The official Twitter account for the anime Hataraku Saibou Black (Cells at Work! Code Black) has a full promotional video revealing more cast and staff.
The Hataraku Saibou spinoff, inspired by the manga by Shigemitsu Harada and Issei Hatsuyoshiya, will take a different approach, showing the braver side of the tasks that our cells perform.
Synopsis
Alcohol, cigarettes and stress – in a body subject to these irritations, the cells responsible for maintaining life fight an endless war. Due to a severe shortage of workers, red blood cell AA2153 needs to quickly learn how to deliver oxygen and collect carbon dioxide even in dangerous situations. While the U-1196 white blood cell does its part by dealing with germs and viruses during life and death situations. In the midst of this crisis, they need to work together to keep their bodies healthy, despite not knowing whether their sacrifices will be worth it.
Cast
- Junya Enoky as Red Blood Cell (erythrocytes)
- Youko Hikasa as White Blood Cell (neutrophil)
- Kenjiro Tsuda as narrator
- Kenn as Red Blood Cell
- Lynn as White Blood Cell (neutrophil)
- Yumi Uchiyama as White Blood Cell (neutrophil)
- Takashi Narumi as Chief Gastric Cell
- Yurika Kubo as Platelet
Staff
Hideyo Yamamoto is directing the anime at Liden Films . Hayashi Mori is supervising and writing the script. Eiji Abiko is doing the character design. Yuugo Kanno is composing the soundtrack.
Finally, Harada and Hatsuyoshi launched the Hataraku Saibou Black manga in Morning and the digital magazine Weekly D Morning in June 2018. Kodansha published the manga's third volume in January.
Furthermore, the first anime inspired by the original manga premiered in July 2018 and had 13 episodes. Furthermore, the second season of Hataraku Saibou is scheduled to premiere in January 2021.
