Parasyte

Kiseijū (Japanese寄生 獣, literally parasitic beasts ), also known as Parasyte or Parasite, is a science fiction manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki describing a parasite invasion of Earth.

Action

Strange spores of unknown origin flying to Earth. These parasites invade both in humans and in animals, and take possession of brains and nervous control systems. You can change the body of their hosts then at will reshape.

Even the 17 -year-old Shin'ichi Izumi threatens that such a parasite he takes possession. But he noted the snake -like beings in time and as this enters his right arm, he puts together from the arm. But he can not quite believe the incident itself, and finally thinks it's only been a dream. The next day, noticing his classmates that his right arm is behaving rather strangely. Shin'ichi recognizes that the then dream was but a reality. He calls his new parasite friend who can also speak and read Migii. The two are forced to coexist.

Migii can also feel like all the other parasites, the presence of others of its kind within a radius of about 300 meters, which brings Shin'ichi meetings with other parasite - infested bodies. While Shin'ichi learn to live with Migii, more and more people are killed by the parasite.

Publications

The manga was released in Japan from January 1990 to February 1995 as a continuation of history in the manga magazine Afternoon. The publisher Kodansha published in the magazine brought the single chapter out in ten anthologies in Japan have sold over the years, more than ten million times. In 2003, a new edition in eight volumes.

In the United States Kiseijū appeared from 1997 to 2002 under the title Parasyte completely in twelve volumes at Mixx ( subsequently renamed Tokyopop ). This English version includes some changes, for example, Shin'ichi was renamed Shin, Migii takes for a reflection to the Western reading direction possession of Shin's left and not the right hand side and is called Lefty. Since 2007, Del Rey published the manga in English again, this time in Japanese reading direction and with a new translation. In France, he came at Glénat out under the title Parasite.

Awards

In 1993, Kiseijū the 17th Kodansha Manga Award in the main category, 1996 27 Seiun price.