{"product_id":"mushishi-collectors-edition-4","title":"Mushishi Collector's Edition 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore life as we know it, there existed entities that don't obey the laws of our reality--primordial beings known as \u003ci\u003emushi\u003c\/i\u003e. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by \u003ci\u003emushi\u003c\/i\u003e into the human world--and by us into theirs. He is a \u003ci\u003emushi\u003c\/i\u003e master...a \u003ci\u003emushi-shi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes Japanese volumes 7-8 in a premium casewrap hardcover featuring a new to English cover illustration..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon its release in the 2000s, \u003ci\u003eMushishi\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/i\u003e. Unfortunately, after being out of print for 15 years, English copies of \u003ci\u003eMushishi\u003c\/i\u003e became as elusive as the strange creatures that populate its pages--until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKodansha's new edition of \u003ci\u003eMushishi\u003c\/i\u003e features an all-new translation and lettering, and beautiful color pages and cover illustrations never seen in the U.S. before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kodansha Comics","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67935306187120,"sku":"9798888776377","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_fff3787e-e912-4f31-8493-d6f0cd1d6a6c.jpg?v=1792891938","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/mushishi-collectors-edition-4","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}