Parasyte
Japanese manga and its franchise
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| March 2025 | Kodansha USA announces a new black-and-white paperback edition of Parasyte for Q4, featuring updated translation and design. |
| October 8 2024 | First volume of spin-off manga released digitally by Kodansha USA. |
| April 5 2024 | The six-episode South Korean live-action series 'Parasyte: The Grey' premiered worldwide on Netflix, starring Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Lee Jung-hyun. |
| August 2022 | Netflix announced a South Korean live-action TV series adaptation of Parasyte, titled 'Parasyte: The Grey', to be directed by Yeon Sang-ho and produced by Climax Studio and Wow Point. |
| August 2022 | Parasyte manga reached over 25 million copies in circulation, becoming one of the best-selling manga series of all time. |
| 2021 | In TV Asahi's Manga SÅsenkyo poll with 150,000 voters, Parasyte ranked 60th in the top 100 manga series. |
| May 7 2021 | Spin-off manga 'Parasyte Another' concludes |
| May 7 2021 | Parasyte Reverse spin-off manga series concludes. |
| May 7 2021 | Parasyte spin-off manga by Moare Ohta concludes, collected into eight volumes. |
| May 7 2021 | Spin-off manga concludes. |
| December 2020 | The Parasyte manga reached over 24 million copies in circulation. |
| December 2020 | The manga reached over 24 million copies in circulation. |
| November 2019 | Crunchyroll listed the Parasyte anime adaptation -the maxim- in their 'Top 100 best anime of the 2010s'. |
| March 2 2018 | Spin-off manga begins publication on Kodansha's Comic Days app. |
| July 22 2016 | First tribute project collected into a single volume by Kodansha. |
| July 5 2016 | Sentai Filmworks released the second part (episodes 13-24) of the Parasyte anime English dub on DVD and Blu-ray. |
| April 2016 | English-language dub of the Parasyte anime completed its run on Adult Swim's Toonami. |
| April 5 2016 | Sentai Filmworks released the first part (episodes 1-12) of the Parasyte anime English dub on DVD and Blu-ray. |
| 2015 | Second live-action film adaptation of Parasyte was released in Japan. |
| October 2015 | English-language dub of the Parasyte anime began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami in the United States. |
| October 4 2015 | Sentai Filmworks announced the anime would air on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| June 12 2015 | The Chinese Ministry of Culture banned Parasyte among 38 other anime and manga titles in mainland China. |
| April 2015 | Parasyte: Part 2, the second part of the live-action film series, was released, completing the two-part adaptation of the manga. |
| March 2015 | Anime television series 'Parasyte -the maxim-' concludes its run in Japan. |
| March 2015 | Madhouse anime adaptation completed its run in Japan. |
| March 26 2015 | The Parasyte anime television series concluded its broadcast on Nippon TV. |
| November 2014 | The first live-action film adaptation, Parasyte: Part 1, was released in Japan, directed by Takashi Yamazaki after Toho won the film rights. |
| October 2014 | Anime television series 'Parasyte -the maxim-' begins airing in Japan. |
| October 2014 | First live-action film adaptation of Parasyte was released in Japan. |
| October 9 2014 | The Parasyte anime television series adaptation premiered on Nippon TV, produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, VAP and Forecast Communications. |
| September 27 2014 | Second tribute project begins in Kodansha's Aria magazine. |
| September 25 2014 | First tribute project begins publishing in Monthly Afternoon, featuring one-shots by various manga artists to promote the upcoming anime adaptation. |
| 2013 | New Line Cinema's film option for Parasyte expired, leading to a bidding war for the film rights in Japan. |
| November 2013 | By this date, the Parasyte manga had over 11 million copies in circulation. |
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