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Parasyte -the maxim-
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Izumi Shinichi (voice)
24 eps
Aya Hirano
Migi-(voice)
24 eps
Kana Hanazawa
Satomi Murano (voice)
22 eps
Kiyono Yasuno
Yuko Tachikawa (voice)
17 eps
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Uragami (voice)
6 eps
Chieko Sasai
Nobuko Izumi (voice)
7 eps
Kimiko Saito
Middle-aged man's wife (voice)
1 eps
Rie Murakawa
Misaki (voice)
1 eps
Velo Takeda
Parasite Dog (voice)
1 eps
Takeharu Oonishi
Ancient Languages Teacher (voice)
2 eps
Junya Enoki
Taku Furuya (voice)
8 eps
Junta Terashima
Middle school student (voice)
1 eps
Makoto Yasumura
A (voice)
2 eps
Rieko Kamenaka
Teacher (voice)
2 eps
Atsuko Tanaka
Reiko Tamura (voice)
14 eps
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kana Kimishima (voice)
7 eps
KENN
Mitsuo (voice)
4 eps
Eiji Itoh
Takizawa (voice)
5 eps
Yu Serizawa
Makiko (voice)
3 eps
Akira Ishida
Hideo Shimada (voice)
4 eps
Haruka Kudou
Office Lady (voice)
2 eps
Yu Mizushima
Takeshi Hirokawa (voice)
7 eps
Miho Miyagawa
Miyake (voice)
7 eps
Hiroyuki Yokoo
Haruki Tachikawa (voice)
1 eps
Hideyuki Umezu
Yui (voice)
1 eps
Takuma Suzuki
Hirama (voice)
23 eps
Daichi Fujiwara
Delinquent (voice)
9 eps
Rina Kitagawa
Woman (voice)
4 eps
Kazuhiko Inoue
Gotou (voice)
9 eps
Takaya Aoyagi
Kusano (voice)
5 eps
Ayumu Murase
Uda's Parasite (voice)
2 eps
Masaki Aizawa
Kazuyuki Izumi (voice)
17 eps
Rena Maeda
Akiho Suzuki (voice)
18 eps
Toru Nara
Mr. Sasaki (voice)
10 eps
Yuya Murakami
Kamijou (voice)
4 eps
Seiko Fujiki
Tamiya's mother (voice)
5 eps
Issei Futamata
Shirou Kuramori (voice)
6 eps
Makiko Ohmoto
Hikawa (voice)
3 eps
Shinya Hamazoe
Kazuki Nagai (voice)
18 eps
Kikumi Umeda
Fortune teller (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Parasyte -the maxim- actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Parasyte -the maxim- reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming themselves to feed on unsuspecting prey. High school student Shinichi Izumi falls victim to one of these parasites, but the creature fails to take over his brain and ends up in his right hand.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12
Kokoro
Kana's special ability is gaining in strength. Believing that ignoring her will only endanger her life, Shinichi tells Kana everything about the parasites. Shinichi only wants to save Kana, but Kana believes Shinichi is lying to her. They are two ships, passing in the night...
- Directed by Chie Yamashiro
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E18
More Than Human
Shinichi and Migi arrive at the park, only to find Tamura holding her child. As Shinichi struggles to quell his fury at the sight of her, Tamura unleashes a flurry of questions about the meaning of the parasites' existence and what humanity means to them.
- Directed by Chie Yamashiro
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E07
Dark Night's Passing
Thinking he'd found his mother's killer, Shinichi instead meets Uda Mamoru, a man in a similar situation as himself. Uda sympathizes with Shinichi and suggests that they all work together. The time to avenge his mother has come at last! Shinichi heads to the precipice...
- Directed by Yuki Inaba
- Written by Shinzo Fujita
S01E10
What Mad Universe
Incapable of rationala thought, Shimada Hideo is a savage beast on a rampage, and Satomi's class has become his prey. Shinichi must make his way through the carnage in order to save Satomi...
- Directed by Michita Shiraishi
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E06
The Sun Also Rises
Struck through the heart by his mother-turned-parasite, Shinichi survives only through Migi's efforts. After regaining consciousness, Shinichi is devastated by the realization that none of it had been a dream.
- Directed by Chie Yamashiro
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E05
The Stranger
Running late to school, Shinichi sees Nagai in trouble with some punks. When Shinichi steps in to help, he meets a high school student, Kimishima Kana. Shinichi and Satomi share a close moment when she tends to his injuries, but his life is about to take a sudden turn with a single phone call from his father...
- Directed by Hiromichi Matano
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E23
Life and Oath
- Directed by Hiromichi Matano
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E22
Quiescence and Awakening
- Directed by Naoyuki Kuzuya
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E21
Sex and Spirit
- Directed by Tohru Ishida
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
S01E20
Crime and Punishment
- Directed by Koji Sawai
- Written by Shinzo Fujita
S01E19
In Cold Blood
- Directed by Michita Shiraishi
- Written by Shouji Yonemura
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Atsushi KirimotoProducer
- Hiroyuki InageProducer
- Sota ShioiriProducer
- Daisuke FukadaProducer
- Toshio NakataniProducer
- Yuka OshimaProducer
Writing
- Shouji YonemuraWriter
- Shinzo FujitaWriter
Direction
- Kenichi KawamuraDirector
- Michita ShiraishiDirector
- Naoyuki KuzuyaDirector
- Yuki InabaDirector
- Koji SawaiDirector
- Chie YamashiroDirector
Music
- Ken AraiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
- Fandango At HomeBuy
- HiDiveStreaming
- Hidive Amazon ChannelStreaming
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