The Morose Mononokean Anime Returns With a New Season

It’s been two years since the “Fukigen na Mononokean’ a.k.a. “The Morose Mononokean” anime had reached its end. Now the official website of the series has announced that the anime is greenlit for a second season.

Replacing Akira Iwanaga as the director is Itsuro Kawasaki, the director behind “Magical Girl Ore.” Takao Yoshioka, on the other hand, will be returning as the series composer. Studio Pierrot will also be producing the anime once more.

For the cast, it has been confirmed that Yuki Kaji and Tomoaki Maeno will be reprising their roles as Hanae Ashiya and Haruitsuki Abeno respectively. Other details for the series including its official title and broadcast schedule will be announced at later date.

A photo featuring the two voice actors was released by Yuki Kaji though and had he had announced, “Recordings have been processed smoothly with the regular members. I’m so happy to team up with Maeno-kun again!"

With the first season the cast included:

Hanae Ashiya: Yuki Kaji
Haruitsuki Abeno: Tomoaki Maeno
Zenko Fujiwara: Ayahi Takagaki
Yahiko: Ikue Ohtani
Koura: Yoko Hikasa
Shizuku: Chinami Hashimoto
Rippou: Junichi Suwabe

It was in June 2016 that the anime was released and spanned to September with a total of 13 episodes. The series had character designs by Atsuko Kageyama and music composition by Yasuhara Takanashi, a composer known to have composed for the “Fairy Tail” series.

Performing the opening theme song “Tomodachi Meter”/Friend Meter” was The Super Ball and for the ending “Tobira no Mukō” a.k.a. “On the Other Side of the Door,” it was performed by Tomoaki Maeno and Yūki Kaji.

The story of the series features a high school student named Hanae Ashiya. Being able to see youkai he ends up being haunted by one and happens to find the contact information of an exorcist called the “Mononokean”. Deciding to visit the exorcist, Hanae meets Haruitsuki Abeno, a morose-looking young man.

Due to a variety of circumstances though Ashiya ends up working for the Mononokean. Thus, this begins the adventures of the exorcist duo Ashiya and Abeno as they take on and help different youkai.

In other news, the manga which the series is based on just had its 11th volume released.

Source: Crunchyroll News