Parasyte -the maxim-

Parasyte -the maxim- (寄生獣 セイの格率, Kiseijuu Sei no Kakuritsu) is the anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's science-fiction horror manga, Parasyte.

Synopsis
17-year-old Shinichi Izumi lives with his parents in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo. One night, worm-like aliens called Parasites invade Earth, and they take over humans by entering through their ears or noses to get to their brains. One Parasite tries to crawl into Shinichi's ear while he is sleeping, but the teenager is wearing headphones so the Parasite enters his body through his arm instead! The Parasite named Migi ends up taking over Shinichi's right hand.

Because Shinichi was able to prevent Migi from traveling further up into his brain, both of them are able to retain their separate intellect and personality. They end up fighting other Parasites who attack them after realizing that Shinichi's human brain is still intact. These other Parasites devour humans as food, and Shinichi ends up fighting them with Migi's help. As the two of them encounter more Parasites, they end up forming a strong bond as they work together to survive.

Staff

 * Original Work: Iwaaki Hitoshi
 * Direction: Shimizu Ken`ichi
 * Series Composition: Yonemura Shouji
 * Character Design: Hiramatsu Tadashi
 * Chief Animation Direction: Komaru Toshiyuki
 * Art Direction: Akai Fumihisa
 * Colour Design: Hashimoto Satoshi
 * Photographic Direction: Fushihara Akane
 * CG Direction: Fukushi Naoya
 * Editing: Kimura Kashiko
 * Music: Ken Arai
 * Sound Direction: Yamada Chiaki
 * Animation Work: Madhouse
 * Production: NTV, VAP, Forecast Communications

Japanese Voice Cast

 * Aya Hirano as Migi
 * Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shinichi Izumi
 * Kana Hanazawa as Satomi Murano
 * Kiyono Yasuno as Yuko Tachikawa
 * Rena Maeda as Akiho Suzuki
 * Miyuki Sawashiro as Kana Kimishima
 * Masaki Aizawa as Kazuyuki Izumi, Taoka
 * Chieko Sasai as Nobuko Izumi
 * Shinya Hamazoe as Kawada, Kazuki Nagai, Mita
 * Hiroyuki Yoshino as Uragami
 * Atsuko Tanaka as Reiko Tamura
 * Seiko Fujiki as Ryōko Tamiya's Mother, Youko Kuramori
 * Makoto Yasumura as A
 * KENN as Mitsuo
 * Yū Serizawa as Makiko Hayase
 * Takuma Suzuki as Hirama, Maesawa, Mamoru Uda, Naito, Nakano
 * Ayumu Murase as Jaw
 * Akira Ishida as Hideo Shimada
 * Yutaka Mizushima as Takeshi Hirokawa
 * Junya Enoki as Taku Furuya
 * Yuya Murakami as Kamijou
 * Hiroyuki Yokō as Haruki Tachikawa
 * Tōru Nara as Fukami, Sasaki, B
 * Kazuhiko Inoue as Gotou
 * Takaya Aoyagi as Kusano
 * Daisuke Namikawa as Miki
 * Issei Futamata as Shirou Kuramori
 * Eiji Itô as Takizawa
 * Hideyuki Umezu as Yui
 * Makiko Ōmoto as Hikawa
 * Abe
 * Rikiya Koyama as Yamagishi
 * Miho Miyagawa as Miyake
 * Takahiko Sakaguma as Katsumata
 * Velo Takeda as Parasite Dog
 * Takeharu Ōnishi as Yamamoto

English Voice Cast

 * Adam Gibbs as Shinichi Izumi
 * Brittney Karbowski as Migi
 * Luci Christian as Satomi Murano
 * Allison Sumrall as Nobuko Izumi, Saki
 * Rob Mungle as Kazuyuki Izumi
 * Terri Doty as Yuko Tachikawa
 * Andrew Love as Uragami
 * John Gremillion as Fujii, Takeshi Hirokawa
 * Ty Mahany as Parasite Dog,
 * Marcie Bannor as Toshie Fujii, Ryoko Tamiya's Mother
 * Brittany Djie as Misaki
 * Hilary Haag as Akiho Suzuki
 * Houston Hayes as Kazuki Nagai, Kubo
 * Mike Yager as B
 * Joanne Bonasso as Reiko Tamura
 * David Wald as A
 * Cayla Coats as Young Shinichi Izumi
 * Maggie Flecknoe as Kana Kimishima
 * Scott Gibbs as Mitsuo, Nakano
 * Jack Ivy as Kamijo, Naito
 * Margaret McDonald as Makiko Hayase
 * Mark X. Laskowski as Mamoru Uda
 * Greg Ayres as Jaw
 * Paul Locklear as Sasaki
 * Blake Shepard as Hideo Shimada
 * John Swasey as Yamamoto, Katsumata
 * Christopher Patton as Haruki Tachikawa
 * Mike Vance as Yui
 * James Belcher as Takizawa
 * Jason Douglas as Goto
 * Kalob Martinez as Kusano
 * George Manley as Hirama
 * David Matranga as Mita
 * Jay Hickman as Shirou Kuramori
 * Rutherford Cravens as Maesawa, Taoka
 * Carli Mosier as Hikawa
 * Sara Ornelas as Keiko, Miyake
 * Christina Stroup as Yoko Kuramori, Nakagawa
 * Kyle Colby Jones as Kawada, Fukami
 * Luis Galindo as Abe, Oda
 * Xero Reynolds as Miki
 * Stephen E. Moellering as Sato
 * Josh Morrison as Yamagishi
 * Christoper Ayres as Kato
 * Robert Meek as Mizushima
 * Vicky Baroush as Mitsuyo

Opening, Ending & Original Soundtrack

 * The Original Soundtrack was released on December 24, 2014.
 * The Special Soundtrack was released on July 22, 2015.
 * Opening Theme: "Let Me Hear" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. Released on January 7, 2015.
 * Ending Theme: "It's The Right Time" by Miura Daichi. Released on December 3, 2014.

Trivia

 * All the episode titles are references to literary works. Each individual episode's article has trivia that will state what work the title is from.
 * When the anime was undergoing promotion before release, a manga series of collaborative one-shots named Neo Parasyte based on the Parasyte manga was published in Monthly Afternoon Magazine with authors such as Fairy Tail 's Hiro Mashima, Peacemaker 's Ryoji Minagawa and Prison School 's Akira Hiramoto producing chapters.

Links

 * Official anime website (jp)


 * Viewing
 * Crunchyroll - Parasyte -the maxim-


 * Info
 * AnimeNewsNetwork - Parasyte -the maxim- (TV)
 * MyAnimeList.net - Sei no Kakuritsu Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu


 * Analysis
 * the Artifice - Parasyte: Exploration of what it means to be human

Parasyte -the maxim-