{"id":98414,"date":"2024-09-24T20:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T03:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=98414"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T07:19:16","slug":"kodansha-usa-licenses-parasyte-reversi-for-digital-release-on-october-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/24\/kodansha-usa-licenses-parasyte-reversi-for-digital-release-on-october-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodansha USA Licenses Parasyte Reversi for Digital Release on October 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/03\/kodansha-usa-launches-kodansha-house-pop-up-event-in-october-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kodansha USA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has announced that it has licensed <\/span><b>Moare Ohta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasyte Reversi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga series for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/08\/25\/kodansha-usa-licenses-manchuria-opium-squad-more-manga-for-september-2024-summer-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">digital release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on October 8, 2024. A preview of the manga&#8217;s first chapter is available <a href=\"https:\/\/kodansha.us\/reader\/parasyte-reversi\/volume-1\/chapter-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"98423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/24\/kodansha-usa-licenses-parasyte-reversi-for-digital-release-on-october-8\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?fit=1600%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"parasyte reversi kodansha license visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?fit=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-98423 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=650%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"parasyte reversi kodansha license visual\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=1536%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C418&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=1068%2C641&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?resize=700%2C420&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-kodansha-license-visual.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasyte Reversi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a spinoff manga series based on <\/span><b>Hitoshi Iwaaki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s original 1989 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasyte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga. It was serialized in Kodansha\u2019s Comic Days app from March 2, 2018 to May 7, 2021. Eight tankobon volumes were released in total. The manga was also released digitally on the K Manga app and service.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98424\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"98424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/24\/kodansha-usa-licenses-parasyte-reversi-for-digital-release-on-october-8\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?fit=749%2C1067&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"749,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"parasyte reversi volume one manga cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 Moare Ohta, Hitoshi Iwaaki\/Kodansha &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?fit=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?fit=696%2C991&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-98424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?resize=350%2C498&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"parasyte reversi volume one manga cover\" width=\"350\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?resize=719%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 719w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?resize=696%2C991&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?resize=295%2C420&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-1.jpg?w=749&amp;ssl=1 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9 Moare Ohta, Hitoshi Iwaaki\/Kodansha<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kodansha USA describes the main synopsis of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasyte Reversi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three dismembered bodies were found in an abandoned basement parking garage, sliced limb from limb while they were still alive\u2026and if the boy who discovered them is to be believed, the murders occurred in an impossibly short window of time. Nothing is adding up for veteran detective Fukami of the East Fukuyama police department, and his gut is telling him the boy is hiding something. In fact, he\u2019s quite certain that Tatsuki Hirokawa saw exactly what happened, and who did it. But what the boy knows will go far beyond even his wildest nightmares\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasyte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has inspired two tribute work collections, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neo Parasyte f <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neo Parasyte m<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as a 24-episode TV anime series in 2014 and a two part live-action film series released between 2014 and 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The series also inspired the live-action South Korean spinoff drama <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/03\/19\/netflix-releases-full-parasyte-the-grey-trailer\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasyte: The Grey<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which was released on Netflix on April 5, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: press release\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to follow our weekly chart updates and news? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to get more content in your inbox!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodansha USA has announced that it has licensed Moare Ohta\u2019s Parasyte Reversi manga series for digital release on October 8, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":98422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1191,4886,122,5162],"class_list":["post-98414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-kodansha","tag-kodansha-usa","tag-manga","tag-parasyte"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/parasyte-reversi-volume-one-manga-cover-e1727234804976.jpg?fit=748%2C421&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-pBk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98486,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98414\/revisions\/98486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}