Alternative title:
Kiseijū: Sei no Kakuritsu (Japanese)
寄生獣 セイの格率 (Japanese)
寄生獸 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: aliens
Objectionable content: Intense
Shinichi Izumi is a normal high school boy whose right hand has become infected with an alien parasite that names itself "Migi" ("right"). Migi is the first parasite to develop a symbiotic relationship with its host, as he and Shinichi slowly develop a grudging friendship. Migi isn't the only Parasite on earth, however, and as cases of Parasites killing humans begin to emerge, humans seek to kill off Parasites. Shinichi and Migi find themselves caught in between these two sides of the struggle over planet earth.
Number of episodes: 24
Vintage: 2014-10-08
Opening Theme:
"Let Me Hear" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ending Theme:
"It's the Right Time" by Daichi Miura
Reviews:
Parasyte -the maxim- (Oct 22, 2014)
Parasyte -the maxim- ‒ Episode 1-3 (Oct 22, 2014)
News:
Crunchyroll Adds Parasyte -the maxim- Anime (Oct 7, 2014)
Animax Asia Will Simulcast Parasyte -the maxim- TV Anime (Oct 4, 2014)
Parasyte Anime's Cast, Staff Revealed (Jul 29, 2014)
Parasyte Sci-Fi TV Anime Slated to Premiere in October (Feb 5, 2014)
Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte Sci-Fi Manga Also Gets TV Anime (Nov 19, 2013)
Press Release:
Animax Asia to Simulcast Parasyte -the maxim- (Oct 3, 2014)
Other articles:
The Fall 2014 Anime Preview Guide - Parasyte -the maxim- (Oct 8, 2014)
Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy Arts revealed at its Tokyo International Gift Show exhibit that the television anime of Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte (Kiseiju) manga is slated to premiere in October. The anime is in production simultaneously with the science-fiction horror series' two live-action films, and the exhibit also confirmed that the first film will premiere in December. Takara Tomy Arts is planning tie-ingacha prize toys, regular toys, and various other goods.
Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the Parasyte -the maxim-anime series. The first episode will premiere on Wednesday, October 8 at 1:29 p.m. EDT for premium members and one week later for free users. The stream will be available in the United States, Canada,South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (Central and South America), Europe, Middle East, and North Africa.
Animax Asia is streaming series in Asia and describes the story as follows:
Based on Hitoshi Iwaaki's award-winning manga,Parasyte -the maxim- will infuse the late 1980s–1990s classic with a modern edge by setting the stage for the parasite epidemic in present day Japan.The story unfolds when Shinichi Izumi (voiced by Nobunaga Shumazaki,Photo Kano), an ordinary high school student, is attacked by an alien parasite. He narrowly escapes from being fully infected by a parasite known as ‘Migi’ (Japanese for ‘Right’), who only manage to assume control of Shinichi's right arm. This marks the beginning of their extraordinary friendship, as both Shinichi and Migi will learn to co-exist with each other.The plot thickens when they encounter other man-killing parasites and find themselves caught in the battle of the two species. With them being neither fully human nor alien, which side of the battle will they choose to take?
Kenichi Shimizu will direct the 24-episode series at Studio MADHOUSE with Shoji Yonemura (Guin Saga, Glass Fleet) in charge of series composition. Tadashi Hiramatsu(Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Kare Kano) is designing the characters and Ken Arai is composing the music. Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas is performing the opening theme song "Let Me Hear."
Iwaaki serialized the manga in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1990-1995.Mixxine, the company that eventually became Tokyopop, published Parasyte in itsMixxine magazine and later in compiled book volumes. Del Rey then republished the series from 2007-2009, and Kodansha Comics republished the manga again from 2011-2012.
Takashi Yamazaki (live-action Space Battleship Yamato, Always: Sunset on Third Street) is directing the live-action films with Shōta Sometani (live-action xxxHOLiC,All Esper Dayo!) as Shinichi Izumi, Eri Fukatsu (Onnanoko Monogatari) as Ryōko Tamiya, and Ai Hashimoto (Blood-C: The Last Dark, live-action Another, Sadako 3D) as Satomi Murano. The films will open in December 2014 and 2015.
Italian:
Kiseiju (Parasyte / L'ospite indesiderato), il manga di Hitoshi Iwaaki, sarà adattato in una serie anime e in due film live al debutto sui grandi schermi rispettivamente il 29 novembre 2014 e nel corso del 2015. Ora vediamo però di fare il punto sulle novità riguardanti l’anime in TV, atteso sui piccoli schermi nipponici per l’8 ottobre su NTV.
L’animatore Kenichi Shimizu farà il suo esordio alla regia, affiancato da Shoji Yonemura (Guin Saga,Glass Fleet) alla sceneggiatura e Tadashi Hiramatsu (Abenobashi, Karekano) al character design. Alla direzione dell’animazione troviamoToshiyuki Komaru, alla computer grafica Naoya Fukushi, Akane Fukuhara alla fotografia e Ken Arai alla colonna sonora. Il tutto è prodotto dallo studio MADHOUSE. L’opening "Let Me Hear" by sarà eseguita da Fear, e Loathing in Las Vegas.
Il seinen è stato serializzato nel biennio 1988-89 su Morning Open Shukan e poi su Gekkan Afternoon dal novembre 1989 al dicembre 1994, entrambi magazine di casa Kodansha. I dieci volumi hanno raggiunto un tiraggio di 11 milioni di copie. Kodansha ha ristampato l’opera nel biennio 2011-2012. Da noi il seinen è stato acquistato da Magic Press e risulta sospesa all'ottavo volume dal 2004, ma la Goen ne ha riacquistato i diritti.
Il seinen è stato serializzato nel biennio 1988-89 su Morning Open Shukan e poi su Gekkan Afternoon dal novembre 1989 al dicembre 1994, entrambi magazine di casa Kodansha. I dieci volumi hanno raggiunto un tiraggio di 11 milioni di copie. Kodansha ha ristampato l’opera nel biennio 2011-2012. Da noi il seinen è stato acquistato da Magic Press e risulta sospesa all'ottavo volume dal 2004, ma la Goen ne ha riacquistato i diritti.
Director: Kenichi Shimizu
Series Composition: Shoji Yonemura
Episode Director: Chie Yamashiro (ep 1)
Music: Ken Arai
Original creator: Hitoshi Iwaaki
Character Design: Tadashi Hiramatsu
Art Director: Fuminao Akai
Chief Animation Director: Toshiyuki Komaru
Sound Director: Tomoaki Yamada
Cgi Director: Naoya Fukushi
Director of Photography: Akane Fukuhara
Color design: Ken Hashimoto
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Animation Production: MADHOUSE
Finish Animation:
In-Between Animation:
Key Animation: Anime Workshop Basara(ep 2)
Photography: MADBOX
