Mushishi Collector’s Edition Series

The beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs.

Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don’t obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushi-shi.

Includes Japanese volumes 9-10 and never-before-published story, “The Shadow That Swallows the Sun.”

Mushi do not feel, but humans do. And when a mushi appears in a human’s life, sometimes it reveals inner desires and challenges common to most at some point in their lifetime. A boy who wants his sick mother to be there for him, but she will not return until he is better. A father who experiences many lifetimes but is stuck at home. A grandfather with a dull, quiet life with his family, but has the funny sense of deja vu every once in a while. Ginko is a mushishi who helps guide those to understand the intricate ways mushi slip into our lives, but will the guided follow an enlightened path or choose their own?

Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association. The series inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of Mushishi became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages—until now.

Kodansha’s new edition of Mushishi features an all-new translation and lettering, and beautiful color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.

The beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs.

Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don’t obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushi-shi.

Includes Japanese volumes 7-8 in a premium casewrap hardcover featuring a new to English cover illustration..

What is a life when one has no soul? Ginko is a mushishi who scours the land learning about mushi–a different form of life–and their influence on the world. An influence that can cause a trade-off in what it means to be human. A woman who has insurmountable beauty and a long life but is just as fragile as a cherry blossom petal. A heartbroken girl who feels she could be easily replaced. And a man who belongs to the most ancient of mushishi clans, tasked with holding back a mushi that could bring a Great Calamity, but at what cost? His soul?

Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association. The series inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of Mushishi became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages–until now.

Kodansha’s new edition of Mushishi features an all-new translation and lettering, and beautiful color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.

The beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs.

Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don’t obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushi-shi.

Includes Japanese volumes 5-6 in a premium casewrap hardcover featuring a new to English cover illustration..

The line between life and death is blurred, especially where mushi–a different form of life–are concerned. Ginko, a mushishi who wanders the land learning about the curious nature of mushi, visits an island where a woman’s child may be her late mother reborn. In a mountain village, he meets a young hunter whose hand can kill with a touch. Throughout Ginko’s many encounters with the unnatural, one truth remains constant: for good or ill, both man and mushi can only act according to their nature.

Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association. The series inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of Mushishi became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages–until now.

Kodansha’s new edition of Mushishi features an all-new translation and lettering, and beautiful color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.

The beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs.

Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don’t obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushishi.

Winner of the Best New Edition of Classic Manga at the 3rd American Manga Awards, this edition includes Japanese volumes 3-4.

There are some you can see, and some you cannot. Mushi are a different form of life–one that Ginko, a mushishi, travels across the land seeking to decipher. Some mushi can affect a person’s limbs, causing a rust-like stiffness that leaves them all but bedridden. Others can envelop people in an eerie sea mist that disrupts their sense of time. Even as he observes mushi and deduces how to live with them, Ginko keeps his feet firmly planted in the real world. But when a boy finds a “false spring” in the barren winter landscape, Ginko himself comes dangerously close to crossing over to the other side.

Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association. The series inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of Mushishi became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages—until now.

Kodansha’s new edition of Mushishi features an all-new translation and lettering and color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.

The beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs.

Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don’t obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushi-shi.

Winner of the Best New Edition of Classic Manga at the 3rd American Manga Awards, this edition includes Japanese volumes 1-2.

Though invisible to most, tiny creatures known as mushi lurk beneath the surface of everyday reality. They exert a strange and occasionally terrifying influence on people’s lives, and only experts known as mushishi carry the knowledge of how to deal with them. A mushishi named Ginko wanders the Japanese countryside, following rumors of various unusual occurences: a young man who dreams the future; a child with horns growing from his forehead; a boy with the power to write creatures into being; and more…

Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association. The series inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of Mushishi became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages—until now.

Kodansha’s new edition of Mushishi features an all-new translation and lettering, and beautiful color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.