New Anime Adaptation of The Mononoke Lecture Logs Unveiled

The official website for the highly anticipated anime based on Aki Shimizu's The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries has made exciting announcements. The spinoff manga, which serves as a prequel to Natsuhiko Kyōgoku's Hyakki Yakō novel series, revealed additional cast and staff members, along with the anime's ending theme song.

Key Details:

• Ending Theme Song: Kimi no Shiranai Koto (What You Don't Know)
  • Artist: Composer Shunryū's music project, Sizuk

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Anime Premiere

• Debut: April

Main Characters

• Kanna Kusakabe - A high school student entering her second year
• Akihiko Chuzenji - The new language teacher

Story Overview

Pony Canyon describes the story as follows:

"This story takes place before the exorcist Kyogokudo opened up a used bookstore... Our setting is in Tokyo in 1948, just after the war. Mysterious supernatural occurrences continue to surprise Kanna. Today, Kanna seeks the help of the often-grumpy Chuzenji-sensei in the library prep room."

This series promises to blend high school drama with supernatural elements, featuring the intriguing partnership between a teacher and his student.

Production Team

• Director: Chihiro Kumano (known for A Couple of Cuckoos and Moriarty the Patriot) at 100Studio
• Series Script Supervisor and Writer: Atsushi Oka (Hensuki, Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez)
• Character Designer: Masahiko Suzuki (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs)
• Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
• Music Composers: Keiichi Hirokawa and Ryūichi Takada from MONACA

Manga Background

Shimizu launched The Mononoke Lecture Logs in Kodansha's Shonen Magazine Edge in October 2019. Following the magazine's conclusion in October 2023, the manga has transitioned to Kodansha's Comic Days app. An eleventh compiled volume of the manga is set for release on March 7.

The manga is based on the Bara Jūji Sōsho (Rozen Kreuz Series) novels, which are part of a collaborative literary universe of Kyōgoku's Hyakki Yakō series. The ten-novel series, initiated in 2015, features various authors and illustrators, with Kyōgoku acknowledged as the "founder" of this shared world.

Sources

• The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei anime's website
• Comic Natalie

Stay tuned for more updates as we approach the anime's release!