The second Mononoke film, Chapter II: The Ashes of Rage, opens in Japanese theaters, continuing the Medicine Seller's story as he is drawn into a spirit-haunted Edo-era harem consumed by rivalry and hidden rage.
Second Mononoke film, a 1-episode, 1 hr. 14 min. movie by EOTA and Crew-Cell (original story) that aired Mar 14, 2025[1]
Set one month after the Karakasa incident: the Inner Chambers are returning to normal while noble families scheme against high-ranking concubine Fuki Tokita, a merchant's daughter receiving Lord Tenshi's attention[1]
After several unnatural deaths the residents again admit the mysterious Medicine Seller (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya), the only one who might determine the cause and Fuki's role[1]
Prequel is Mononoke Movie 1: Karakasa and sequel is Mononoke Movie 3: Hebigami; released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan Sept 10, 2025[1]
Rated R - 17+ on MyAnimeList, with a score of 8.31 from 7,371 users[1]
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE85%29.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke opens in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's epic about a cursed prince caught between the spirits of an ancient forest and the humans of Iron Town.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE87%13.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya opens in Japanese theaters, a Sunrise-animated film that sends Gintoki five years into a bleak future to uncover the source of a deadly epidemic called the White Plague.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE85%10.1 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu releases in Japanese theaters, the middle installment of Shaft's three-part adaptation of Nisio Isin's Monogatari prequel novel, continuing newly-turned vampire Koyomi Araragi's fight to reclaim Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade's stolen limbs.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE88%38.4 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Grave of the Fireflies opens in Japanese theaters, a Studio Ghibli war drama following two orphaned siblings, Seita and his young sister Setsuko, struggling to survive in the final months of World War II.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE79%19.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sword of the Stranger opens in Japanese theaters, an original samurai-era action film from Bones about a nameless ronin who takes on the job of protecting a young boy from Ming assassins.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%13.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shaft's Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal opens in Japanese theaters, recapping the back half of the TV series as Homura Akemi and the other magical girls confront the truth behind their contracts and the witch Walpurgisnacht.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%16.4 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sunrise's Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen opens in Japanese theaters, a feature retelling of the manga's Benizakura arc that finds Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura investigating a corrupted replica of a legendary sword.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE6.8 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The compilation film Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Seiran 3 opens in Japanese theaters, recutting the third arc of the Die Neue These reboot into a feature covering the closing stages of the civil wars within the Alliance and the Empire.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%10.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu releases in Japanese theaters, the first installment of Shaft's three-part adaptation of Nisio Isin's Monogatari prequel novel, in which high schooler Koyomi Araragi meets the vampire Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade and is reborn as her vampire kin.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%14.1 years agoTheatrical screening date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sunrise's Gintama: Yorinuki Gintama-san on Theater 2D plays in select Japanese theaters, recutting the Shinsengumi Crisis and Kabukicho Four Devas TV arcs into a two-part movie presentation.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%4.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
MAPPA's JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 releases in Japanese theaters, a prequel film following Yuta Okkotsu as he enrolls at Tokyo Jujutsu High under teacher Satoru Gojo to control the curse formed from his dead childhood friend, Rika.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE81%15.6 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1]/AniList listing.
Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi, a remake of the franchise's own 1986 film, releases in Japanese theaters, sending Nobita and friends up against an invading Robot Army after Nobita builds a mysterious fallen robot of his own.
