Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) announced that its highly-acclaimed anime series Parasyte -the maxim- is showing no signs of slowing down abroad.

Sentai Filmworks announced during their Anime Expo 2015 panel that Parasyte -the maxim- is heading to Adult Swim, basic cable’s #1 network with young adults for over a decade. According to Sentai Filmworks, “Humankind’s extinction begins this fall as Parasyte -the maxim– invades Toonami, the hugely popular Adult Swim block.”

Parasyte -the maxim– chronicles a silent, sinister alien invasion and follows 17-year-old Shinichi, whose life gets seriously complicated when one would-be invader assumes control of his right hand. Originally broadcast in Japan on Nippon TV, the series is produced by MADHOUSE and adapted from the groundbreaking sci-fi/horror manga created by Hitoshi Iwaaki.

Parasyte –the maxim– is scheduled to begin broadcast on the Adult Swim Toonami block this October. Detailed schedule information will be released as soon as it becomes available.

Comment from Toshio Nakatani, Producer, “Taking a manga that originated 25 years ago and creating it into screen content for the first time was, right from the beginning, an unusual undertaking. It’s not a stretch to say that the underlying concept of the story is a wakeup call to everyone living in these current times. There’s no greater joy than seeing the passion of Japanese anime creators capturing the hearts of people throughout the world.”