Mushi-Shi

Mushi-Shi
TV Show · Anime · Fantasy

They are creatures only known as ‘Mushi,’ whose abilities range well into the supernatural. While their existence and appearances are unknown to the humans around them, there are a few like Ginko who is a ‘Mushi-shi’ that travels around to investigate and find out more about the ‘Mushi.’ During the course of his discovery and understanding, he helps those who are troubled by the Mushi themselves…

2005 · 44m
Starring Yuto Nakano
Director Katsuhiro Ohtomo

Season 1

  • The Shadow That Devours the Sun
    EPISODE 27
    The Shadow That Devours the Sun
    The mushi are said to become uneasy during an eclipse. Tanyu sends Ginko to monitor a village for the appearance of a mushi that causes a neverending eclipse. Her foreboding is justified when the village is enveloped in darkness...
    44m
  • Banquet at the Forest's Edge
    EPISODE 1
    Banquet at the Forest's Edge
    A sake brewer once lost his way home and chanced upon a strange ceremony. There, he tasted a sweet, glowing sake that he's never been able to forget. Years later, when his son encounters a late-night ceremony, he pretends to be part of it and meets Ginko.
    23m
  • The Warbling Sea Shell
    EPISODE 2
    The Warbling Sea Shell
    Birdsong is suddenly heard when a sea shell is held up to a girl's ear. In a fishing village still reeling from a tragedy years before, a strange mushi indicates an ill omen. What misfortune will be brought to bear on the people?
    23m
  • Beneath the Snow
    EPISODE 3
    Beneath the Snow
    Snow constantly falls around him. Impervious to the freezing cold, the man is gripped by the searing memory of a winter he had spent together with his little sister.
    23m
  • The Hand that Caresses the Night
    EPISODE 4
    The Hand that Caresses the Night
    A hunter roams the mountains at night without the tools of his trade. The being that toys with life, and then extinguishes it is a fragile "thing" caught between the realm of man and mushi.
    23m
  • Mirror Lake
    EPISODE 5
    Mirror Lake
    Ginko encounters a young woman being followed by a mysterious, watery creature. Ginko reveals the truth of the Mushi attached to her, but the woman must decide whether to give up her body to the Mushi, or to dispel it and continue living.
    23m

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Cast & Crew

  • Yuto Nakano
    Voice
  • Katsuhiro Ohtomo
    Director

About

Mushi-Shi

Anime

They are creatures only known as ‘Mushi,’ whose abilities range well into the supernatural. While their existence and appearances are unknown to the humans around them, there are a few like Ginko who is a ‘Mushi-shi’ that travels around to investigate and find out more about the ‘Mushi.’ During the course of his discovery and understanding, he helps those who are troubled by the Mushi themselves…

Information

Studio
Fuji TV
Released
2005
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
Japan

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
Audio

Japanese (Japan)

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  • Armenia
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  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Niger (English)
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