- For the manga, see Parasyte.
| Parasyte -the maxim- | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| English | Parasyte -the maxim- |
| Japanese | 寄生獣 セイの格率 |
| Rōmaji | Kiseijuu Sei no Kakuritsu |
| Animation Work | Madhouse |
| Original Run | October 8th, 2014 - March 25th, 2015 (Japan) October 3rd, 2015 - April 10th, 2016 (United States) |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Genre | Action / Horror / Sci-fi / Seinen |
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
Voice Cast[]
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
Episodes[]
| # | Title | Air Date | English Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Metamorphosis (変身, Henshin) | October 8, 2014 | October 3, 2015 |
| 2 | The Devil in the Flesh (肉体の悪魔, Nikutai no Akuma) | October 15, 2014 | October 10, 2015 |
| 3 | Symposium (饗宴, Kyōen) | October 22, 2014 | October 17, 2015 |
| 4 | Tangled Hair (みだれ髪, Midaregami) | October 29, 2014 | October 24, 2015 |
| 5 | The Stranger (異邦人, Ihōjin) | November 5, 2014 | November 7, 2015 |
| 6 | The Sun Also Rises (日はまた昇る, Hi wa Mata Noboru) | November 12, 2014 | November 14, 2015 |
| 7 | A Dark Night's Passing (暗夜行路, An'ya Kōro) | November 19, 2014 | November 21, 2015 |
| 8 | Freezing Point (氷点, Hyōten) | November 26, 2014 | December 8, 2015 |
| 9 | Beyond Good and Evil (善悪の彼岸, Zen'aku no Higan) | November 26, 2014 | December 12, 2015 |
| 10 | What Mad Universe (発狂した宇宙, Hakkyō-shita Uchū) | December 3, 2014 | January 3, 2016 |
| 11 | The Blue Bird (青い鳥, Aoi Tori) | December 10, 2014 | January 10, 2016 |
| 12 | Heart (こころ, Kokoro) | December 24, 2014 | January 17, 2016 |
| 13 | Hello Sadness (悲しみよこんにちは, Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa) | January 7, 2015 | January 24, 2016 |
| 14 | The Selfish Gene (利己的な遺伝子, Rikoteki na Idenshi) | January 14, 2015 | January 31, 2016 |
| 15 | Something Wicked This Way Comes (何かが道をやって来る, Nanika ga Michi o Yattekuru) | January 21, 2015 | February 7, 2016 |
| 16 | Happy Family (幸福な家庭, Kōfuku na Katei) | January 28, 2015 | February 14, 2016 |
| 17 | The Adventure of the Dying Detective (瀕死の探偵, Hinshi no Tantei) | February 4, 2015 | February 21, 2016 |
| 18 | More Than Human (人間以上, Ningen Ijō) | February 11, 2015 | February 28, 2016 |
| 19 | In Cold Blood (冷血, Reiketsu) | February 18, 2015 | March 6, 2016 |
| 20 | Crime and Punishment (罪と罰, Tsumi to Batsu) | February 25, 2015 | March 13, 2016 |
| 21 | Sex and Spirit (性と聖, Sei to Sei) | March 4, 2015 | March 20, 2016 |
| 22 | Quiescence and Awakening (静と醒, Sei to Sei) | March 11, 2015 | March 27, 2016 |
| 23 | Life and Oath (生と誓, Sei to Sei) | March 18, 2015 | April 3, 2016 |
| 24 | Parasyte (寄生獣, Kiseijuu) | March 25, 2015 | April 10, 2016 |
Media[]
Original concept art
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.
Other Videos[]
アニメ「寄生獣 セイの格率」特別映像！
Anime PV
Trivia[]
- The first 20 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[]
- 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