Mushibugyō
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super from August 2009 to September 2010, with its chapters collected in three volumes. A second series, Jōjū Senjin!! Mushibugyō, a retelling of the original series, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2011 to September 2017, with its chapters collected in 32 volumes.
A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs Pictures was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from April to September 2013, with three additional original video animation episodes released in 2014 and 2015.
Plot
Mushibugyō is set in an alternate Edo period of Japan, where giant insects known as "Mushi" began to appear and attack people 100 years before, and since then have brought 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 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 summons to his father by the Magistrate, but as he is not able to fight anymore, Jinbei takes on the burden of protecting Edo from the Mushi in his place.Characters
;Jinbei Tsukishima;Hibachi
;Mugai
;Shungiku Koikawa
;Tenma Ichinotani
;Kotori Matsunohara
;Oharu
;Nagatomimaru
;Kuroageha
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by, Mushibugyō was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Supers from August 25, 2009, to September 25, 2010. Three volumes were released by Shogakukan between April 16, 2010, and January 18, 2011.A second series,, a retelling of the original series, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 4, 2011, to September 20, 2017. The 316 chapters were collected in 32 tankōbon volumes, released from June 17, 2011, to October 18, 2017.
Anime
An anime television series was announced in January 2013. The series, directed by Takayuki Hamana and produced by Seven Arcs Pictures, aired on TX Network stations from April 8 to September 30, 2013, for 26 episodes. The series was simulcast on Crunchyroll. Three additional original video animation episodes were bundled with the 15th, 16th and 17th volumes of the manga on July 18, 2014, October 7, 2014 and January 16, 2015. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and OVAs and released them in 2022.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.