{"product_id":"mushishi-collectors-edition-2-9798888776353","title":"Mushishi Collector's Edition 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved fantasy manga returns in a hardcover omnibus edition featuring a completely original translation and new cover designs. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003emushishi\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes Japanese volumes 3-4 in a premium casewrap hardcover featuring a new to English cover illustration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are some you can see, and some you cannot. Mushi are a different form of life--one that Ginko, a mushishi, travels across the land seeking to decipher. Some mushi can affect a person's limbs, causing a rust-like stiffness that leaves them all but bedridden. Others can envelop people in an eerie sea mist that disrupts their sense of time. Even as he observes mushi and deduces how to live with them, Ginko keeps his feet firmly planted in the real world. But when a boy finds a \"false spring\" in the barren winter landscape, Ginko himself comes dangerously close to crossing over to the other side. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKodansha'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yuki Urushibara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kodansha Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 6.13w x 1.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888776353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Yamaguchi Prefecture at the extreme southwestern edge of Japan's main island of Honshu, Yuki Urushibara's debut series \u003ci\u003eMushishi\u003c\/i\u003e (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 (\u003ci\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/i\u003e). Winner of the Afternoon Shikishou newcomer's prize and the Japan Media Arts Award, Urushibara's other works include \u003ci\u003eWhen a Cat Faces West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuiiki\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yuki Urushibara \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47858817794205,"sku":"9798888776353","price":47.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5c81d76e-a959-4ecc-bb85-760af5030197.jpg?v=1776860962","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mushishi-collectors-edition-2-9798888776353","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}