Parasyte

This article is about the manga series. For other uses, see Parasite (disambiguation).

Parasyte
Fourth tankōbon volume cover, featuring Shinichi Izumi and Migi
寄生獣
(Kiseijū)
Genre
Manga
Written byHitoshi Iwaaki
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
Magazine
  • Morning Open Zōkan
  • (1989)
  • Monthly Afternoon
  • (1989–1994)
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 1, 1989 – December 24, 1994
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Parasyte -the maxim-[a]
Directed byKenichi Shimizu
Produced by
  • Toshio Nakatani
  • Hiroyuki Inage
  • Atsushi Kirimoto
  • Yuka Ōshima
  • Sōta Shioiri
  • Daisuke Fukada
Written byShōji Yonemura
Music byKen Arai
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkNippon TV
English network
Original run October 9, 2014 – March 26, 2015
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Live-action films
Manga
Parasyte Reversi
Written byMoare Ohta [ja]
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA (digitally)
  • US: Kodansha (digitally)
MagazineComic Days
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 2, 2018 – May 7, 2021
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Live-action TV series
icon Anime and manga portal

Parasyte (Japanese: 寄生獣, Hepburn: Kiseijū, lit. 'Parasitic Beasts') is a Japanese science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki. It was published in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan (1989) and Monthly Afternoon (1989 to 1994). The manga was published in North America first by Tokyopop, then Del Rey, and finally Kodansha USA. The series follows Shinichi Izumi, a high school senior who is the victim of a failed attempt by a parasitic organism to take over his brain. The parasite, Migi, instead infects and takes over his arm, and both are forced in a peculiar partnership to fight other parasites.

The manga has been adapted into two live-action films in Japan, in 2014 and 2015. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse, titled Parasyte -the maxim-[a], aired in Japan between October 2014 and March 2015. The English-language dub aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the United States between October 2015 and April 2016.

By August 2022, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 1993, Parasyte received the 17th Kodansha Manga Award for the general category, as well as the 27th Seiun Award for the best manga in 1996.

  1. ^ a b Vincent, Brittany (August 29, 2019). "[Review] Parasyte: The Maxim Complete Collection". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Bush, Laurence (2001). Asian Horror Encyclopedia: Asian Horror Culture in Literature, Manga, and Folklore. iUniverse. p. 85. ISBN 9781469715032.
  3. ^ Creamer, Nick (March 28, 2016). "Parasyte -the maxim- Blu-Ray - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Parasyte -the maxim-". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).