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MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage Special - Path of Thorns | AniNext

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MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage Special - Path of Thorns

蟲師続章「棘のみち」

8.2scoreSpecial1 episodes47 minFinished

AdventureFantasyMysteryPsychologicalSlice of Life

Unaired episode of Mushishi Zoku Shou bundled with anime's third Blu-ray/DVD volume. Adapts "Odoro no Michi" (Path of Thorns) manga chapters.

Artland StudioMANGA SourceSUMMER 2014 Season

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Episode 1 - The Green Seat

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Episode 2 - The Light of the Eyelid

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Episode 3 - Tender Horns

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Episode 4 - The Pillow Pathway

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Episode 5 - The Traveling Swamp

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Episode 6 - Those Who Inhale the Dew

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Episode 7 - Raindrops and Rainbows

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Episode 8 - Where Sea Meets Man

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Episode 9 - The Heavy Seed

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Episode 10 - The White Which Lives Within the Ink Stone

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Episode 11 - The Sleeping Mountain

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Episode 12 - One-Eyed Fish

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Episode 13 - One-Night Bridge

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Episode 14 - Inside the Cage

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Episode 15 - Pretense of Spring

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Episode 16 - Sunrise Serpent

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Episode 17 - Pickers of Empty Cocoons

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Episode 18 - Clothes that Embrace the Mountain

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Episode 19 - String from the Sky

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Episode 20 - A Sea of Writings

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Episode 21 - Cotton Changeling

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Episode 22 - Shrine in the Sea

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Episode 23 - The Sound of Rust

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Episode 24 - The Journey to the Field of Fire

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Episode 25 - Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune

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Episode 26 - The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass

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MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage

MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage

PREQUEL

MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage 2

MUSHI-SHI The Next Passage 2

SEQUEL

Mushishi

Mushishi

SOURCE

Ginko

Ginko

MAIN

Yuuto Nakano

Yuuto Nakano

VA

Kumado

Kumado

MAIN

Satoshi Mikami

Satoshi Mikami

VA

Tanyuu Karibusa

Tanyuu Karibusa

SUPPORTING

Ai Kobayashi

Ai Kobayashi

VA

Tama Minai

Tama Minai

SUPPORTING

Hisako Kyouda

Hisako Kyouda

VA

Narrator

Narrator

BACKGROUND

Mika Doi

Mika Doi

VA

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Yuki Urushibara

Yuki Urushibara

Original Creator

Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama

Director

Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama

Series Composition

Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama

Episode Director

Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama

Storyboard

Noboru Ishiguro

Noboru Ishiguro

Supervisor

Toshio Masuda

Toshio Masuda

Music

Kazuya Tanaka

Kazuya Tanaka

Sound Director

Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Chief Animation Director

Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Animation Director