On a warm summer day, a boy heard the sound of bells ringing, as if in celebration, in the mountain near his home. Several years later in that same mountain, the mushishi Ginko stumbles upon a young girl in a mountain with branches and leaves growing out of her body. He later realises that she is the lord of that mountain but finds it strange that a human like her was chosen as the lord. He meets her older brother who has continued to search for her ever since she disappeared while accompanying him on a stormy day. The story is about Ginko’s peculiar journey amidst the occult to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic girl called Kaya and the mountain that has become her home.
Unfortunately the movie Mushi-Shi: The Next Chapter - Drops of Bells is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Visual Effects | Kouhei Yamazaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yu Matsuo | Key Animation |
| Art | Takeshi Waki | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiko Umakoshi | Animation Director |
| Editing | Masahiro Matsumura | Editor |
| Directing | Hiroshi Nagahama | Director |
| Sound | Kiyotaka Kawada | Sound Effects |
| Production | Hiroyuki Aoi | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Aya Maeda | Key Animation |
| Writing | Yuki Urushibara | Writer |
| Sound | Toshio Masuda | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Hiroshi Nagahama | Writer |
