KEY POINTS

  • A criminal is set to find a rare mushroom that can save the world from deadly rust
  • "Sabikui Bisco" Episode 1 is airing Monday
  • The episode will live stream on Funimation

Japan is destroyed by rust that consumes both lives and cities. A rare mushroom is believed to be the only weapon to fight this deadly rust.

"Sabikui Bisco" Episode 1 introduces Bisco Akaboshi, a notorious criminal and expert archer, who is looking for this rare mushroom called Sabikui.

This mushroom is said to eat away all rust and is the only hope for humankind. Bisco embarks on this adventure and is joined by Nekoyanagi Milo, a kind doctor who cares for his sister.

Milo wants to save his sister from the rust. Meanwhile, Kurokawa, the governor of Imahama, has termed Bisco a terrorist and wants him dead. Moreover, he wants to eliminate each and every collaborator associated with Bisco. The governor thinks the mushroom keeper is a criminal who is better off dead.

Now, these two young men team up to save the ones they love and kickstart their adventure. The official trailer of "Sabikui Bisco" shows Nekoyanagi Pawoo, who is Milo’s sister and the chief of Imahama Watch.

She is shown telling someone that they will pay for their crime of destroying the cities of Japan with rust. It indicates that this deadly rust could be a weapon created by someone sinister.

Elsewhere, Milo and Bisco will have to venture out of the walls and face the otherworldly creatures as they look for Sabikui.

“Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining him on this epic saga to save the country is a giant crab and a young doctor. Can this unlikely trio find the fabled fungi and save the land?” read the official synopsis of "Sabikui Bisco" anime as per Funimation.

The cast of the anime includes Ryouta Suzuki as Bisco Akaboshi, Shiro Saito as Jabi, Reina Kondo as Pau Nekoyanagi, Natsuki Hane as Miro Nekoyanagi, Miyu Tomita as Chirou Ochagama and Kenjiro Tsuda as Kurokawa.

Fans can watch "Sabikui Bisco" Episode 1 online on Funimation Monday. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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