the tenth episode on June 21, the "first half" was finished. Another special, , aired on August 20 on BS11. The latter half of the second season started to air on October 19, and ended on December 21, 2014. Zoku-Shō first DVD compilation was released on July 23, 2014 in Japan, and the sixth—and last–was released on July 22, 2015. A sequel anime film titled , based on the manga's last arc, was announced in December 2014 and released on May 16, 2015 in Japan. Hihamukage was streamed by Crunchyroll for premium members on January 4, 2014, and made available for free user a week later. In March, the second season was licensed for streaming by Aniplex of America and Crunchyroll as Mushi-Shi -Next Passage-. In November, Madman Entertainment acquired its home media release rights for Australia. Late in the same month, Madman also licensed the series for streaming and made it available on its site AnimeLab. Madman released a DVD box set containing all Next Passage episodes, Path of Thorns and Bell Droplets on December 7, 2016. Other merchandise Several books based on Mushishi have been released. A guidebook titled Mushishi Official Book was released by Kodansha on January 23, 2006. On June 30, and July 20, 2007, were released an artbook, and a book with staff commentaries on the anime series production, respectively. Two books have been released on April 23, and May 14, 2014; a and a respectively. On June 19, 2015, a "large format" art book was released by Kodansha. The music for both Mushishi anime adaptation was composed by Toshio Masuda. Two soundtrack albums were released by Marvelous Entertainment and Geneon Entertainment for the first anime adaptation; the first on March 24, 2006 and the second on July 23, 2006. On June 25, 2015, the soundtrack for Next Passage was released by Aniplex. A live-action Mushishi feature film, released at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival, was directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and starred Joe Odagiri. Also known as Bugmaster and Mushi-Shi: The Movie in English, it was released in Japanese theaters on March 24, 2007. Mushishi was also adapted into a video game; the Nintendo DS game titled was developed by Tenky and published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan on January 31, 2008. From March 18 to 29, 2015, a "stage reading" event, which adapted six chapters from the manga into six separate performances, was