Cells at Work!: Full Season

March 14, 2020 3:34 PM - Season 1 (Full Season)

Cells at Work! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu. It features the anthropomorphized cells of a human body, with the two main protagonists being a red blood cell, and a neutrophil she frequently encounters. Trailer

Watch on Netflix or Crunchy Roll.

A real doctor reacts to Cells at Work

posted by bleep (10 comments total)

I loved this. I watched it a few weeks ago and now for obvious reasons I can't stop thinking about the visuals of the germ-monsters descending on the good people of this world. It also introduced me to a bunch of interesting concepts in a way that was easy to understand.
posted by bleep at 3:49 PM on March 14, 2020 [2 favorites]

I found this after someone on Twitter described it as the most violent anime they'd ever seen.
posted by whuppy at 4:23 PM on March 14, 2020 [1 favorite]

Huh - I was revisiting the Fanfare Talk seasonal anime posts to refresh my memory on people's opinions while the series was airing and was surprised to note it wasn't discussed extensively, other than comments on how much people liked it. See Summer 2018 Anime Season and Fall 2018 Anime Season,
posted by needled at 5:42 AM on March 15, 2020 [1 favorite]

My main impressing after the end of the season is that the person whose body the cells are part of is truly unfortunate. I mean flu and allergy us one thing, but cancer? Hemorrhagic shock? What the hell happened?
posted by happyroach at 10:21 AM on March 16, 2020 [3 favorites]

Yeah they are going through it. Don't forget the almost deadly heat stroke!
posted by bleep at 10:22 AM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]

I watched the first two episodes but it wasn't doing it for me. It is indeed kind of violent, with the germ blood everywhere, and looks jarring on the white blood cells.

The platelets are super adorable though.
posted by numaner at 9:46 AM on March 17, 2020

Cells at Work season 2 coming January 2021!

1st promo
posted by needled at 12:46 PM on March 21, 2020 [1 favorite]

oh my god I have just started watching this and I am in actual love, thank you so much for drawing my attention to it.
posted by Acheman at 2:33 PM on March 21, 2020 [1 favorite]

> My main impressing after the end of the season is that the person whose body the cells are part of is truly unfortunate. I mean flu and allergy us one thing, but cancer? Hemorrhagic shock? What the hell happened?

That's nothing. Have you read Cells At Work Code Black?
posted by ardgedee at 6:28 PM on March 23, 2020

I... I watched most of this on Netflix the other month! Still have to see the last two episodes (or just the last episode? ...?? adsf; I forget), but I enjoyed what I watched so far.
posted by redrawturtle at 1:50 PM on April 18, 2020