Chapter 2: Fire Rat,” which is currently in theaters, has been released on YouTube.
“Mononoke” is an original work that depicts a mysterious man, a medicine seller, calming down supernatural phenomena that have been possessed by human passions and grudges. It was born from “Bakeneko,” a story in the 2006 series “Ayakashi,” and a TV series was broadcast in 2007. The movie version is developed in a trilogy, and the first chapter, “Mononoke The Movie: Karakasa,” was released in July 2024. The final part of the trilogy, “Mononoke The Movie: Chapter 3: Snake God,” is scheduled to be released in spring 2026.
Following on from the first part, the second part of the documentary features Yuichi Takahashi (animation character design and chief animation director), Kunio Tsujita (color design), and Yoichi Izumitsui (visual director). The video talks about the changes in the characters’ expressions from Chapter 1 to Chapter 2, the unique depiction of the flame colors in Chapter 2, and the making of the impressive “fireworks never seen before” depicted at the end of the main story.
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“Mononoke the Movie: Chapter 2: Fire Rat” production documentary (Part 2)
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