A01=Yuki Urushibara
anime
Author_Yuki Urushibara
Category=XAM
Category=XQH
comic book
comic book gifts
comic books
comics
comics and graphic novels
demons
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_graphic-novels-manga
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_new_release
eq_nobargain
geek
geek gifts
ghosts
gifts for comic book fans
gifts for comic book lovers
graphic novel
graphic novels
graphic novels for adults
halloween
haunted
horror
horror books
horror comic books
horror comics
horror graphic novels
japan
japanese
japanese manga
japanese mythology
manga
manga books
manga box set
manga classics
nerd
nerd gifts
otaku
paranormal
paranormal books
spirit
supernatural
suspense thriller books
thriller
thriller books
thrillers
yokai
Product details
- ISBN 9798888776353
- Weight: 919g
- Dimensions: 153 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
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. Includes Japanese volumes 3-4 in a premium casewrap hardcover featuring a new to English cover illustration. 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 mushi-shi carry the knowledge of how to deal with them. A mushi-shi 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 color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.
Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture at the extreme southwestern edge of Japan's main island of Honshu, Yuki Urushibara's debut series Mushishi (1999-2013) became an internationally-acclaimed best-seller, inspiring two TV anime adaptations, an anime film, and a live-action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA). Winner of the Afternoon Shikishou newcomer's prize and the Japan Media Arts Award, Urushibara's other works include When a Cat Faces West and Suiiki.
