Mononoke
Mononoke Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
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About
"Horror anime that looks like a moving woodblock print"
A mysterious Medicine Seller travels old Japan exorcising mononoke, vengeful spirits born from human emotion, by uncovering each creature's Form, Truth, and Reason before it can kill again. Told in self-contained arcs, the show unfolds like a stage play crossed with a woodblock print: flat, layered compositions, sliding paper-screen transitions, and lurid color palettes replace conventional animation. It's slow, talky, and deliberately theatrical, building dread through atmosphere and riddle-like dialogue rather than jump scares, with each mystery peeling back some very human cruelty hiding behind the ghost.
the hypnotic, stage-like visual design unlike almost anything else in animation.
you want fast pacing or gore over atmosphere and cryptic dialogue.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Zaraki Warashi, Part 1 | 7.4 | 232 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Zaraki Warashi, Part 2 | 7.7 | 206 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Umibouzu, Opening Act | 7.2 | 183 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Umibouzu, Second Act | 7.6 | 181 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Umibouzu, Finale | 7.9 | 184 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Nopperabou, Part 1 | 7.7 | 174 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Nopperabou, Part 2 | 8.3 | 185 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Nue, Part 1 | 7.6 | 162 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Nue, Part 2 | 8.1 | 166 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Bakeneko, Opening Act | 7.8 | 159 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Bakeneko, Second Act | 7.9 | 153 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Bakeneko, Finale | 8.5 | 169 | 23 min |