Coming December 15, 2026
Mushishi Collector's Edition 4

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.