Season 1
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This is a story about you. A tale about the inside of your body... According to a new study, the human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen carrying Red Blood Cells to the bacteria fighting White Blood Cells, get to know the unsung heroes and the drama that unfolds inside of you! From the popular manga "Cells at Work!" comes a brand new anthropomorphized anime TV series! It’s the oddly relatable and interesting story that is the life of cells!

2018 · 23m
  • 13+
Starring Kana Hanazawa, Tomoaki Maeno, Kikuko Inoue
Director Ogura Hirofumi

Season 1

  • Pneumococcus
    EPISODE 1
    Pneumococcus
    One day, as a Red Blood Cell is delivering oxygen and carbon dioxide, she is assaulted by Pneumococci and rescued by a White Blood Cell.
    23m
  • Scrape Wound
    EPISODE 2
    Scrape Wound
    Things have been peaceful for Red Blood Cell when suddenly an abrasion occurs before her eyes. The White Blood Cells (Neutrophils) arrive to battle the bacteria.
    23m
  • Influenza
    EPISODE 3
    Influenza
    Naive T Cell is patrolling the body for influenza virus proliferation. But since he’s never taken on the enemy before, he’s completely terrified and useless.
    23m
  • Food Poisoning
    EPISODE 4
    Food Poisoning
    Bacteria appear near the stomach. White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) is on the scene at once. There, he finds Eosinophil, another type of White Blood Cell, already in battle.
    23m
  • Cedar Pollen Allergies
    EPISODE 5
    Cedar Pollen Allergies
    The body has been invaded by a mass of cedar pollen! Rushing to the scene so that he can eliminate the cedar pollen, White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) runs into Memory Cell.
    23m
  • Erythroblasts and Myelocytes
    EPISODE 6
    Erythroblasts and Myelocytes
    Let me become a great red blood cell one day... This is the story of Red Blood Cell before she became Red Blood Cell, when she was a young Erythroblast.
    23m

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Cast & Crew

  • Kana Hanazawa
    Red Blood Cell
  • Tomoaki Maeno
    White Blood Cell
  • K‌I
    Kikuko Inoue
    Monocyte
  • O‌H
    Ogura Hirofumi
    Director
  • Y‌K
    Yuko Kakihara
    Writer
  • Kenichiro Suehiro
    Music
  • S‌A
    Shimizu Akane
    Creator

About

Season 1

Anime

This is a story about you. A tale about the inside of your body... According to a new study, the human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen carrying Red Blood Cells to the bacteria fighting White Blood Cells, get to know the unsung heroes and the drama that unfolds inside of you! From the popular manga "Cells at Work!" comes a brand new anthropomorphized anime TV series! It’s the oddly relatable and interesting story that is the life of cells!

13+

COMMON SENSE

Bloody action comedy teaches science of the body.

Information

Studio
Tokyo MX
Released
2018
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
Japan
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