Mushishi (anime)

The anime is based on the manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from January 1999 to August 2008.

Mushishi focuses on the adventures of a Mushi Master, Ginko, who travels from place to place chasing rumors of occurrences that could be tied to Mushi.

Season 1
The first season contains 26 episodes that aired from October 22nd, 2005 to June 18th, 2006.


 * 1) The Green Seat
 * 2) The Light of the Eyelid
 * 3) Tender Horns
 * 4) The Pillow Pathway
 * 5) The Traveling Swamp
 * 6) Those Who Inhale the Dew
 * 7) Raindrops and Rainbows
 * 8) Where Sea Meets Man
 * 9) The Heavy Seed
 * 10) The White Which Lives Within the Ink Stone
 * 11) The Sleeping Mountain
 * 12) One-Eyed Fish
 * 13) One-Night Bridge
 * 14) Inside the Cage
 * 15) Pretense of Spring
 * 16) Sunrise Serpent
 * 17) Pickers of Empty Cocoons
 * 18) Clothes that Embrace the Mountain
 * 19) String from the Sky
 * 20) A Sea of Writings

After going on hiatus in March, the show resumed in May.


 * 1) Cotton Changeling
 * 2) Shrine in the Sea
 * 3) The Sound of Rust
 * 4) The Journey to the Field of Fire
 * 5) Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune
 * 6) The Sound of Footsteps in the Grass

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An OVA titled Special Chapter: Sun-eating Shadow (Tokubetsu-hen: Hihamukage) aired on January 4th, 2014.

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The second season started airing in April 2014.


 * 1) Banquet at the Forest's Edge
 * 2) The Warbling Sea Shell
 * 3) Beneath the Snow
 * 4) The Hand that Caresses the Night
 * 5) Mirror Lake
 * 6) Floral Delusion
 * 7) Cloudless Rain
 * 8) The Wind Raiser
 * 9) Valley of the Welling Tide
 * 10) Depths of Winter

The season went on hiatus in June. Then, a two-part special titled Special Chapter: The Thicket Path (Tokubetsu-hen: Odoro no Michi) aired in August.


 * 1) The Thicket Path (Part 1)
 * 2) The Thicket Path (Part 2)

The show then went on another brief hiatus before resuming in October.


 * 1) Grass Cushion
 * 2) Fragrant Darkness
 * 3) Lingering Crimson
 * 4) Hidden Channel
 * 5) Thread of Light
 * 6) Sea of Otherworldly Stars
 * 7) Azure Waters
 * 8) Lightning's End
 * 9) Mud Grass
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