Mushishi

For the live-action film, see Mushishi (film).

Mushishi
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ginko
蟲師
Genre
Manga
Written byYuki Urushibara
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
Magazine
  • Afternoon Season Zōkan
  • (1999–2002)
  • Monthly Afternoon
  • (2002–2008)
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 10, 1999 – August 25, 2008
Volumes10
Anime television series
Mushi-Shi
Directed byHiroshi Nagahama
Written byHiroshi Nagahama
Music byToshio Masuda
StudioArtland
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV, BS Fuji
Original run October 23, 2005[a] – June 19, 2006
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Mushi-Shi -Next Passage-
Directed by
  • Kōichirō Sōtome (chief)
  • Hiroshi Nagahama
Written byHiroshi Nagahama
Music byToshio Masuda
StudioArtland
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GTV, BS11
Original run April 5, 2014[b] – December 21, 2014
Episodes20 (List of episodes)
Anime television specials
  • Mushi-Shi: The Shadow that Devours the Sun (2014)
  • Mushi-Shi -Next Passage-: Path of Thorns (2014)
Anime film
Mushi-Shi -Next Passage-: Bell Droplets
Directed byHiroshi Nagahama
Written byHiroshi Nagahama
Music byToshio Masuda
StudioArtland
ReleasedMay 16, 2015
Runtime46 minutes
Live-action film
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Mushishi (蟲師) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Afternoon Season Zōkan from 1999 to 2002, and in Monthly Afternoon from December 2002 to August 2008. The individual chapters were collected and released into ten tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Those volumes were localized to North America by Del Rey between January 2007 and August 2010. The series follows Ginko, a man who dedicates himself to solving problems caused by supernatural creatures called Mushi.

Mushishi has been adapted into an anime television series by Artland which aired in Fuji Television and BS Fuji between October 2005 and June 2006. It has been licensed by Funimation to its release in North America, while Madman Entertainment and Revelation Films licensed it for Australia and the United Kingdom respectively. A second anime series aired between April and December 2014, which has been licensed in North America by Aniplex of America, with two television specials airing in 2014 and an anime film released in 2015. A live-action film, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, was released in late 2006. It has also spawned a video game and many types of Mushishi-related merchandise.

The Mushishi manga has been well received both by the public and critics. In Japan, it has frequently ranked in the weekly top ten list of best-selling manga, and the entire series has sold over 3.8 million copies. Both the manga and the anime have received several awards such as the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tokyo Anime Award, and numerous publications have praised them.

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  3. ^ Loo, Egan (July 16, 2009). "Ichi, Mushishi Screened at Asian Film Fest Dallas". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018. In Mushi-Shi, Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy, Memories) adapts Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi supernatural fantasy manga that Hiroshi Nagahama had previously made into a 26-episode television anime series.
  4. ^ Aoki, Deb. "Mushishi Volume 1". About.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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