Full Promo Video Revealed for “Cells at Work! Code Black”

A first full promotional video was revealed for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of the Cells at Work! spinoff, Code Black. Check out the video here! (Youtube link is region-locked to Japan.)

The video reveals new cast members, and they are:

·        Kenn as Red Blood Cell

·        Lynn as White Bood Cell (Neutrophilic)

·        Yumi Uchiyama as White Bood Cell (Neutrophilic)

·        Takashi Narumi as Gastric Chief Cell

·        Yurika Kubo as Platelet

A previous announcement has already revealed Code Black’s main cast. Junya Enoki will be playing Red Blood Cell, Yoko Hikasa will be voicing White Blood Cell, and Kenjiro Tsuda will be narrating the anime.

Code Black will be directed by Hideyo Yamamoto (Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka), with Hayashi Mori (The Snack World) supervising and writing the scripts. Character design will be done by Eiji Abiko (Last Hope) with Yuugo Kanno (Psycho-Pass) composing the music.

Cells at Work! Code Black is a separate work from the Cells at Work! season 2 series. Code Black is set for a January 2021 premiere, at the same time as the Cells at Work! season 2.

Written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu, Cells at Work! was first serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Sirius in 2015. It features the anthromorphized cells of the human body, with the story mostly told from the perspective of a clumsy but lovable Red Blood Cell along with her reliable friend Neutrophil, who almost always ends up saving her from pathogens. The series depicts their daily activities and respective responsibilities as cells in the human body.

The manga series has already received several spinoff mangas, such as Hataraku Saikin (Bacteria at Work), Hatarakanai Saibou (Cells That Don’t Work), Hataraku Saibou BLACK (Cells at Work! Black), Hataraku Saibou Friend, Hataraku Kesshouban-chan (Platelets at Work), and the latest, Hataraku Saibou Lady (Cells at Work! Lady). Cells at Work: BLACK, the basis for this anime series, is a spinoff written by Shigemitsu Harada and Issei Hatsuyoshiya.

Source: Anime News Network