Throwback Thursday: Parasyte. All digital volumes up 50% off! Ends 5/21

May 14, 2020
Throwback Thursday: Parasyte. All digital volumes up 50% off! Ends 5/21

Read the manga AND watch the anime!

Just in time for the Netflix debut of Parasyte: The Maxim we're giving fans the opportunity to return to the classic sci-fi body horror manga Parasyte at a cost that leaves you with plenty extra cash to start building your alien invasion bunker! In this David Cronenberg-esque invasion story, Shinichi Izumi is your average high-schooler with, average problems like homework, and crushes. But when an alien attempting to hijack Shinichi's body only gets as far as his right hand, Shinichi and his new alien counterpart unwittingly become involved in an extraterrestrial plot to take over humanity from the inside out. Can man an alien work together to fight against forces that only want humanity as a food source? Find out in this taught 8-volume series filled with intense fights, horrific humanoid monsters, and staggering emotional stakes. Visit our participating digital vendors to save up to 50% off on all 8 volumes of the epic Parasyte series: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from May 14, until May 20!   Parasyte, Volume 1: SILENT INVASION By Hitoshi Iwaaki They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade—and take control of—a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret—except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come? "Gives the phrase 'talk to the hand' a whole new meaning. Alien spores roughly the size of tennis balls fall to earth one night; from within crawl sluglike creatures that burrow their way into the brains of humans, effectively killing them and taking over their bodies … Violence is graphic and often shocking, depicted in a style reminiscent of western comics and H.R. Giger. The ordinary nature of the rest of the illustration gives the whole book an unsettling edge, a sort of subliminal 'it could happen anywhere' vibe. A cult favorite manga." —Publishers Weekly        

Curious to explore more of this terrifying world? Be sure to also check out the two shojo and shonen-themed anthology tribute series Neo-Parasyte:

  Neo-Parasyte, Volume f: LOVE IN THE TIME OF PARASITES By Ema Toyama, Hikaru Suruga, Renjuro Kindaichi, Lalako Kojima, Hitoshi Iwaaki, Asumiko Nakamura, Miki Rinno, Kaori Yuki, Banko Kuze, Yuuki Obata, Kashio, Yui Kuroe, Asia Watanabe, Mikimaki, Hajime Shinjo, and Yuri Narushimai Parasites: shape-shifting aliens whose only purpose is to assimilate with and consume the human race… but do these monsters have a different side? A parasite becomes a prince to save his romance-obsessed female host from a dangerous stalker. Another hosts a cooking show, in which the real monsters are revealed. These and 13 more stories, from some of the greatest shojo manga artists alive today, together make up a chilling, funny, and entertaining tribute to one of manga’s horror classics!                 Neo-Parasyte, Volume m: OF PARASITES AND MEN By Hiroki Endo, Hiro Mashima, Riichi Ueshiba, Moto Hagio, Akira Hiramoto, Peach Pit, Ryouji Minagawa, Takayuki Takeya, Yasushi Nirasawa, and Moare Ohta Featuring stories from prominent shonen and seinin mangaka like FAIRY TAIL's Hiro Mashima! Parasites: shape-shifting aliens whose only purpose is to assimilate with and consume the human race… but do these monsters have a different side? A parasite becomes a prince to save his romance-obsessed female host from a dangerous stalker. Another hosts a cooking show, in which the real monsters are revealed. These and 13 more stories, from some of the greatest shojo manga artists alive today, together make up a chilling, funny, and entertaining tribute to one of manga’s horror classics!