Talk:Parasyte

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Did they ever explain the origins of these things? - Z

Not that I can tell, at least not in the English version. --Halloween jack 06:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Too bad. I always got the feeling they were artificial weapons of some sort, what with their inability to reproduce, and the fact that they don't appear to have any other purpose than killing humans.

I think they were guessed to be just something "cast down by god" or whatever was ruling the universe, to literally be to humans what we are to farm animals; aka, to take our place on the food chain and knock our numbers down. I also added a lot of information to the character details list and a few other small changes. Deepbluevibes 22:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Mixx Version vs. Del Ray version
I read the original English release back in the day. I don't remember much about it now except that there were a lot of complaints about plot changes and other "motionless picture entertainment" silliness. Does anyone here have more information on that? I think it's worthy of its own section here.Rebochan 01:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm interested in this as well! votohime

No clue, but I know that they changed Shinishi to Shin. I'm pretty sure that Izumi was his first name though, because the family name is always forst & the girl he likes didn't start calling him Izumi until they started dating. I loved how unpredictable & unique the series is, but Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro manages to remind me of this series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.236.142 (talk) 08:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Uh, no, Izumi is his last name. Doceirias (talk) 13:12, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Parasyte vs Parasite
After going through and changing the spelling, I realized I couldn't figure out a way to explain the different without it being original research. I translated the Del Rey version of the manga, and a later volume should have a translator's note explaining why both spells are used. Essentially, the word kiseiju is consistently translated as Parasyte, while the word kiseichu is translated literally as parasite. The creatures themselves are referred to either as kiseichu or parasaito. The word kiseiju only appears one time (if memory serves) and is used to refer to human beings. I decided the distinction was an important one, and that the word Parasyte actually referred to mankind.Doceirias 01:51, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't understand your point at all. This is the English Wikipedia and the name of the manga and the creatures is consistently translated as Parasyte throughout; why "correct" the change made by the publisher? Lots of anime use odd spellings of English words, and they are left as they are.--Halloween jack 00:10, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * You did read the bit where I'm the translator for the series, right? The creatures are referred to as parasites in the current edition. The old translation incorrectly failed to distinguish between the two terms, but is out of print and no longer relevant. Doceirias 00:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * You said that you translated the series; I didn't know that you meant you were the official translator for the series.--Halloween jack 13:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * This case is kinda similar with Psycho Pass. The word Saiko Pasu (Japanese: サイコパス) is literally katakana for Psychopath in English. But, who's gonna watch an anime titled Psychopath if it has nothing to do with it (or more of it)? EdhyRa (talk) 12:38, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Chapter list
Obviously, the graphic novel releases for this series have been a bit messy, so the usual Graphic novel list isn't going to work so well for this. Would there be any objections to formatting a chapter list similar to List of Oh My Goddess! chapters? This format would allow us to pretty easily list the original Japanese release, the Tokyopop release, and the Japanese kanzenban/English Del Ray release (if the last two line up). — Dino guy  1000  17:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Mixx names
Whispertome has suggested that the article ought to acknowledge the names from the earlier edition. I don't really see that it's any more relevant/notable than the names from a Singapore English edition would be; we got with the names from the current, best known edition, which in this case is the version in print, from Del Rey. At most, a sourced mention in the manga section, as part of detailing the publication history; but including both names on the character list, as if they are of equal legitimacy, strikes me as unnecessary. Doceirias (talk) 01:27, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, we ought to *use* the names of the Del Rey version throughout the article. It's that we should make a note of other names used by other editions as well. The Mixx version was in print and Mixx had the license, so its versions were official. Some people may be confused if they own the Mixx editions and don't see any mention of the names. Anyway, if the Singapore edition had its own names, and the edition is in English, than we should note them too. Perhaps we could just use one sentence or one mention per character (i.e. Tamara Rockford in the Mixx edition, xxx in the Singapore edition) - And that will be that. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:09, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Parasyte's sort of unique, since there aren't many manga with multiple major English editions, but I think using both names in the character list like we would if the anime dub names were different from the manga translation is rather overstressing the importance. Like I said, a sourced section under the Manga heading, as part of the publication history, is certainly worth doing - they only changed a couple of names. But more than that just seems like you're overthinking something that isn't really an issue. I will admit to a strong bias against the awful Mixx version, though. Doceirias (talk) 09:34, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * But the names they did change were of major characters (i.e. Shin, Sara, Tamara Rockford) - Maybe all of those could be listed in a sentence in the Mixx publication heading? And if the Parasyte characters get their own article the names could be listed there? BTW I know that many comics have Singapore editions, but usually they have the same names. As for those with editions from multiple publishers, Slam Dunk comes to mind... WhisperToMe (talk) 07:53, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That's basically what I suggested, yes. Sourced. Doceirias (talk) 13:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * We can do that :) WhisperToMe (talk) 16:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Tone concerns
The character descriptions read to me like they are purposely trying to avoid spoiling the reader. Any thoughts? 「ダイノ ガイ 千 ？！」(Dinoguy1000) 20:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * As a note: Spoiling the reader is what we should do: We generally no longer need to use "Spoiler" sections. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:31, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * An IP just came through and edited out a few spoilers; couldn't summon the effort to care about reverting them. Doceirias (talk) 03:10, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's what I was referring to... although the descriptions read like they were avoiding spoilers even before the reverts. 「ダイノ ガイ 千 ？！」(Dinoguy1000) 19:22, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Review(s)
Katherine Dacey pass WP:SPS

