Mushiking: The King of Beetles

Mushiking: The King of Beetles (甲虫王者ムシキング Kōchū Ōja Mushiking) is a combination arcade game and collectible card game developed by Sega and released in Japan and other Asian countries such as the Philippines. The game involves battles between cards describing various beetle species, where the cards can be scanned in by an arcade machine, which will both carry out battles and dispense new cards.

The manga adaptation Mushiking: The King of Beetles ~ Zach Adventure Series ~ is written and illustrated by Ooseyoshi, and serialized in the monthly CoroCoro Comics from February 2005 to October 2006 and in Bessatsu CoroCoro from April 2004 to February 2008, compiling 8 volumes. An anime adaptation entitled Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Mori no Tami no Densetsu (甲虫王者ムシキング 森の民の伝説), produced by TMS Entertainment and broadcast by TV Tokyo, aired from April 6, 2005 until March 3, 2006. An original movie entitled Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi (甲虫王者ムシキング グレイテストチャンピオンへの道) premiered on December 17 2005.

Zach Adventure Series
The story follows the adventures of Zach, who is continuously searching for a treasure on the planet, Dekaiya, while at the same time another, rivaling protagonist, Kabuto Maru, is seeking Mushiking.

Mori no Tami no Densetsu
Based off of the game. Popo, and his family were harmoniously living with the insects in the forest until one day when his father left him and gave him a mysterious pendant with magical powers. Now, with mysterious events happened to his mother, he must travel with his newly found companions to the forest to solve the mysteries bound in the east.

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