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Mushi-Shi: Next Passage

★ 8.8 4K votes 2014–2015 1 season · 22 episodes Ended Tokyo MX
AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 8/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Yûto NakanoMika DoiMiyuki SawashiroTomomi SaitoKoki UchiyamaYoko Hikasa
Written by
Yuki Urushibara
Starring
Yûto NakanoMika DoiMiyuki SawashiroTomomi SaitoKoki UchiyamaYoko Hikasa
Written by
Yuki Urushibara
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A meditative folklore anthology about living alongside mystery"

Mushi-Shi: Next Passage continues the quiet wanderings of Ginko, a silver-haired mushi master who travels rural landscapes helping people afflicted by mushi, ancient near-invisible organisms that blur the line between nature and spirit. Each episode is a self-contained folk tale, slow and hushed, more interested in mood and mystery than plot momentum. Watching it feels like sitting by a stream and losing track of time: contemplative, melancholic, oddly soothing. Gorgeous, painterly backgrounds and a spare, atmospheric score carry the show far more than dialogue or drama ever do.

Watch it for

the meditative, folklore-inspired vignettes and hushed, painterly atmosphere that lingers long after each episode.

Maybe skip if

you want fast plotting, recurring stakes, or characters whose arcs build across episodes.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12014
8.34K227h 40m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Banquet at the Forest's Edge8.0
19323 min
▶2The Warbling Sea Shell8.4
18223 min
▶3Beneath the Snow8.3
16923 min
▶4The Hand That Caresses the Night8.2
17423 min
▶5Mirror Lake7.9
16823 min
▶6Floral Delusion8.4
16523 min
▶7Cloudless Rain8.3
16223 min
▶8The Wind Raiser8.2
16123 min
▶9Valley of the Welling Tide7.9
15823 min
▶10The Depths of Winter8.3
16323 min
▶11Path of Thorns: Part 18.1
164—
▶12Path of Thorns: Part 28.0
145—
▶13Grass Cushion8.7
17823 min
▶14Fragrant Darkness8.9
20923 min
▶15Lingering Crimson8.8
18623 min
▶16Hidden Cove7.3
14223 min
▶17Thread of Light7.8
14823 min
▶18Sea of Otherworldly Stars8.1
15023 min
▶19Azure Waters8.5
16723 min
▶20Lightning's End8.2
15723 min
▶21Mud Grass8.4
14623 min
▶22Tree of Eternity8.6
16523 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yûto Nakano Ginko
Mika Doi Narrator, Narration
Miyuki Sawashiro Yoki
Tomomi Saito Kaya
Koki Uchiyama Tatsu
Yoko Hikasa Teru
Haruka Shiraishi Masumi
Yûto Uemura Rokusuke
Ami Koshimizu Isaza (Young)
Daisuke Kishio Isaza

Crew

Yuki Urushibara

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