Mushibugyo

Mushibugyo
Cover of the first Mushibugyō manga volume
ムシブギョー (Mushibugyō)
Genre	Action, Harem
Manga
Written by	Hiroshi Fukuda
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday Super
Original run	2009 – 2010
Volumes	3
Manga
Jōjū Senjin!! Mushibugyō
Written by	Hiroshi Fukuda
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	2011 – present
Volumes	27
Anime television series
Directed by	Takayuki Hamana
Written by	Yoichi Kato
Music by	Tetsurō Oda
Studio	Seven Arcs Pictures
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	April 8, 2013 – September 30, 2013
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Game
Developer	Namco Bandai Games
Publisher	Namco Bandai Games
Genre	Action RPG
Platform	Nintendo 3DS
Released	JP: September 19, 2013
Original video animation
Directed by	Takayuki Hamana
Written by	Yoichi Kato
Music by	Tetsurō Oda
Studio	Seven Arcs Pictures
Released	July 18, 2014 – January 16, 2015
Runtime	24 minutes
Episodes	3

Mushibugyo (ムシブギョー, Mushibugyō^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Fukuda. A second series, Jōjū Senjin!! Mushibugyō, a retelling of the original series, started in 2011. An anime television series adaptation premiered on April 8, 2013.

In an alternate Feudal Era Japan, giant insects known as "Mushi" started appearing and attacking people 100 years before and since then they bring terror and death to the country. To counter the threat of the Mushi, the Shogunate establishes the City Patrol who acts under the Mushi Magistrate (Mushibugyō) to assemble warriors strong enough to fight them. The story follows Jinbei Tsukishima, a young and cheerful samurai who is the newest member of the City Patrol answering a summon to his father by the Magistrate, but as he is not able to fight anymore, Jinbei takes the burden of protecting Edo from the Mushi in his place.

Mushibugyo began as a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Fukuda and was first published in Shōnen Sunday Super 's September 2009 issue. Three tankōbon volumes of the manga were released between April 16, 2010 and January 18, 2011. A second series, Jōjū Senjin!! Mushibugyō, a retelling of the original series, started in 2011. Twenty-seven tankōbon volumes of the manga were released from June 17, 2011 to December 16, 2016.

An anime television series directed by Takayuki Hamana and produced by Seven Arcs Pictures aired on TX Network stations from April 8, 2013, to September, 30 and ran for 26 episodes. The series was simulcast on Crunchyroll. An additional OVA episode was bundled with the 15th volume of the manga on July 18, 2014.

The series uses four pieces of theme music. The two opening themes are "Tomoyo" by Gagaga SP and "Denshin∞Unchained" by FREE Hebi&M, while the two ending themes are "Ichizu" by i☆Ris and "Through All Eternity" by ayami.