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Also known as Mushi-Shi

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine '' from October 1999 to October 2002, and in Monthly Afternoon'' from December 2002 to August 2008. The individual chapters were collected and released into ten 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.

Key facts

Animanga/Header.image
Mushishi, Volume 1.jpg
Animanga/Header.caption
First volume cover, featuring Ginko
Animanga/Header.ja_kanji
蟲師
Animanga/Print.type
manga
Animanga/Print.author
Yuki Urushibara
Animanga/Print.publisher
Kodansha
Animanga/Print.imprint
Afternoon KC
Animanga/Print.first
October 10, 1999
Animanga/Print.last
August 25, 2008
Animanga/Print.volumes
10
Animanga/Video.type
film
Animanga/Video.title
Mushi-Shi -Next Passage-: Bell Droplets
Animanga/Video.director
Hiroshi Nagahama
Animanga/Video.writer
Hiroshi Nagahama
Animanga/Video.music
Toshio Masuda
Animanga/Video.studio
Artland
Animanga/Video.network
Tokyo MX, GTV, BS11
Animanga/Video.first
April 5, 2014

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Plot
  • Media
  • Manga
  • Volumes
  • Anime
  • Other media
  • Reception
  • Awards and public response
  • Critical reception
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine '' from October 1999 to October 2002, and in Monthly Afternoon from December 2002 to August 2008. The individual chapters were collected and released into ten 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mushishi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.