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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

Hataraku Saibou

Also known as Cells at Work!.

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

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!



Tags: Educational , Work , Medicine , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Gore , Shounen , Tragedy , Chibi , CGI , Zombie , Environmental

Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san

Also known as Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san.

Studio: DLE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Honda-san is at war - with business, with out-of-print books, and with people who love manga! Who knew there were so many laughs to be found at the manga counter of a bookstore?! These are the day-to-day happenings that take place at a certain bookstore where the love of manga is abundant.



Tags: Work , Otaku Culture , Slapstick , Skeleton , Autobiographical , Urban , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Surreal Comedy , Educational , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Language Barrier

Kaijin Kaihatsubu no Kuroitsu-san

Also known as Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department.

Studio: Quad , ABC Animation , ABC Frontier , MAGNET , BS11 , Flex Comics , Nagoya TV Housou , CREST
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Kuroitsu is an assistant researcher in the superhuman research & development department of Agastya, a villainous secret organization that battles with heroes who try to save the world. Kuroitsu lives a busy life in Agastya, caught between the absurd requests of her bosses; making presentations; implementing new features into superhumans; and getting results within the allotted time, budget, and spec requests; all without vacation.



Tags: Work , Female Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Monster Girl , Kemonomimi , Urban , Slapstick , Superhero , Henshin , Nudity , Kaiju , Gender Bending , Crossover , Transgender , Demons , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen

Murenase! Seton Gakuen

Also known as Seton Academy: Join the Pack!.

Studio: Studio Gokumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Seton Academy, a school where animals of all species gather to live and learn together. A sacred garden of learning, where students hone their primal instincts and the laws are of the jungle. Where species pit against species in a daily struggle for survival... Now enter the animal-hating human Jin Mazama, and the lonely wolf Ranka Okami. When man meets wolf in an encounter for the ages, this food chain is about to be shook. “Species shmecies! If we’ve shared face-licks, you’re a friend to me! Welcome to the pack!”



Tags: Kemonomimi , Animals , School , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Educational , Tsundere , Female Harem , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Nekomimi , Tomboy , Shounen , Food , Anthropomorphism , Dissociative Identities

Dr. STONE

Also known as Dr. STONE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

After five years of harboring unspoken feelings, high-schooler Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. Just when Taiju begins his confession however, a blinding green light strikes the Earth and petrifies mankind around the world— turning every single human into stone.

Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still. Among a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters one other living human: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand scheme—to launch the complete revival of civilization with science. Taiju's brawn and Senkuu's brains combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon uncover a method to revive those petrified.

However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. All the while, the reason for mankind's petrification remains unknown.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Lost Civilization , Educational , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Environmental , Kingdom Management , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Spearplay , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Espionage , Asexual , Tomboy , Medicine

Maou-jou de Oyasumi

Also known as Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Sshhh! Princess Syalis is trying to get a good night's sleep. Some shut-eye. Forty winks. Catch some Z's. Long ago in olden times when people and demons lived together in—well, disharmony, really—a demon king kidnaps a human princess and imprisons her in his castle. Bereft, the princess's subjects beat their chests in anguish…until a hero arises to spearhead Project Rescue Our Princess! While waiting for her knight in shining armor, what's an imprisoned princess to do...? Teddy-bear guards with bat wings are all very well, but her dungeon cell is bo-o-o-ring! So, she decides to wile away the long hours by sleeping. Now if only she could get comfortable…and didn't suffer from insomnia...



Tags: Ojou-sama , Female Protagonist , Prison , Episodic , Parody , Demons , Kuudere , Slapstick , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Monster Boy , Dungeon , Fairy Tale , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Monster Girl , Villainess , Animals , Goblin , Mythology , Skeleton , Dragons , Snowscape , Succubus , Swordplay

Hataage! Kemono Michi

Also known as Kemono Michi: Rise Up.

Studio: ENGI , AT-X , Nippon Columbia , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story follows masked wrestler Genzou Shibata, who likes all kinds of animals and creatures. One day he is summoned to another world, where a princess asks him to help kill magical beasts, but he gets mad and puts her in a German suplex. Instead, he begins life as a pet shop owner in the other world.



Tags: Isekai , Kemonomimi , Wrestling , Animals , Creature Taming , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Parody , Dragons , Work , Vampire , Video Games , Reincarnation , Anthropomorphism , Female Harem , Monster Girl , Shounen , Werewolf , Kuudere

Hetalia World Series

Also known as Hetalia World Series.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Funimation , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya, this has been described as a "cynical gag" story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 (1915-1939), using exaggerated caricatures of the different nationalities as portrayed by a gaggle of bishōnen. For example, the Italia Veneziano character is into pasta and women. The Deutsche (German) bishi loves potatoes and sausages, and Nippon is an otaku boy. Installments of the manga have jumped back and forth in setting from the ancient times to modern-day geopolitics. The manga's title comes the Japanese words for "useless" (hetare) and Italy (Italia).



Tags: Historical , Parody , Educational , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Chibi , Anthropomorphism , Politics

Hataraku Saibou BLACK

Also known as Cells at Work! CODE BLACK.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Aniplex , TOKYO MX , Kodansha , NetEase
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

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 , Episodic , Anthropomorphism , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Gore , Drugs , Survival , Alternate Universe , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Guns