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Cells at Work Anime's English-Subtitled Trailer Streamed

posted on by Karen Ressler
Also: voice actor Tomoaki Maeno to attend Anime Expo for Cells at Work! panel

Aniplex of America began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for Cells at Work on Friday. In addition, the company announced that it will host a Cells at Work panel with guest voice actor Tomoaki Maeno (White Blood Cell) at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 6.

The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, and Gunma TV on Saturday, July 7 at 24:00 (effectively midnight on Sunday morning). It will also air on MBD, TV Aichi, Hokkaido Broadcasting, and RKB.

The cast includes:

Kana Hanazawa as Red Blood Cell (Erythrocite)

Tomoaki Maeno as White Blood Cell (Neutrophil)

Kikuko Inoue as Macrophage

Daisuke Ono as Killer T Cell

Maria Naganawa as Platelet

Takahiro Sakurai as Helper T Cell (T Lymphocyte)

Saori Hayami as Regulatory T Cell

M.A.O as Eosinophil

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Dendritic Cell

  • Yūichi Nakamura as Memory Cell
  • Ayako Kawasumi as Mast Cell
  • Aya Endo as Senpai Red Blood Cell
  • Hiroyuki Yoshino as Pneumonia Coccus

Hanazawa, Maeno, Ono, and Inoue will perform the opening theme song "Mission! Ken - Kō - Dai - Ichi" (Mission! Health First). Musical duo ClariS are performing the ending theme song "CheerS."

Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

The average human body contains about 60 trillion cells, and each of them has work to do! But when you get injured, viruses or bacteria invade, or when an allergic reaction flares up, everyone from the silent but deadly white blood cells to the brainy neurons has to work together to get through the crisis!

Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Drifters) is directing the anime at david production, and Yuuko Kakihara (Tsukigakirei, Persona 4: The Animation) is in charge of series composition, and both Suzuki and Kakihara will pen the scripts. Takahiko Yoshida (Welcome to the NHK, Yowamushi Pedal) is designing the characters and is also credited as chief animation director, while Kenta Mimuro is credited as cell character designer, prop designer, and animation scene animation director. Keiko Tamaki is credited for sub-character design. Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:ZERO, Girls' Last Tour) is composing the music at MAYUKO.

Other staff include:

  • Art Setting: Yoshihiro Sono, Koji Hashiguchi
  • Art: atelier Platz
  • Color Setting: Aiko Mizuno
  • Director of Photography: Yuki Oshima
  • 3D CG Director: Yutaka Nakajima
  • Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose (editz)
  • Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
  • Sound Production: MAGIC CAPSULE
  • Produce: Yuma Takahashi
  • Animation Producer: Go Wakamatsu
  • Production: Aniplex, Kodansha, david production

Shimizu launched the Cells at Work! manga in the March 2015 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius, and Kodansha shipped the fifth compiled volume in Japan last August. Kodansha Comics shipped the manga's fifth volume last November. The manga ranked on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's 2016 list of top graphic novels for male readers. The manga has 1.5 million copies in print. Haruyuki Kichida launched the Hataraku Saikin (Bacteria at Work) spinoff manga in Nakayoshi last April. Moe Sugimoto launched another spinoff manga titled Hatarakanai Saibō (Cells That Don't Work) last July, and Shigemitsu Harada and Issei Hatsuyoshi will launch the Hataraku Saibō BLACK spinoff on June 7.

Sources: Aniplex of America Twitter, YouTube


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