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Title(Manga)	Parasyte(寄生獣)
Title(Anime)	Parasyte -the maxim-
Genre	Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Written By(Manga)	Hitoshi Iwaaki
Directed By(Anime)	Kenichi Shimizu

1. Before the Review...

When I was reading a Manga called Parasyte, I was only a middle school student in Korea. During that time, I was pretty much got scared because of gore scenes and possibility of aliens taking over human's brain, etc. I also thought that if this Manga comes out as Anime, that would be really cool.

Well, it took about 20 years to become an Anime and I finally got to watch this Parasyte. Overall, this is one of the best anime among the 4Q, 2014 Animes.

Quite a lot of change, eh?

2. Abstract

'We are absolute predators.'

Those tiny foreigners came from the sky. When they stepped on the ground, their first priority was to take over humans. Those aliens took over human's brain and beginning to blend into human's society. Also, those aliens kill humans in order to eat humans.

Shinichi Izumi, a high school student, almost had this danger but was able to manage to survive. Instead, the alien who tried to control Shinichi's body infected Shinichi's right arm.

Now, Shinichi must find the way how to live with this Parasyte and need to deal with the other Parasyte aliens.

3. Review:

The original Manga Parasyte was started in 1988 and finished in 1995 by Hitoshi Iwaaki. This Manga got prizes/awards such as 17th Kodansha Manga Award in 1993, 27th Seiun Awatd for being best manga of the year in 1996. This shows that the original Parasyte is pretty much impressive work.

Hitoshi Iwaaki's main focus was 'Humans who destroy nature need to get punished by nature.' However, there were similar Mangas came out quite a lot, so he had to change his main focus and this Parasyte is the result of his thought.

The main focus of this Anime is the relationship between Shinichi Izumi and his Parasite friend, Migi. During the first time, Shinichi thinks Migi as a monster because Parasytes who took over human's brain does kill & eat humans -Migi cannot eat because he could not take over Shinichi's brain-. But as the time goes, their relationship changes to a friendship. Other than this change, Migi and the other Parasytes are thinking about themselves like 'What are we? What is our purpose of living?' or 'Why did we born?' and so on. It is a bit old topic, but in 1990s, this gave me something to think about my life.

-Manga Vs. Anime

The Manga version of the Parasyte contains the old-fashioned Japanese style art. Which means the art is pretty much different with the current cute, adorable Anime style art. The storytelling of this Manga is a bit old-fashioned, too.

Example 1

Example 2

However, if you can get used to this, Parasyte Manga pulls you into its world. Even if storytelling is bit old, everything flows well and its grotesque scenes are well-drawn. If you read the Manga first and the Anime second, you may be prefer the Manga version of the Parasyte.

Read Manga!

Compare with the Manga version, the Parasyte Anime released in 4Q, 2014. Most of character designs were refined and some minor stories were also refined, so if you are the one who do not like the old-fashioned Manga style and lighter grotesque, you will enjoy the Anime version of Parasyte.

Speaking of which, some scenes were changed but it does not effect the whole story. For example,

1. In Manga, no one uses mobile phone. However, in the Anime, people are using cell phone.
2. Main charater Shinichi Izumi wears glasses in Anime. He does not wear glasses in the Manga.
3. Some scenes were refined to give a dramatic moment.

4. Conclusion:

-Masterpiece from the past-

Parasyte proves that it has fun, serious storyline that audience would enjoy. The Anime release of the Parasyte also proves that several current works would no match compare to the single past work.

Besides, Migi(Righty) is quite cute to watch

5. Recommendations:

Since Parasyte shows sliced limbs and shows red blood, or even internal parts of human body, I would like to suggest Animes with gore.

Elfenlied

Blood, Blood, Blood!

You can see a lot of blood and people becomes sliced meat in this Anime. A LOT.

...and also heart wrenching.

Manga version is available, too.

Brynhildr in the Darkness(極黒のブリュンヒルデ)

The plot is quite similar with the Elfenlied since the artist is the same. but this anime/manga is worth watching/reading. Manga is still on-stage, so if you are interested, don't forget to read Mange version.

Dead Space: Downfall

If you ever played Dead Space game(basically you gotta slaughter monsters and save the world), this is the one you should watch. If you did not played the game, watch it and play the game!! It is a prequel animation of the game w/ horror and gore.

Dead Space : Aftermath.

Sequel animation of Dead Space game. If you liked Dead Space: Downfall and the first series of dead space game, this is another suggested animation to watch.

Attack on Titan(進撃の巨人):

In this Manga/Anime, human beings are devoured by giants, or Titans w/ no specific reason. This 'non-humans' slaughtering humans part will give you some shock. The only difference is that the world of Attack on Titan is having more dystopian tastes.

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