Mononoke

Based on the popular noitaminA anime of the same name, Mononoke is the story of a mysterious medicine seller (Kusuriuri) who traverses cities, villages – and, seemingly, time – on a lone quest through ancient Japan in order to vanquish “mononoke,” supernatural entities created when a strong human grudge or desire combines with a type of free-roaming spirit named ayakashi. But his quest is not so simple, as the darkness of humanity is endless and makes figuring out the Form, Truth and Regret of the mononoke – which are prerequisites if he is to be able exorcise them – an incredibly dangerous task which rarely fails to turn up casualties.