# Looking for a forgotten anime **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [February 4, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310 "2023-02-04T19:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310/1 "2023-02-04T19:20:57Z")
I am not an experienced fan of anime so I don’t know where to start, I can’t Google it and while I am sure I watched it on YouTube searching there reveals nothing. Anyway: This is likely not obscure and not very old. It was about a young guy (18-25) who one day has his hand replaced by a hungry ‘Spawn-like’ alien. The story is then this kids life, school, girls and him hiding his deformity and the fact it wants to keep eating people. What is it called? ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310/2 "2023-02-04T20:07:27Z")
Parasite? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310/3 "2023-02-04T20:22:10Z")
I’m pretty sure you mean Parasyte - > **[Parasyte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasyte)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Parasyte (Japanese: 寄生獣, Hepburn: Kiseijū, lit. "Parasitic Beasts") is a Japanese science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki. It was published in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan and Monthly Afternoon magazine from 1988 to 1995. The manga was published in North America first by Tokyopop, then Del Rey, and finally Kodansha USA. The series follows Shinichi Izumi, a high school senior who is the victim of a failed at... (not that @Asuka is wrong, but the spelling above may give you a better hit) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310/4 "2023-02-05T03:28:24Z")
That’s it, thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310/5 "2023-02-06T00:16:08Z")
Since the question has already been answered, let me suggest Midori Days if you prefer your body horror in the form of a cute girl. > **[Midori Days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_Days)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Midori Days (Japanese: 美鳥の日々, Hepburn: Midori no Hibi) is a Japanese manga series by Kazurou Inoue. It was published by Shogakukan in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 2002 to July 2004, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed in North America by Viz Media. The series follows Seiji Sawamura, who one day finds his right hand replaced with a girl named Midori Kasugano and his attempts to return he... ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-forgotten-anime/979310/6 "2023-02-16T16:28:17Z")
Oh. Parasyte is fairly recent as things go. I thought we were gonna talk about stuff from before the Dark Age of Technology like [Crystal Triangle](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159387/) (1987), [The Humanoid](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158662/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5) (1986), or [California Crisis](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4283240/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1986).