{"id":1048695,"date":"2026-01-18T06:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=484412"},"modified":"2026-01-18T06:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:36:44","slug":"netflixs-new-mononoke-movie-phantom-in-the-rain-is-gorgeous-but-not-for-new-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/netflixs-new-mononoke-movie-phantom-in-the-rain-is-gorgeous-but-not-for-new-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s new Mononoke movie Phantom in the Rain is gorgeous, but not for new fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/netflixs-new-mononoke-movie-phantom-in-the-rain-is-gorgeous-but-not-for-new-fans.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">Nobody is more surprised that there are now three <em>Mononoke<\/em> movies than people who love <em>Mononoke<\/em>. Being a fan of Kenji Nakamura\u2019s visually gobsmacking, narratively engrossing 2007 anime means constantly, carefully specifying, \u201cNo, not <em>Princess Mononoke<\/em>, just <em>Mononoke.<\/em> It\u2019s this gorgeous horror mystery anime series. Have you seen it?\u201d \u2014 and being ready for the answer \u201cNo.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Mononoke<\/em> has always been one of those cult miracles: beautiful, praised by those in the know, but finite in its relative obscurity, especially for English-speaking audiences. So the moment I heard that Nakamura was making three new movies \u2014 the first of them, <em>Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain<\/em>, premieres for Western audiences on Netflix Nov. 28 \u2014 I was fully bought in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-vox-media-highlight vox-media-highlight\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/netflixs-new-mononoke-movie-phantom-in-the-rain-is-gorgeous-but-not-for-new-fans.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><small>When we award the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/recommends\">Polygon Recommends<\/a> badge, it\u2019s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun \u2014 and worth fitting into your schedule. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out <\/small><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/what-to-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><small>What to Play<\/small><\/em><\/a><em><small> and <\/small><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/what-to-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><small>What to Watch<\/small><\/em><\/a><em><small>.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>The Phantom in the Rain<\/em> is everything I expected from the further adventures of Medicine Seller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/anime\/483226\/mononoke-netflix-movie-series-how-to-watch\">the demon-slaying Poirot of the Edo period<\/a>. The series\u2019 irresistible hook \u2014 Japanese ghost stories told in the format of a detective procedural \u2014 is back in fine form, as is the TV series\u2019 inimitable visual style, seamlessly updated for modern animation techniques. But the movie is only <em>almost<\/em> everything I wanted from a <em>Mononoke<\/em> movie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">What I\u2019d really hoped for was an easy, readily available way to get <em>Mononoke<\/em> in front of more eyeballs. Regrettably, <em>The Phantom in the Rain<\/em> is not that. At least, not yet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>The Phantom in the Rain<\/em>, as usual for <em>Mononoke<\/em>\u2019s episodic nature, opens with a fresh set of characters. Asa and Kame are two new handmaidens, arriving at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%8Coku\">the emperor\u2019s \u014coku<\/a> to spend a lifetime in, or in service to, his harem. Also, as is usual for <em>Mononoke<\/em>\u2019s episodic nature, our hero, the mysterious demon-slayer and mystery-solver known only as Kusuriuri (literally, \u201cMedicine Seller\u201d), happens to arrive and take an interest in the \u014coku on the very day Asa and Kame are admitted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/netflixs-new-mononoke-movie-phantom-in-the-rain-is-gorgeous-but-not-for-new-fans-1.jpg\" alt=\"A dark-haired young woman in a pink kimono, face scrunched up as if she\u2019s about to burst into tears, seen in extreme closeup in Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain\" title=\"A dark-haired young woman in a pink kimono, face scrunched up as if she\u2019s about to burst into tears, seen in extreme closeup in Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: EOTA\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The big news is that preparations are underway for a ceremony celebrating the birth of the emperor\u2019s newest child, born to one of his favorite concubines \u2014 but no one will explain why that celebration was delayed several months in the first place. Between Asa and Kame being introduced to the strange rituals of the \u014coku, and the tension between visiting samurai investigators, \u014coku matriarchs, and Medicine Seller, there are lots of meaty mysteries to go around. Maybe <em>too<\/em> many.