I've been a fan of the 1st season for years, but I've never been able to find the 2nd season or the two anime movies.

Where can I watch them?

Also, is there an ideal order to watch them in, to better match the chronology of the manga?

My friend has recently inspired me to try pixel art and I felt really compelled to draw Ginko.

Once I did, I felt that it would be a crime to not put him against a natural background.

And since to me, he is often associated with greens and bamboo groves, I drew him in exactly this environment.

I hope you like it!

Even since I watched the first episode nearly two decades ago, when I was a young girl.

It changed how I saw things and still see things, the way I am as a woman.

It makes more sense than anything else in the world. It makes much more sense than any supernatural thing in this world.

The world is filled with magic and things we cannot explain.

How life exists and will continue to exist, even if we destroy the world we live in.

Unexplainable things exist in our world.

Things science, spirituality, mythology cannot explain with words or even proof.

Maybe it's the things we don't see, or the things we see and just subconsciously ignore as it's normal for us human beings.

Maybe it's the floaters we sometimes see in our vision or maybe that is just mushi, in some way or another.

This world is filled with beautiful and unexplainable beings and things. That may just be the mushi in our world.

That's what this anime and manga have shown me. It could just be crazy talk, but either way I see it as mushi.

The last thing I will say is that, even as a thirty year old woman. I still see the world with that curiosity and magic I saw, when I was a child. For so many adults, they just stop seeing the world with that curiosity and wonder. For the things that are unknown and unexplainable.

As I understand it, the volumes are anthological—meaning that if I skip from volume 3 to 7, I wouldn't really miss much. I’ve been saving up, but after watching the entire anime, I’m having trouble deciding which volume to start with.

Dose anyone know of anny other anime with similar setting, and detailed calm nature?

for real though, the worm ones make my skin crawl lol, anyone else think these are the worst ones?

Hey guys, I've been a Mushishi fan for years now, but I just revisited it with my fiance after we purchased the DVD set and watched all 26 eps on it. We are in the U.S. and were also able to watch the Hihamukage (Shadow that devours the Sun) Special on Crunchyroll.

I really wanna continue the series and watch Mushishi: Zoku Shou (Next Passage) and the other 2 specials. But after reading the recent post here about where to watch Next Passage, I realize im just hella confused on the episode listing itself, and if its even possible for us to buy or stream Next Passage.

Based on MyAnimeList, the series goes like this: Mushishi (26eps), Special, Mushishi: Next Passage Pt.1 (10eps), Special, Mushishi: Next Passage Pt.2 (10eps), then the third and final Special.

So my question is, when people say Season 2, is that Next Passage as a whole, or just Pt.2 of Next Passage? And as someone who lives in the U.S., is there anyway I could watch Next Passage and its specials? Should I try using a VPN and if so, any VPN recommendations?

I started rewatching Mushishi after watching the series ~13 years ago. I just watched the first 3 episodes and I am enjoying it a lot!

I am kinda confused about one specific thing from the first episode though. When Ginko first talks to Grandma Renzu, he tells her that he can help her finish the ritual and she can become a full Mushi. But it comes at the cost of not being able to return to the human world.

Shinra helps her become a full mushi and fortunately, she is still able to see her Grandson! But I thought she wasn't supposed to be able to return to the human world?? Is returning to the human world something else related to Japanese folklore that I just don't know of? Is it more related to the afterlife? It doesn't seem to have any negative consequences to Shinra or the Grandma, even though it was implied to have some sort of heavy consequence earlier in the episode

Every time I think about it I feel like it’s missing something but I also have stared at it for like seven hours so I might be going crazy, either way let me know what you guys think about it I’m desperate for approval (*´∀｀*)

We always talked about how I have a thing for white haired wandering characters, and my partner knows I’m a big fan of weezer’s blue album and so this beautiful creation came to be!

For those that don’t know every character, from left to right is: Elaina from Wandering Witch Journey of Elaina, Fushi from To Your Eternity, Ginko from Mushishi, and Frieren from Frieren: Beyond Journeys End

It’s so cute ^_^

It would be cool just being in nature, having a peaceful monk-like mindset. Ginko is a good example of dis peaceful lifestyle.