Cells at Work! (2018)

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This is a story about you. A tale about the inside of your body... According to a new study, the human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen-carrying red blood cells to the bacteria-fighting white blood cells, get to know the unsung heroes and the drama that unfolds inside of you! It's the oddly relatable and interesting story that is the life of cells!

Cells at Work!

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Tomoaki Maeno
Tomoaki Maeno
as White Blood Cell U-1146 (Neutrophil) (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Kana Hanazawa
as Red Blood Cell AE3803 (Erythrocyte) (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Mamiko Noto
as Narration (voice)
Kentaro Kumagai
Kentaro Kumagai
as White Blood Cell U-4989 (Neutrophil) (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Daisuke Ono
as Killer T Cell (voice) as Memory T Cell (voice)
Jun'ichi Yanagita
Jun'ichi Yanagita
as White Blood Cell U-2626 (Neutrophil) (voice) as Red Blood Cell 3 (voice) as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice) as Announcement 2 (voice) as Announcement (voice) as Gastrointestinal Cell (voice) as Sympathetic Nerve Cell Captain (voice) as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice)
Maria Naganawa
Maria Naganawa
as Platelet 'Leader' (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue
as Macrophage (voice) as Macrophage / Monocyte (voice)
Akinori Egoshi
Akinori Egoshi
as White Blood Cell U-2001 (Neutrophil) (voice) as Sweat Gland Cell Captain (voice) as Regulatory T Cell 1 (voice) as Nerve Cell (voice) as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice) as Naive T Cell 4 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 3 (voice)
Juri Kimura
Juri Kimura
as Announcement (voice) as Red Blood Cell 3 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 10 (voice) as Hematopoietic Stem Cell 1 (voice) as Announcement 1 (voice) as Regulatory T Cell 2 (voice) as Macrophage 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice)
Aya Endo
Aya Endo
as Senior Red Blood Cell AA5100 (voice)
Kensuke Sato
Kensuke Sato
as White Blood Cell U-2048 (Neutrophil) (voice)
Gakuto Kajiwara
Gakuto Kajiwara
as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice) as Gastrointestinal Cell (voice) as Killer T Cell 1 (voice) as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 5 (voice) as Naive T Cell 2 (voice) as Killer T Cell 2 (voice)
Manaka Iwami
Manaka Iwami
as Platelet 'Backwards Cap' (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Takahiro Sakurai
as Helper T Cell (voice)
Akira Ishida
Akira Ishida
as Cancer Cell (voice) as Ordinary Cell (voice)
Shoya Chiba
Shoya Chiba
as B Cell (voice)
Anzu Haruno
Anzu Haruno
as Platelet 'Sub-leader' (voice) as Red Blood Cell 4 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 3 (voice)
Chitose Morinaga
Chitose Morinaga
as Platelet 'Kyoro-eyes' (voice) as Red Blood Cell 4 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 9 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice) as Hematopoietic Stem Cell 2 (voice)
Toa Yukinari
Toa Yukinari
as NK Cell (voice)
Saori Hayami
Saori Hayami
as Regulatory T Cell (voice) as Regulatory T Cell / Immature Thymocyte (voice)
Yuka Nukui
Yuka Nukui
as Macrophage 1 (voice) as Sweat Gland Cell 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice) as Macrophage 2 (voice)
Hiroki Maeda
Hiroki Maeda
as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice) as Venous Valve Cell (voice) as Cancer Cell 3 (voice) as Ordinary Cell 3 (voice) as Ordinary Cell 4 (voice)
Ryota Suzuki
Ryota Suzuki
as Killer T Cell 3 (voice) as White Blood Cell 1 (Neutrophil) (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice) as Killer T Cell 1 (voice) as Killer T Cell 2 (voice) as Naive T Cell 3 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 7 (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Jun Fukushima
as Bacterium (voice) as Mumps Virus (voice) as Helicobacter Pylori (voice)
Taito Ban
Taito Ban
as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice) as Intestinal Epithelial Cell (voice) as Cancer Cell 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice)
Jun Kasama
Jun Kasama
as Secretory Cell Captain (voice) as Red Blood Cell 4 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 8 (voice) as Pneumococcus 1 (Streptococcus Pneumoniae) (voice) as Thymic Epithelial Cell 1 (voice)
Chiaki Kobayashi
Chiaki Kobayashi
as Ordinary Cell 2 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 3 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice)
Yui Ishikawa
Yui Ishikawa
as Junior Red Blood Cell NT4201 (voice)
Yusuke Kobayashi
Yusuke Kobayashi
as Ordinary Cell (voice)
Yu-ri Yoshida
Yu-ri Yoshida
as Black Lactic Acid Bacterium (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Nobuhiko Okamoto
as Dendritic Cell (voice)
Mēmu Tachibana
Mēmu Tachibana
as Platelet 'Sotohane-hair' (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
Mao Ichimichi
as Eosinophil (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Ayako Kawasumi
