The worldwide premiere of '' Mushishi '' took place at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival , which ran from August 30 to September 9 , 2006 . The film was shown at the " Visions " section of the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006 under the title of '' Bugmaster '' . It was later screened in January at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in the " Spectrum " section . It opened in Japanese theaters on March 24 , 2007 , after the release of a novelization by Naoki Tsujii on February 23 , a soundtrack album by Avex on March 14 , and a book with details about the film 's production by Kodansha on March 22 . In October of the same year , it was shown at the 2007 Sitges Film Festival
63rd Venice International Film Festival
63rd Venice International Film Festival
Mushishi (film)