Cinematography:
Yuki OshimaCast:
Tomoaki Maeno, Kana Hanazawa, Maria Naganawa, Kikuko Inoue, Akira Ishida, Aya Endō, Daisuke Ono, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Mao Ichimichi (more)VOD (2)
Episodes(13)
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Pneumococcus (S01E01)
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Scrape Wound (S01E02)
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Infuruenza (S01E03)
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Food Poisoning (S01E04)
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Cedar Pollen Allergies (S01E05)
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Erythroblasts and Myelocytes (S01E06)
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Cancer Cell (S01E07)
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Blood Circulation (S01E08)
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Thymocyte (S01E09)
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Staphylococcus Aureus (S01E10)
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Heat Stroke (S01E11)
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Hemorrhagic Shock (Part 1) (S01E12)
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Hemorrhagic Shock (Part 2) (S01E13)
Plots(1)
This is a story about you. A tale about the inside of your body. Inside the human body, roughly 37.2 trillion cells work energetically 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Fresh out of training, the cheerful and somewhat airheaded Red Blood Cell AE3803 is ready to take on the ever-so-important task of transporting oxygen. As usual, White Blood Cell U-1146 is hard at work patrolling and eliminating foreign bacteria seeking to make the body their new lair. Elsewhere, little platelets are lining up for a new construction project. Dealing with wounds and allergies, getting lost on the way to the lungs, and bickering with similar cell types, the daily lives of cells are always hectic as they work together to keep the body healthy! (Anime Ltd)
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Reviews (1)
"One of the best things about this anime series is the fact that it will give you cancer." I read in the discussion about one of the episodes, and I can basically agree because the episode with the cancer cells was one of the best (along with the two-part finale). Anyway, I think it was a great idea to make a purposeful anime series that teaches audiences a lot about their bodies, and if it makes at least one person take better care of their body, then I consider it a job well done. However, this is nothing new of course (which I fully realize, unlike some of the people discussing it on various forums in America and Asia), because I loved and devoured every episode of the French animated series Once Upon a Time... Life when I was a child, so I simply cannot avoid the obvious comparisons. Both of the shows have their own charm and many likable characters, both of the shows provide a lot of information (although this anime series is much more factual due to its explanations and descriptions), both shows depict a lot of normal bodily functions and also some unusual experiences. Of course, the French show is the one which I would be more likely to let my (imaginary) child watch, as it is much less violent and probably more enchanting overall. This anime series is aimed more at a more mature audience, and I would happily watch it as a supplement to biology and human anatomy classes in high school for example. I definitely want to highlight the ending among the positive aspects of this show, as it is really adorable (and so it immediately went into my anime music collection) and of course, I would like to also mention how incredibly cute the blood platelets are (which just had to end up being part of my profile). Still, even though Cells at Work! is undoubtedly one of the best anime series of anime season Summer 2018, the fact is that Once Upon a Time... Life still somehow wins out for me in the end (because this anime series rekindled my youthful desire to become a doctor, which I had lost when I first saw footage of real-life heart surgery...) and leads me to be unable to award it more than 8.3/10.
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