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The first thing anyone notices about <em>Mononoke <\/em>the series is its visual design \u2014 so colorful, detailed, and textured that it borders on the psychedelic. What\u2019s less evident from a brief glance is how tightly contained each of <em>Mononoke<\/em>\u2019s mysteries are, and how skillfully Nakamura presents them visually.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Each episode of <em>Mononoke<\/em> is as intriguing as the best puzzle-adventure game, inviting close observation and rewarding repeat viewing. The show offers hints in the form of shot compositions, symbolism, and cutaways. Nakamura ratchets up the dramatic irony by feeding the audience information that the characters don\u2019t yet realize, assuming the audience is looking closely enough to catch it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Phantom in the Rain<\/em>, however, breaks <em>Mononoke<\/em>\u2019s tradition of fully stand-alone mystery arcs. While it does resolve its central mystery, the story carefully introduces some characters and plot threads \u2014 a man who ladles out the cursed water for the handmaidens, hints of palace intrigue beyond the \u014coku \u2014 only to leave them dangling, extraneous to the mystery\u2019s solution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">To a longtime fan, it seems clear that Nakamura is laying track for the second and third <em>Mononoke<\/em> movies to come. But if you haven\u2019t experienced <em>Mononoke<\/em>\u2019s previous highly self-contained format, you\u2019re just gonna think those dangling threads are messy. \u201cWait, what about all those shots we got of the ladle guy looking suspicious? Huh. Weird.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/netflixs-new-mononoke-movie-phantom-in-the-rain-is-gorgeous-but-not-for-new-fans-2.jpg\" alt=\"A highly stylized image from Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, with an indistinct, spiky black figure at the center, surrounded by 19 hovering, eye-like orbs with black pupils, red and pink banded sclera, and pastel banded orange and pink and blue vitreous bodies\" title=\"A highly stylized image from Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, with an indistinct, spiky black figure at the center, surrounded by 19 hovering, eye-like orbs with black pupils, red and pink banded sclera, and pastel banded orange and pink and blue vitreous bodies\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: EOTA\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I\u2019ll admit even I wasn\u2019t sure about it until I noticed something \u2014 and this is the kind of thing I mean when I say that <em>Mononoke<\/em> wants your puzzle-level focus. The movie\u2019s end credits play over a single animated loop of a camera rotating around a room with a great altar. The altar is hung with three ropes, each of a different color, but one of them is broken and hangs slack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I recalled a moment in <em>Phantom in the Rain<\/em>\u2019s climax, in which Nakamura cuts to a single shot of a rope snapping that doesn\u2019t seem to have anything to do with the rest of the action. <em>Ah<\/em>, I thought, <em>each rope on the altar is related to one of the three Mononoke movies. They\u2019re all building toward something that will occur, possibly in this room, when the third rope breaks.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">And I <em>know<\/em> that sounds like a leap, but it\u2019s exactly the kind of non-articulated, fully visual foreshadowing that Nakamura has made a habitual part of <em>Mononoke<\/em>. <em>Phantom in the Rain<\/em> lives up to the bar set by the original anime series, with a toothy, spooky mystery featuring a suave protagonist, visuals so lush they sometimes border on overwhelming, and the skillful blending of cutting-edge and traditional animation to great effect.&nbsp;<br \/>If you\u2019re already a fan of <em>Mononoke<\/em>, <em>Phantom in the Rain<\/em> has everything you\u2019re looking for except an easy entry for your newbie friends. If you\u2019re one of those newbies, though, I\u2019d recommend waiting for all three films to be available, so we can see what the whole picture looks like.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Mononoke Second Chapter: Hinezumi <\/em>premieres in Japan in March 2025. Given the six-month gap between <em>Phantom in the Rain<\/em>\u2019s Japanese debut and its Netflix release, we probably won\u2019t see it in the U.S. until late 2025. But that gives you plenty of time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/anime\/483226\/mononoke-netflix-movie-series-how-to-watch\">catch up on the series first<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/anime\/484412\/mononoke-the-movie-review-netflix-nakamura\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody is more surprised that there are now three Mononoke movies than people who love Mononoke. Being a fan of Kenji Nakamura\u2019s visually gobsmacking, narratively engrossing 2007 anime means constantly, carefully specifying, \u201cNo, not Princess Mononoke, just Mononoke. It\u2019s this gorgeous horror mystery anime series. Have you seen it?\u201d \u2014 and being ready for the answer \u201cNo.\u201d&nbsp; Mononoke has always been one of those cult miracles: beautiful, praised by those in the know, but finite in its relative obscurity, especially for English-speaking audiences. 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