The first anime season aired in 12 episodes in Winter 2022. Crunchyroll simulcast the anime with English subtitles and dubbed it in multiple languages.
The anime adapts Shinji Cobkubo‘s action fantasy light novel which he initially submitted for the 24th Dengeki Taisho in 2017 and won the Silver Prize. Dengeki Bunko began printing the adventure fantasy light novel with illustrations by Akagishi K and mocha in March 2018. Kadokawa published the eighth volume in January 2022 and will release the ninth volume on August 10.
Yuusuke Takahashi drew a manga adaptation in Manga UP! web magazine from April 2019 to March 2021. Sou Natsuki began serializing a second part in the same magazine in December 2021. Square Enix shipped the third volume of part two on December 7.
Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in May 2021. The fifth volume will go on sale on July 18.
Sabikui Bisco placed first under the Light Novel and New Work category in the 2019 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! rankings.
Synopsis
An apocalyptic event has ravaged Japan, leaving nothing but endless sandy plains behind, and a strange rusting disease terrorizes the remnants of civilization. According to the government, the horrific state of the new world is the result of mushroom spores being spread by the likes of Bisco Akaboshi, labeled the “Man-Eating Mushroom.”
But Bisco would beg to differ. In reality, he is a “Mushroom Protector,” determined to uncover the legendary “Sabikui” mushroom—said to be the ultimate cure for the rusting disease. Joining him on his quest are his giant crab Akutagawa and the kind doctor Milo Nekoyanagi, who is actively searching for a rust poisoning treatment for his sick sister. Despite the prejudice aimed toward him by the common folk, Bisco refuses to give up on his quest to purify the rotting world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Official site: https://sabikuibisco.jp/
Official Twitter: @SABIKUI_BISCO
Source: Comic Natalie
Sabikui Bisco Season 2 on MAL
