Parasyte -the maxim-
2014 · TV Series · TV-MA · 23 min · ★ 8.3
Parasitic aliens arrive on Earth and secretly take over human bodies by entering the brain, blending into society while hunting people to survive. When a teenager is attacked, the parasite fails to reach his brain and instead takes over his right hand, forcing an uneasy partnership as the threat spreads around him.
Based on Parasyte
Also known as Parasyte · Parasyte: The Maxim
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Details
- Original title
- 寄生獣 セイの格率
- Years
- 2014–2015
- Release date
- 2014-10-09
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 23 min
- TMDB rating
- 8.3/10 (1,408 votes)
About
If you want a darker action thriller with body horror, moral questions, and an odd-couple survival dynamic, this should click; Not for you if you dislike gore, repeated drama beats, or preachy themes—especially compared with Tokyo Ghoul.
Pros: tense body-horror action; strong character growth; thought-provoking themes | Cons: repetitive subplots; heavy-handed speeches; uneven later stretch
Themes
- detective
- affectation
- high school
- romance
- alien
- gore
- tragedy
- psychological thriller
- based on manga
- massacre
- school life
- seinen
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Nobunaga Shimazaki
as Izumi Shinichi (voice)
Aya Hirano
as Migi-(voice)
- KH
Kana Hanazawa
as Satomi Murano (voice)
- KY
Kiyono Yasuno
as Yuko Tachikawa (voice)
- HY
Hiroyuki Yoshino
as Uragami (voice)
- KS
Kimiko Saito
as Middle-aged man's wife (voice)
- RM
Rie Murakawa
as Misaki (voice)
- VT
Velo Takeda
as Parasite Dog (voice)
- TO
Takeharu Oonishi
as Delinquent (voice)
- JE
Junya Enoki
as Taku Furuya (voice)
Directed by Naoyuki Kuzuya, Chie Yamashiro, Hiromichi Matano +5 more
Episodes1 season · 24 episodes
Season 124 episodes
- S1E1Metamorphosis23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2Demon in the Flesh23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Feast23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Disheveled Hair23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5The Stranger23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6The Sun Also Rises23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Dark Night's Passing23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Freezing Point23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9Beyond Good and Evil23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10What Mad Universe23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11The Blue Bird23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E12Kokoro23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E13Hello Sadness23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E14The Selfish Gene23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E15Something Wicked This Way Comes23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E16Happy Family23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E17The Adventure of the Dying Detective23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E18More Than Human23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E19In Cold Blood23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E20Crime and Punishment23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E21Sex and Spirit23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E22Quiescence and Awakening23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E23Life and Oath23mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E24Parasyte23mAmazon Prime Video