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Hitoshi Iwaaki


Born
Japan
Genre
Historical Fiction, Horror, Manga


Hitoshi Iwaaki (Japanese: 岩明均 Hepburn: Iwaaki Hitoshi, born July 28, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist, whose works include the science-fiction/horror series Parasyte. The Mixx editions of Parasyte romanize his name as "Hitosi Iwaaki", while the Del Rey Manga editions use "Hitoshi Iwaaki".

In 1993, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for Parasyte. He was a finalist for the 2005 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize for Historie. In 2010 Historie took the grand prize in the manga division of the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival. ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 41,922 ratings · 2,423 reviews · 164 distinct works • Similar authors
Parasyte 1
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4.28 avg rating — 13,208 ratings — published 1990 — 27 editions
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Parasyte 2
4.34 avg rating — 5,102 ratings — published 1991 — 19 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 3
4.29 avg rating — 3,703 ratings — published 1991 — 18 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 4
4.29 avg rating — 3,115 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 5
4.28 avg rating — 2,857 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 6
4.31 avg rating — 2,482 ratings — published 1993 — 18 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 7
4.31 avg rating — 2,362 ratings — published 1993 — 17 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 8
4.38 avg rating — 2,316 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions
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Parasyte, Volume 10
4.36 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1995
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Parasyte, Volume 9
4.34 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
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Series by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Parasyte 1 Parasyte 2 Parasyte, Volume 3 Parasyte, Volume 4 Parasyte, Volume 5 Parasyte, Volume 6 Parasyte, Volume 7
(8 books)
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Parasyte, Volume 1 Parasyte, Volume 2 Parasyte, Volume 3 Parasyte, Volume 4 Parasyte, Volume 5 Parasyte, Volume 6 Parasyte, Volume 7
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Parasite Kiseiju, Tome 1 Parasite Kiseiju, Tome 2 Parasite Kiseiju, Tome 3 Parasite - Tome 04 Parasite Kiseiju, Tome 5 Parasite Kiseiju, Tome 6 Parasite Kiseiju, Tome 7
(10 books)
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4.26 avg rating — 1,446 ratings

ヒストリエ 1 [Historie, Vol. 1] Historie, Vol. 2 Historie, Vol. 3 ヒストリエ 4 [Historie, Vol. 4] Historie, Vol. 5 ヒストリエ 6 [Historie, Vol. 6] ヒストリエ 7
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Neo Parasyte f Neo kiseiju f, Vol. 2
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“There is no such thing as compassion or love. All behavior that appears to stem from love is, in fact, merely behavior to better the transmission of an individual's DNA.

From a pig's perspective, humans are merely monsters who feed upon them. See, it is the human species who are making grandiose statements like, "All life on Earth must coexist.”
― Hitoshi Iwaaki, Parasyte 1
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“You guys win this time! After all, no other creature on Earth is better at "Killing" than you humans! But your weapons... should be used for a better mission! That mission is... to maintain the balance of this world! Soon you'll discover that littering is a worse crime than murder! Eventually you humans will understand our importance and protect us! You will treat your "enemies" as if they are the most important things that you have! And then your "enemies" will restore the beautiful nature to its proper order! and the world will be at balance again!
- Mayor Hirokawa”
― Hitoshi Iwaaki, Parasyte, Volume 9
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“I didn't want to go this far, but don't you guys coexist with other animals? Even if you humans have a higher status from a pig's point of view, aren't you just monsters who eat pigs?
- Tamura Reiko”
― Hitoshi Iwaaki, Parasyte, Volume 6
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