Sabikui Bisco (Rust-Eater Bisco)
A plague-like wind blows across the arid, sandy expanse of a post-apocalyptic Japan. As it sweeps over the living and nonliving alike, rust is all that remains in its wake. The cause of the catastrophic state of the world is believed to be mushroom spores. Bisco Akaboshi, known as the "Man-Eating Mushroom," is a wanted criminal archer whose arrows instantly grow mushrooms wherever they land. However, he is in truth a "Mushroom Protector," a person who spreads fungi in order to enrich the land and return it to its previous state.
Alongside the crab Akutagawa and young doctor Milo Nekoyanagi, Bisco ventures through the wastelands of Japan searching for the legendary "Sabikui"—a panacean mushroom said to devour all forms of rust.
-Written by MAL Rewrite
Based on the award winning light novel written by Shinji Cobkubo, "Sabikui Bisco" placed number one in both Overall and New work categories ("This Light Novel is Amazing! 2019" double award winner & Silver Prize at 24th Dengeki Novel Prize).
Set in a post-apocalyptic Japan devastated by plague-like rust, this is a story about the strongest mushroom hunter Bisco Akaboshi and young doctor Miro Nekoyanagi in their journey to find the legendary medicinal mushroom “Sabikui” that is believed to be the cure against the rust plague that has ravaged the world.
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Original Story: Shinji Cobkubo
Director: Atsushi Itagaki
Chief Animation Directors: Ai Asari & Norie Igawa
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai
Character Design: Ayumu Asari & Atsushi Itagaki
Music Composition: Takeshi Ueda (AA=) & Hinako Tsubakiyama
Music Production: Flying Dog
Main Animators: Yutaka Matsubara, Momoko Kawai
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Art/Creature Design: Yoshihiro Sono
Color Key Artist: Emi Chiba
Compositing Director of Photography: Tsubasa Takagi
Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Animation Production: Studio OZ