Cells at Work!

Cells at Work!
A woman in red holds a package, standing next to a man clad in white clothes with bloodstains
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Red Blood Cell AE3803 and White Blood Cell U-1146
はたらく細胞
(Hataraku Saibō)
Genre
Manga
Written byAkane Shimizu
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 26, 2015January 26, 2021
Volumes6
Further information
Manga
Cells at Work!: Bacteria!
Written byHaruyuki Yoshida
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runApril 3, 2017July 3, 2020
Volumes7
Manga
Cells NOT at Work!
Written byMoe Sugimoto
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 26, 2017November 26, 2021
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Kenichi Suzuki (S1)
  • Hirofumi Ogura (S2)
Produced byYuma Takahashi
Written by
  • Yūko Kakihara
  • Kenichi Suzuki
Music by
StudioDavid Production
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, ytv, BS11, MBS, TV Aichi, HBC, RKB
English network
Original run July 8, 2018 February 27, 2021
Episodes21 + Special
Light novel
Written byYui Tokiumi
Illustrated byAkane Shimizu
Published byKodansha
DemographicMale
PublishedJuly 12, 2018
Manga
Cells at Work and Friends!
Written byKanna Kurono
Illustrated byMio Izumi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineBessatsu Friend
DemographicShōjo
Original runJanuary 12, 2019April 13, 2021
Volumes6
Manga
Cells at Work!: Platelets!
Written byYuuko Kakihara
Illustrated byYasu
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 25, 2019April 26, 2021
Volumes4
Manga
Cells at Work!: Baby!
Written byYasuhiro Fukuda
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 17, 2019October 7, 2021
Volumes4
Manga
Cells at Work!: Lady!
Written byShigemitsu Harada
Illustrated byAkari Otokawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMorning Two
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 22, 2020September 26, 2022
Volumes5
Anime film
"Hataraku Saibō!!" Saikyō no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa "Chō" Ōsawagi!
Directed byHirofumi Ogura
Written byYūko Kakihara
Music by
  • Kenichiro Suehiro
  • Mayuko
StudioDavid Production
Licensed by
  • SA/SEA: Muse Communication
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2020 (2020-09-05)
Runtime112 minutes
Manga
Cells at Work!: White Brigade
Written byTetsuji Kanie
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 26, 2020July 26, 2022
Volumes4
Manga
Cells at Work!: Neo Bacteria
Written byHaruyuki Yoshida
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
Magazine
  • Nakayoshi
  • Palcy
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 28, 2020February 22, 2021
Volumes1
Manga
Cells at Work!: Illegal
Written byKae Hashimoto
Published byKodansha
MagazineYanMaga Web
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 1, 2022July 18, 2023
Volumes4
Manga
Cells at Work!: Muscle
Written byYū Maeda
Published byKodansha
MagazineMorning Two
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 16, 2023 – present
Volumes2
Manga
Cells at Work!: Cat
Written byChoco Aozora
Illustrated byMeku Kaire
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 25, 2023 – present
Volumes1
Manga
Cells at Work!: Medicine
Written byKoma Warita
Illustrated byRyō Kuji
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sirius
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 25, 2023 – present
Volumes1
Live-action film
Directed byHideki Takeuchi
Written byYuichi Tokunaga
Music byFace 2 Fake
StudioWarner Bros. Japan
ReleasedDecember 2024 (2024-12)
Other

Cells at Work! (Japanese: はたらく細胞, Hepburn: Hataraku Saibō) 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 white blood cell she frequently encounters. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius from January 2015 to January 2021. It is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. A spin-off manga series, Cells at Work! Code Black, was published from 2018 to 2021.

The series has been adapted into an anime television series by David Production, with two seasons broadcast from July 2018 to February 2021, totaling 21 episodes. A theatrical anime titled "Hataraku Saibō!!" Saikyō no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa "Chō" Ōsawagi! premiered in September 2020.

  1. ^ Fobian, Peter. "I Asked a Med Student What He Thought About Cells at Work!". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Moody, Allen. "Cells At Work! (Season 1)". THEM Anime Reviews. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.

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