--KrebMarkt (talk) 20:09, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

EX Magazine

--Gabriel Yuji (talk) 03:26, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

really bad episode title links
Okay, guys, the names of episodes basically have jack shit to do with what the episode titles link to currently. I came to this article hoping to find summaries of what each episode contained. I DID NOT find it here. This is an article about an episodic anime (and the manga maybe?), therefore, we should have either a link to an article for each episode, or just have a paragraph for each episode, depending on how notable shit is.

The current links have basically no relation to the show this article is about. And I mean NO relation.
 * The links are the literary references each episode title is. The summaries are contained within this article and this article only. If there's no summary, then no one's written it yet.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 07:18, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Literary work linked to in episode 21
The current link listed as reference for the title of episode 21 is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Selby_%28psychologist%29

I have the feeling that's incorrect. I think it should link to this (not this Amazon link, but there should be a wiki page with this content): http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%80%A7%E3%81%A8%E8%81%96%E2%80%95%E6%80%A7%E3%81%AE%E7%B2%BE%E7%A5%9E%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E5%8F%B2-%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89-%E3%83%93%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%97/dp/4309230601

Where did the person who edited this in get the reference currently posted? And I'm not asking this sarcastically, I'd really like to know.

Body horror
I'm adding some sources that refer to it as body horror because of this edit by and because I'm not sure how many and which of them I should cite. For now, I've cited Variety as it is an well-know source (though it refers to the film, so my concern/doubt is on its usefulness) and a book just to not rely only in Internet sources (it's an e-book, though...). These are the other options: --Gabriel Yuji (talk) 01:07, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
 * http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2014/fall/parasyte-the-maxim/.79688
 * http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1754
 * http://www.japanator.com/japanaterror-008-parasyte-30353.phtml
 * http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/10/fall-2014-anime-preview
 * http://io9.com/parasyte-trailer-shows-the-horror-of-your-body-turning-1605818954

Source
This source, detailing the list of contributors to the Parasyte tribute series, isn't linked from the main ANN page, so I'm putting it here so I can find it in the future: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-28/parasyte-tribute-manga-in-aria-magazine-ends/.83758. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 14:27, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Main picture should be updated
The article's main picture is a bit of a random choice being the 4th volume of an edition of the manga that isn't published anymore. If you go onto most Wikipedia pages for manga series you'll see they almost always tend to use the first volume of specifically the original Japanese release of each series. I don't actually know the proper way to change an article's main picture (mainly because of all the fair use stuff even though I'm pretty sure this falls under fair use because all the other manga Wikipedia articles do it) but I managed to find a good quality image of the front cover of the original Japanese release: https://myanimelist.cdn-dena.com/images/manga/2/171796l.webp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathbringer2206 (talk • contribs) 19:55, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi thanks for reaching out. While you're right that usually the Japanese editions of the first volume are used, some cases call for deviation from that. The main purpose of an infobox image is to help identify the subject. I'm not the original uploader but I can guess that the reason the first volume wasn't used is because it doesn't even show the protagonist. The image you proposed wouldn't help people to identify Shinji or tell much about the manga such as who Migi is. A similar case occurred at the article for School Rumble which became a featured article. As for the distinction between Japanese and International covers, I personally prefer the former but I'm going to assume the latter is just what was found at the time. (most editors search by the English titles rather than kanji) Let me know if this adequately addresses your concerns. Again thanks for bringing the issue up. Opencooper (talk) 21:03, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I understand what you mean so I looked over some alternatives and found volume 4's Japanese cover (https://myanimelist.cdn-dena.com/images/manga/1/56653l.webp) which is actually the one used for the picture currently, however the main difference here is that the picture currently used for this article comes from the Tokyopop Mixx edition which is not only no longer printed but also mirrored the artwork so as you can see Migi on the Mixx edition is actually Shinichi's left hand even though his name is the Japanese word for right, which would create confusion for some. Despite the fact that the Japanese front covers for this series all have their titles written in Kanji you can see the same thing on the article for Assassination Classroom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_Classroom) where the main picture has the title written in Kanji and the caption even says "Cover of the first volume of Ansatsu Kyōshitsu, as published in Japan by Shueisha" so I think we could follow their example on this article and use the cover for volume 4 with the caption saying "Cover of the fourth volume of Kiseijū, as published in Japan by Kodansha", thank you very much for the welcome message by the way Deathbringer2206 (talk) 18:53, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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Venom
Marvel's Venom influence/inspiration ? Any sources/quotation ? They have the same abilities - "body armor", spiting out bullets, producing blades, producing multiple prongs, better speed, strength and senses... 213.149.61.206 (talk) 10:02, 10 February 2019 (UTC)