Parasite Eve (series)
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The Parasite Eve series is a film and three video games.
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[edit] Book
The original book, Parasite Eve, was written by Hideaki Sena, and became the first winner of the Japan Horror Novel Award. It was later translated into English by Tyran Grillo working under Vertical Inc. and released in America during December 2005 [1]. The translation quality of the novel's scientific phenomenon was considered to be very well handled by the fans, however, there have been multiple complaints regarding the quantities of typos and misused words in the first edition of the translated book.
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[edit] Film
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| Directed by | Masayuki Ochiai |
| Written by | Ryoichi Kimizuka Hideaki Sena (novel) |
| Distributed by | ADV Films (US) |
| Release date(s) | 1997 Japan 2001 US |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese with English subtitles |
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Tagline: It's not a virus...it's evolution.
Summary: Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is left brain-dead following a car accident, he secretly extracts mitochondria from her liver cells and begins tampering with them in a desperate attempt to revive her. The mitochondria take on a life of their own and begin seizing control of the laboratory attendants, spawning a terrifying new species that eventually threatens to take over the world.
In 2001, ADV Films released the original Japanese movie on DVD in the United States. The movie does not contain an English dub track and its subtitles are hardsubs, unusual for an American release.
[edit] Video games
[edit] Parasite Eve
The 1st game in the series, produced by Square Co. and released worldwide for the Sony PlayStation.
[edit] Parasite Eve II
The sequel to the original game released for the Sony PlayStation worldwide.
[edit] The 3rd Birthday
A newly announced title in the series for the DoCoMo cell phone for release in Japan.
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