Firaga 5,947 Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Today, I watched a brand new anime based off a manga that ran through the 80s and 90s called Parasyte. The anime is called Parastye -the maxim-, a very unique name indeed. The anime starts off with a man's head splitting apart The Thing-style and eating a woman's head... yeah. It's that kind of show. So the main character is Shinichi, an average high school student who doesn't like bugs. When we're introduced to him, it appears that something has happened to Shinichi, something to do with his right hand. After some shenanigans at school, including him pissing off his friend Murano by accidently grabbing her boob... I'm not kidding. lol This show actually has some comedy sprinkled in it by the way. Anyways, we also see his friend Tachikawa, but the big issue is again, he's having problems with his right hand for some reason. We later found out that the night before, a "snake" as he called it entered his room (the "snake" actually is some kind of alien lifeform) and tried to enter his body, but failed twice, one time in his ear and one time up his nose. Finally, the little bugger gets in through his arm, and Shinichi starts freaking out of course, trying to get it out and waking his parents, who of course, don't believe him when he says some weird "snake" crawled up into his arm. Anyways, the day goes on and eventually we see Shinichi save a little girl from getting run over; he stops the car with his right hand, which grows an eye and turning his fingers into metal claws as well. This is where Shinichi freaks out, runs home, and tries to make sense of what's going on. We find out that his right hand was "eaten" in a sense and taken over by the little alien thing that crawled into his arm; the alien is now literally his right hand, who morphs the shape of Shinichi's hand whenever it wants to speak, growing eyeballs, a mouth, and mini-hands on his fingers when doing so. We also learn that the alien can adapt and gain knowledge over time, which I guess was the point of him and his other alien buddies coming to Earth. And yes, there are more of him. He and Shinichi encounter one in the last leg of the episode; this alien took over a dog (who was found eating another dog) and the alien and Shinichi kill it by extracting its heart. Shinichi now must come to grips with this new lifeform, who like an insect in his eyes, shares no empathy for anything or anyone. At the end we get this flashback where its the night where the alien shows up in this pod outside Shinichi's house, while some dude is murdering a woman or possibly a hooker... I don't know if that is supposed to bear any significance to the story, but yeah, it's there. So verdict: this is pretty much a combination of two horror old school horror movies: The Thing and Evil Dead 2, and even though I haven't seen those movies, I know the concepts, and they are very similar to the premise of this show and since I'm looking more into horror anime, this is right up my alley, especially since this was based off an old-school property which just makes it all the more classic seeming even thought its being animated in 2014. It's also a bit more ridiculous then, say, Tokyo Ghoul, another anime I watched this year, because while it does have blood and gore, there's also a lot of body horror, with the aliens able to morph the bodies of the people they inhabit as they twist around the human anatomy. If you've seen "The Thing", you know what I'm talking about. it can be pretty messed up to some people. Still, I enjoy it and actually kind of find it a bit hilarious, so yeah. And like I said before, it does have some comedy and the animation is pretty high quality too. This is also a show that is isn't heavily censored despite all the horrific shit. So, give Paralyze -the maxim- a shot if you can. Also, along with Tokyo Ghoul, I'll definitely considering checking out the manga after -the maxim- is finished. Edited October 9, 2014 by Firaga Sensei Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gamerazor247 877 Posted October 9, 2014 Oh yeah I saw Fornever World review this, it looked interesting. I'll check it out sense you made this well detailed and humorous synopsis , also because its horror... And the boob part... 1 Firaga reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firaga 5,947 Posted October 16, 2014 So apparently, something's being done with the anime to foreshadow events in the story. Remember that guy killing the hooker? And if you did see this week's episode, did you see that couple at the end? Apparently, they're going to be important characters later in the story, and these anime-only scenes are supposed to be foreshadowing these characters. Interesting stuff. Also, it looks like the couple from this week's episode might show up again next week... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaneki Ken 1,516 Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) I find it messed up that an manga that started in the eighties and finished in the manga didn't get an anime adaption, and all in the sudden, anime adaption this year. I'm in the middle of episode one and so much Modern Technology has entered into the anime which the manga didn't had back then EDIT: AWWW SHEIT! I'm hearing dubstep in an anime. This is the first anime I watched that has EDM as background music. Edited October 16, 2014 by Xamtweth-ReMIXed 1 Firaga reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firaga 5,947 Posted March 25, 2015 Well, I finished the anime, -the maxim-. Not that anybody cares. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyouma-Blade 90 Posted March 26, 2015 This is a great anime. Some manga readers say they dislike the modernization of the anime, but I didn't mind it, mostly because I didn't read the manga. The last episode was a bit wierd. They had to fit in a lot of information into one last episode. It was a bit jarring to go from thinking about human sociology to a slaughter house. I was also a bit unhappy with how they put in the Earth's pollution thing, but they did the best they could do with it. I would without hesitation give this anime an 8/10 on enjoyment alone. It's a great watch. 1 Firaga reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firaga 5,947 Posted July 3, 2015 Just in case anybody still cares about this series other than me... It has been confirmed that Parasyte -the maxim- will be airing on Toonami this fall: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-02/ad-at-anime-expo-parasyte-the-maxim-to-air-on-toonami-this-fall/.89989 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyouma-Blade 90 Posted July 3, 2015 Just in case anybody still cares about this series other than me... It has been confirmed that Parasyte -the maxim- will be airing on Toonami this fall: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-02/ad-at-anime-expo-parasyte-the-maxim-to-air-on-toonami-this-fall/.89989 More exposure for this anime is always welcome. Here's hoping Sentai doesn't mess the dub up too badly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
