Mushishi is a TV series starring Yûto Nakano, Travis Willingham, and Kôjun Itô. Ginko is an expert travelling around to investigate a primeval life-form, the “Mushi,” and helping people with Mushi-related supernatural problems.
Release Date: October 2005
10. Eye of Fortune, Eye of Calamity
Air Date: 11 Jun. 2006Season 1, Episode 25
Ginko encounters a wanderer of a different breed, a street musician who sings hauntingly of the mushi.
9. Makura kôji
Air Date: 12 Nov. 2005Season 1, Episode 4
One year ago, Ginko met a man who had a prophetic dream. Ginko perceived that the dream is the act of “mushi”.
8. Picking the Fake Cocoon
Air Date: 18 Feb. 2006Season 1, Episode 17
Ginko got a letter that used cocoons as mailboxes by Mushishi. The letter wasn’t addressed to Ginko, and the sender was Aya Tozawa.
7. Suzuri ni sumu shiro
Air Date: 7 Jan. 2006Season 1, Episode 10
A group of kids mess with the mushi-related item in Adashino’s storehouse, and at nighttime they get sick. Adashino asks Ginko for help.
6. Exaggeration in Spring
Air Date: 4 Feb. 2006Season 1, Episode 15
Driven to seek shelter from a snowy storm, the Mushi Master Ginko is drawn into a yearly mystery. A lone boy wanders off into the forest during the harshest part of every winter, only to be later found asleep and clutching spring’s blessings in his grasp.
5. String of Heaven
Air Date: 4 Mar. 2006Season 1, Episode 19
A servant with high aspirations reaches up and disappears into the sky. For a time she resides in the shadow world of the mushi. Found by Ginko,he explains to her suitor she is now linked to both worlds.
4. Yama nemuru
Air Date: 7 Jan. 2006Season 1, Episode 11
Ginko investigates accident of the mountain with Ko-myaku channnel. He hears from inhabitants that Mujika, who is an old mushishi, lives in the mountain.
3. Kaikyô yori
Air Date: 10 Dec. 2005Season 1, Episode 8
Ginko meets a man who hopes to find his wife. The man has to suffer the agony of not knowing whether his wife is alive or not.
2. Kago no naka
Air Date: 28 Jan. 2006Season 1, Episode 14
Ginko encounters a man in bamboo forest. The man asks for guidance to leave the forest.
1. Sugame no sakana
Air Date: 14 Jan. 2006Season 1, Episode 12
An orphan boy named Yoki is adopted by Nui, a female Mushishi.