With the success of the recently-concluded Parasyte anime series, and the second live-action Parasyte movie premiering this weekend on 25 April, a new meatball dish inspired by the series will be served during a Japanese meat festival event known as Niku Fes Tokyo Spring 2015, and it brings the series’ own creepiness right into the dish

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Known as the Migitballs, these meatballs are thankfully NOT the parasytes featured in the anime or the humans they eat, but are made of 100% pure beef. Now that’s a relief, right? However, that fact does not make this dish any less creepy as those eyes (which are only olives by the way) add a lot to its creepiness. It is also served with some demiglace sauce.

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Creepiness aside, the director of the live-action Parasyte movies, Takashi Yamazaki, managed to taste these Migitballs and said that despite how creepy they look, they are quite tasty. Well, I think I’ll take his word for it.

These will be served during the Niku Fes Tokyo Spring 2015 at Tokyo’s Komazawa Olympic Park 24- 29 April. It will then head to Chiba’s Aeon Mall makuhari New City from 1 – 10 May 2015. These meatballs will cost 1,400 yen per serving.

source: animeanime