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Parasyte: The Maxim

2014–2015 · TV Show · 22 min episodes · 1 season
A

MEANRANK

80/100

Averaged across 6 ratings · 141.9K votes

Where it ranks

Every rating

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66–90 out of 100

Mostly agreed

Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90.

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17-year-old Shinichi Izumi is partially infected by a Parasyte, monsters that butcher and consume humans. He must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and a human as part monster, part person.

Details

Based on
Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki
Released
9 October 2014
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Episode length
22 min
Rated
TV-MA
Episodes
24 across 1 season

This title elsewhere

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Izumi Shinichi (voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Migi-(voice)

Takuma Suzuki

Takuma Suzuki

Man (voice) / Delinquent (voice) / Middle-aged man (voice) / Nakano (voice) / P.E. Teacher (voice) / Naito (voice) / Mamoru Uda (voice) / Doctor (voice) / Office Worker (voice) / Vice-Principal (voice) / Hirama (voice) / Newscaster (voice) / Maezawa (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Satomi Murano (voice)

Rena Maeda

Rena Maeda

Mother (voice) / Voices inside Gotou (voice) / Parasite (voice) / Woman (voice) / Akiho Suzuki (voice)

Shinya Hamazoe

Shinya Hamazoe

Kato (voice) / Special Team (voice) / Yakuza (voice) / Kawada (voice) / Kazuki Nagai (voice) / Mita (voice) / Detective (voice)

Kiyono Yasuno

Kiyono Yasuno

Yuko Tachikawa (voice)

Masaki Aizawa

Masaki Aizawa

Man (voice) / Officer Worker「A」(voice) / Taoka (voice) / Kazuyuki Izumi (voice) / Professor (voice)

Awards

3 wins & 7 nominations total