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What is Cells at Work! CODE BLACK about?

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished

A rookie Red Blood Cell has been bustling about, frantically making oxygen deliveries all around the body! But his workplace is on the brink of going Code Black!! Drinking, smoking, stress, sleep deprivation... Struggling to survive a life not unlike the brutal corporate world, what must these overworked cells be thinking at the end of the day? This is a tale about the inside of your body...

Notes:
The episodes were streamed two days ahead of the Japanese broadcast on Funimation beginning on Jan 8, 2021 at 2:30 JST. The regular TV broadcast started on Jan 10, 2021 at 0:00 JST.
- Episodes 3 and 4 were broadcast in Japan as a one hour special episode on Jan 19, 2021 at 1:40 JST.

Tags: Educational , Dystopian , Tragedy , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Gore , Survival , Alternate Universe , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Guns

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Hataraku Saibou!!

Also known as Cells at Work!!.

Studio: david production , Magic Capsule , Aniplex , Kodansha , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Cells at Work!! continues the tale of…well…you! Set inside the human body, Cells at Work!! chronicles the life and times of everything from the oxygen-carrying Red Blood Cells to the bacteria-fighting White Blood Cells. And, of course, the dangerous viruses and villains lurking beneath the skin!

Notes:
The episodes were streamed two days ahead of the Japanese broadcast on Funimation beginning on Jan 8, 2021 at 2:00 JST. The regular TV broadcast started on Jan 9, 2021 at 23:30 JST.
The pre-screened movie "Hataraku Saibou!!" Saikyou no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa "Chou" Oosawagi! is included as episodes 4-8 split into the broadcast.

Tags: Educational , Ensemble Cast , Medicine , Work , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Slapstick , Demons , Zombie

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Tenchi Souzou Design-bu

Also known as Heaven’s Design Team.

Studio: Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

I made the light, the water, and the earth below. Now it's time to make the life that dwells upon it. Actually... that sounds like a giant headache, so I'll contract it out! Heaven's Design Team is an agency that creates made-to-order life forms for their client, God. Why does this life form look like that? Why does this life form live this way? Watch the trials and successes of the designers and engineers forced to breathe life into God's absurd requests!

Tags: Educational , Animals , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Work , Satire , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Drawing , Gods , Chibi , Angels , Transgender , Dinosaurs , Age Regression , Male Protagonist

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Jintai no Survival!

Studio: Studio Gallop , Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Anime film based on the Kagaku Manga Survival (Science Manga Survival) study manga series which follows children in various adventurous situations while weaving information about science into the story.

Tags: Survival , Kids , Educational

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Seimei no Kagaku: Micro Patrol

Also known as Once Upon a Time... Life.

Studio: Procidis , Eiken
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

The series "Once Upon a Time... Life" teaches about the human body and about the different systems in it with the same characters from the other "Once Upon a Time" seasons. "The good Characters" represent the body's defense mechanisms, whereas "the bad Characters" represent the viruses and bacteria that threaten to attack the human body.

Tags: Educational , Nudity , Episodic , Work , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , Kids , Meta , Robots , Medicine , Elderly Protagonist

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Anime de Wakaru Shinryounaika

Also known as Comical Psychosomatic Medicine.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological

The psychologist Ryou and his cheerful nurse Asuna explain many aspects of mental illness to the reader. They cover topics such as the validity, prevalence, and origins of mental disorders, in addition to addressing specific disorders. The information is imparted in a cheerful and comic manner, with various jokes, puns, and pop culture references.

Tags: Educational , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Work , Medicine , Slapstick , Parody , Meta

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Crunchyroll

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Moyashimon Returns

Studio: Aniplex , Dentsu , Telecom Animation Film , Kodansha , Fuji TV , Shirogumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

In the second season the story continues exactly where it left off previously. Professor Itsuki's Fermentation Cellar and laboratory is ready for operation and with Sawaki Tadayasu's unique gift to see and communicate with microbes to help, Itsuki's motley group of students begin to process different fermented products like soy sauce and sake.

Tags: Educational , Food , School , College , Crossdressing , Agriculture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Seinen

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Moyashimon

Studio: Dentsu , Telecom Animation Film , Kodansha , Fuji TV , Shirogumi , Sony Music Entertainment , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Enter Tadayasu, a freshman college student who can see and talk to cute, chibi bacteria and other microscopic organisms. It's not all fun and games like it sounds, though, because it gets him into all sorts of trouble. Join Tadayasu as he enters his first year at the Agriculture University, what crazy events await him?

Tags: Educational , School , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Agriculture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Crossdressing

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Crunchyroll

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ClassicaLoid 2

Also known as ClassicaLoid 2.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

The second season of the slapstick comedy ClassicaLoid reunites normal high school girl Kanae with her least favorite house guests. There’s Beet-san (otherwise known as Ludwig van Beethoven) and free-spirited Motz (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), as well as fellow squatters Chopin, Liszt, and Schubert. These maestros have already proven they have the skill to save the world with their "Musik," but with the addition of two new Classicaloids – Wagner and Dvorak – Kanae is sure to be at her wits' end.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Episodic , Idol , Female Protagonist , Classical Music

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