It has been announced that a special illustration card featuring the two medicine sellers will be distributed starting Mononoke 3rd as a limited-time bonus for moviegoers during the sixth week of screenings of " Mononoke : The Movie - Chapter 3: Serpent God," the final chapter of the " Mononoke: The Movie" trilogy, a brand-new theatrical film series based on the popular TV anime "Mononoke." Chapter 3 has garnered attention for the joint battle between the theatrical version's medicine seller, Kun no Ken, and the TV series' medicine seller, Ri no Ken, and the bonus card will feature an illustration of the two medicine sellers depicting their joint battle.
"Mononoke: The Movie" is set in the Ooku (women's quarters of Edo Castle), a place swirling with the passions of women, and follows a medicine seller as he tries to uncover the true identity of the "Mononoke." The first chapter, "Karakasa," was released in July 2024, the second chapter, "Hinezumi," in March 2025, and the third chapter, "Hebigami," was released on May 29th.
"Mononoke" is an anime produced by the same staff who worked on the popular episode "Bakeneko" from "Ayakashi," which aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina anime block in 2006. It aired on Noitamina in 2007. The story depicts a supernatural tale in which the medicine seller who appeared in "Bakeneko" confronts a Mononoke.
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