Mushi-Shi
2005 · TV Series · TV-14 · 24 min · ★ 8.0 · 95% critics
A wandering specialist travels from village to village studying mysterious life-forms that can’t be seen by most people. Each stop brings a new case, as the traveler listens to locals’ stories and tries to ease strange, sometimes unsettling problems tied to nature and the unseen.
Based on Mushishi
Also known as MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage · Mushishi: The Next Chapter · MUSHI-SHI: The Shadow that Devours the Sun
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Details
- Original title
- 蟲師
- Years
- 2005–2014
- Release date
- 2005-10-23
- Network
- Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, BS11, Tochigi TV
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (236 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want quiet, episodic folklore mysteries with a soothing, nature-focused mood, similar to Natsume's Book of Friends; Not for you if you need fast action, a strong ongoing plot, or constant excitement.
Pros: calming, meditative stories; beautiful nature atmosphere; intriguing mysteries | Cons: very slow pace; episodic, little arc; can feel dull
Themes
- detective
- supernatural
- slice of life
- curse
- tragedy
- based on manga
- spirit
- historical
- nature
- environmentalism
- ghost
- folklore
- +10 more
Cast & crew
Yuto Nakano
as Ginko (voice)
Mika Doi
as Narrator / Nui (voice)
Ai Kobayashi
as Tanyuu Karibusa (voice)
Miyu Tsuzurahara
as Young Tanyuu Karibusa (voice)
Yuji Ueda
as Adashino (voice)
- TM
Takashi Matsuyama
- MS
Miyuki Sawashiro
- SH
Satomi Hanamura
- CC
Chiemi Chiba
- SK
Shinji Kawada
Directed by Yasuyuki Fuse, Shintaro Inokawa, Akira Mano +13 more
Episodes2 seasons · 46 episodes
Season 126 episodes
- S1E1The Green Seat24m
- S1E2The Light of the Eyelid24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Tender Horns24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4The Pillow Pathway24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5The Traveling Swamp24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Those Who Inhale the Dew24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Raindrops and Rainbows24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Where Sea Meets Man24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9The Heavy Seed24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10The White Which Lives Within the Ink Stone24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11The Sleeping Mountain24m
- S1E12One-Eyed Fish24m
- S1E13One-Night Bridge24m
- S1E14Inside the Cage24m
- S1E15Pretense of Spring24m
- S1E16Sunrise Serpent24m
- S1E17Pickers of Empty Cocoons24m
- S1E18Clothes That Embrace the Mountain24m
- S1E19String from the Sky24m
- S1E20A Sea of Writings24m
- S1E21Cotton Changeling24m
- S1E22Shrine in the Sea24m
- S1E23The Sound of Rust24m
- S1E24The Journey to the Field of Fire24m
- S1E25Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune24m
- S1E26The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass24m
Season 220 episodes
- S2E1Banquet at the Forest's Edge24m
- S2E2The Warbling Seashell24m
- S2E3Beneath the Snow24m
- S2E4The Hand That Caresses the Night24m
- S2E5Mirror Lake24m
- S2E6Floral Delusion24m
- S2E7Cloudless Rain24m
- S2E8Wind Raiser24m
- S2E9Valley of the Welling Tide24m
- S2E10Depths of Winter24m
- S2E11Cushion of Grass24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E12Fragrant Darkness24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E13Lingering Crimson24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E14Hidden Cove24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E15Thread of Light24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E16Sea of Otherworldly Stars24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E17Azure Waters24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E18Lightning's End24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E19Mud Grass24mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E20Tree of Eternity24mAmazon Prime Video