Top 10 Must-Watch Anime If You Loved “Parasyte: The Maxim” & Where To Watch Them!

Parasyte: The Maxim is a story about Shinichi Izumi falling victim to one of the parasites taking over his right hand as the host and failing to acquire his brain.

Shinichi, along with his parasite named Migi, embark on a journey to eradicate this new threat to their species.

This is a thrilling story of a boy trying to save humanity from the parasites. Some stories have a close resemblance to Parasyte. So let’s begin with the top 10 anime like Parasyte: The Maxim.

10. Midori Days

Midori Days is the rom-com version of Parasyte you always craved for.

Seiji Sawamura is known as “The Mad Dog” for his demonically powerful right hand, which also caused rejections from several girls.

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He jokingly vows to make his right hand his girlfriend, which by his surprise, has turned into a miniature girl. Midori Kasugano is her name and she reveals she’s had a crush for him for the past three years. They decided to keep it secret until a solution is found.

9. Ajin: Demi-Human

Ajin: Demi-Human is a chaotic thriller of a boy who suddenly finds himself in the dark corner of the world. 

Ajin is mysterious immortal humans who are incapable of being destroyed and are labeled as a threat to humanity. Kei Nagai is an aspiring doctor who has only seen Ajin in the news and doesn’t pay any attention to them. 

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But after surviving a life-threatening accident, Kei finds out that he is alive because he is an Ajin himself, and his days to escape from the entire world begins.

8. Texhnolyze

Texhnolyze will inspire you to fight against your weakness to save someone valuable to you.

Three significant factions battle to control Lux city, Organo, the Salvation Union, and Racan. 

Ichise, a prizefighter after losing an arm and a leg to a fight promoter, was saved by scientist Eriko Kamata, who uses him as a test subject for her newly designed Texhnolyze.

After that, she meets with a girl named Ran, who, with her ability to predict the future, tells that they may be the only one to protect Lux from an upcoming war.

7. Inuyashiki: Last Hero

Inuyashiki: Last Hero proves that age is just a number through a mind-wrecking fiction.

Ichiro Inuyashiki is a 58-year-old man who is having a difficult time in life thanks to his indifference to his family and his painful back problems. Soon he is diagnosed with stomach cancer with only three months to live, and he breaks down emotionally. 

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While on a walk with his dog, he is suddenly covered in smoke from a strange figure. After coming back home, he discovers that he has been reborn as a mechanical weapon, and thus, his new life begins.

6. Claymore

Claymore beautifully depicts the journey of a hybrid human on her path to vengeance.

Youma, a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, has attacked a village where a Claymore named Clare appears. Claymores are half-human and half-youma, whose only purpose is to exterminate Youma.

Clare saves a boy named Raki, whose family has been killed by Youma. After this, Raki follows Clare in her journey to defeat Youma as he has nowhere to go.

5. Shiki

Shiki deals with an epidemic turning everyone into vampires.

Megumi Shimizu is a 15-year-old girl who dreams of a glamorous life that suddenly comes to an end with her unexpected death in the Sotoba village, which marks the beginning of an epidemic of blood and terror. Realizing this, Dr. Toshio Ozaki decides to abandon humanity to discover the truth. 

Meanwhile, Megumi’s friend Natsuno Yuuki, haunted by her sudden death, teams up with Toshio to save Sotoba from becoming a ghost town of vampires.

4. Devilman: Crybaby

Devilman: Crybaby depicts the journey of a weak human’s fight against demons to save humanity.

Akira Fudou is a weak boy who accepts his friend Ryou Asuka’s invitation to help him uncover devils. To Akira’s surprise, they go to Sabbath, where the demons take over human bodies and begin wreaking havoc.

DEVILMAN crybaby | Trailer [HD] | Netflix

In a reckless attempt to save Ryou, Asuka merges with the devil Amon becoming a Devilman and together they fight against those that harm humanity and his loved ones.

3. From the New World

From the New World is an adventure of a group of friends, which leads them to the dark and secretive parts of the psychic society.

Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1 of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world but was soon taken under control by setting complex rules and isolating their society.

From The New World Trailer

In the town of Kamisu 66, Saki has just awakened her powers and is relieved to join her friends at a special school for psychics. But soon, they get involved with secretive matters, which leads them to the dark truths of society.

2. Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Ghoul teaches you to be prepared for any danger as it doesn’t announce itself before arrival

The citizens of Tokyo live in constant fear of Ghouls who survive on human flesh. Ken Kaneki, a shy bookish college student, was attacked by Rize, whom she thought to be an avid reader like himself but turned out to be a ghoul.

Tokyo Ghoul Official English Trailer

In a twist of fate, Kaneki was saved by Touka, a waitress, and thus began his secretive life as half-human and half-ghoul.

1. Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan exquisitely depicts the survival of humanity against the Titans.

Centuries ago, mankind was forced to live within defensive barriers in fear of Titans – human-eating monsters.

After centuries of peace, a colossal Titan manages to breach the defensive wall and thus begins the survival against man-eating abominations. Eren Yeager lost his mother to a Titan attack and joined the Survey Corps to take revenge on the against Titans by eradicating each of them.

Attack on Titan - Official Trailer w/ Intro from Voice of Eren

In this brutal journey, he is accompanied by his adopted sister, Mikasa Ackerman, and childhood friend Armin Arlert.

Honorable Mentions

Other stories that have some similarities with Parasyte: The Maxim, they are:

Deadman Wonderland, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armour, Kemonozume, God Eater, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.