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Cells at Work!

★ 7.5 4K votes 2018–2021 2 seasons · 22 episodes Ended Gunma TV
Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 7/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Mamiko NotoTomoaki MaenoKana HanazawaKaren StrassmanDorah FineKentarô Kumagai
Starring
Mamiko NotoTomoaki MaenoKana HanazawaKaren StrassmanDorah FineKentarô Kumagai
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About

"Biology class reimagined as anime warfare"

Inside a human body, trillions of cells go about their jobs, and this anime follows a bumbling young red blood cell learning her delivery route while a stern white blood cell battles off invading germs and viruses. Each episode turns a biology-class concept into a mini action-adventure, mixing genuine educational detail with slapstick comedy and surprisingly intense fight scenes against bacteria, allergens, and cancer cells. It's bright, fast-paced, and oddly moving in places, aimed at all ages but especially satisfying if you like your entertainment to sneak in real science lessons.

Watch it for

the clever way it turns immune-system biology into genuinely thrilling anime action.

Maybe skip if

you want deep character arcs rather than episodic body-based adventures.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Cells at Work!2018
7.82K144h 59m
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 Sekkekkyuu AE3803 is ready to take on the ever-so-important task of transporting oxygen. As usual, Hakkekkyuu 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.
Cells at Work!!2021
7.3690823m
The cells of the human body never rest for too long; there's always something new to do and learn every day. At least, that's what Hakkekkyuu U-1146 feels as he rushes to and fro, searching for any pathogens that could cause harm to the body. Despite his dangerous line of work, it's all worth it to protect the happy smiles of Sekkekkyuu AE3803, the platelet crew, his fellow neutrophils, and the other cells he meets along the way.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Mamiko Noto Narration, Narrator
Tomoaki Maeno White Blood Cell (Neutrophil)
Kana Hanazawa Red Blood Cell, Red Blood Cell (Erythrocite)
Karen Strassman Narrator
Dorah Fine Additional Voices
Kentarô Kumagai White Blood Cell (4989), White Blood Cell (Neutrophil 4989)
Junichi Yanagita White Blood Cell (2626), White Blood Cell (Neutrophil 2626), Red Blood Cell 3
Khoi Dao Cancer Cell, Cancer Cells
Kikuko Inoue Macrophage, Monocyte
Maria Naganawa Platelet, Leader Platelet

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