as Mast Cell (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Yuichi Nakamura
as Memory Cell (voice)
Riki Kitazawa
Riki Kitazawa
as Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (voice) as Bacterium (voice)
Rikuya Yasuda
Rikuya Yasuda
as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice) as Ordinary Cell 2 (voice) as White Blood Cell 1 (Neutrophil) (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Hiroyuki Yoshino
as Pneumococcus (Streptococcus Pneumoniae) (voice)
Daiki Kobayashi
Daiki Kobayashi
as Campylobacter (voice)
Rie Takahashi
Rie Takahashi
as Red Lactic Acid Bacterium (voice)
Eiji Takemoto
Eiji Takemoto
as Intestinal Epithelial Cell (voice)
Shinji Kawada
Shinji Kawada
as Goblet Cell (voice)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
as Harmful Bacterium 1 (voice)
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Yasuhiro Mamiya
as Harmful Bacterium 2 (voice)
Hikaru Akao
Hikaru Akao
as Platelet 2 (voice) as Platelet 5 (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Mai Nakahara
as Staphylococcus Aureus (voice)
Masaya Matsukaze
Masaya Matsukaze
as Streptococcus Pyogenes (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita
as Basophil (voice)
Gen Sato
Gen Sato
as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice)
Mariko Higashiuchi
Mariko Higashiuchi
as Immature Thymocyte 1 (voice) as Regulatory T Cell 3 (voice)
Sho Nogami
Sho Nogami
as Ordinary Cell 2 (voice) as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice)
Shota Yamamoto
Shota Yamamoto
as Killer T Cell 1 (voice) as Killer T Cell 2 (voice)
Shuichi Uchida
Shuichi Uchida
as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice) as Small Intestine Cell 1 (voice)
Takayuki Kondo
Takayuki Kondo
as Transfused Red Blood Cell DB5963 (voice)
Aya Yamane
Aya Yamane
as Platelet 2 (voice) as Large Intestine Cell 1 (voice)
Natsumi Fujiwara
Natsumi Fujiwara
as Panda Lactic Acid Bacterium (voice)
Yurika Kubo
Yurika Kubo
as Dappled Lactic Acid Bacterium (voice)
Kousuke Oonishi
Kousuke Oonishi
as Intestinal Epithelial Cell 1 (voice)
Daiki Hamano
Daiki Hamano
as Red Blood Cell 4 (voice)
Mutsumi Tamura
Mutsumi Tamura
as Naive T Cell (voice)
Kenji Nomura
Kenji Nomura
as Effector T Cell (voice)
Ryota Takeuchi
Ryota Takeuchi
as Memory T Cell (voice)
Kohei Amasaki
Kohei Amasaki
as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice)
Itaru Yamamoto
Itaru Yamamoto
as Vibrio Parahaemolyticus (voice)
Teppei Uenishi
Teppei Uenishi
as Ordinary Cell 3 (voice)
Taichi Ichikawa
Taichi Ichikawa
as Ordinary Cell 5 (voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Kazuyuki Okitsu
as Cedar Pollen (voice)
Tomo Muranaka
Tomo Muranaka
as White Blood Cell U-1146 (Myelocyte) (voice)
Satoshi Hino
Satoshi Hino
as White Blood Cell Teacher 'Mr. Neutrophil' (voice)
Yu Sasahara
Yu Sasahara
as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice)
Ikumi Hasegawa
Ikumi Hasegawa
as Hematopoietic Stem Cell 3 (voice)
Asuna Tomari
Asuna Tomari
as Erythroblast (voice)
Ayaka Suwa
Ayaka Suwa
as Immature Cancer Cell 1 (voice)
Yuna Yoshino
Yuna Yoshino
as Immature Cancer Cell 2 (voice)
Kaito Takeda
Kaito Takeda
as Cancer Cell 2 (voice)
Aoi Ichikawa
Aoi Ichikawa
as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice)
Shizuka Ishigami
Shizuka Ishigami
as 'Circulation' the PSA Mascot (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
Mikako Komatsu
as Immature Thymocyte 2 (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Rikiya Koyama
as Thymic Epithelial Drill Sergeant (voice)
Yuuki Shin
Yuuki Shin
as Naive T Cell 1 (voice)
Yu Akiba
Yu Akiba
as Naive T Cell 5 (voice)
Masaya Fukunishi
Masaya Fukunishi
as Naive T Cell 6 (voice)
Makoto Koichi
Makoto Koichi
as Immature Thymocyte 3 (voice)
Natsumi Kawaida
Natsumi Kawaida
as Immature Thymocyte 4 (voice)
Aimi Tanaka
Aimi Tanaka
as Immature Thymocyte 5 (voice)
Daiki Kajimoto
Daiki Kajimoto
as Red Blood Cell 6 (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Kohsuke Toriumi
as Bacillus Cereus (voice)
Hironori Saitoh
Hironori Saitoh
as Transfused Red Blood Cell 2 (voice)
Naoko Komatsu
Naoko Komatsu
as Transfused Red Blood Cell 3 (voice)
Yuhko Kaida
Yuhko Kaida
as Megakaryocyte (voice)
Satomi Amano
Satomi Amano
as Platelet 1 (voice)
Nao Shiraki
Nao Shiraki
as Platelet 3 (voice)
Emiri Suyama
Emiri Suyama
as Platelet 4 (voice)
Saya Tanaka
Saya Tanaka
as Platelet 5 (voice)
Hitomi Sekine
Hitomi Sekine
as Platelet 6 (voice)
Masamu Ono
Masamu Ono
as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi
Yumiko Kobayashi
as 'Lovely' Bacterium (voice)
Show Hayami
Show Hayami
as M Cell (voice)
Hinata Tadokoro
Hinata Tadokoro
as White Blood Cell 1 (Neutrophil) (voice)
Yu Okano
Yu Okano
as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice)
Tasuku Kida
Tasuku Kida
as Ordinary Cell 2 (voice)
Hitomi Sasaki
Hitomi Sasaki
as Macrophage 1 (voice)
Yuya Hirose
Yuya Hirose
as Red Blood Cell 1 (voice)
Hayato Komiya
Hayato Komiya
as Red Blood Cell 2 (voice)
Atsushi Tamaru
Atsushi Tamaru
as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice)
Ryota Iwasaki
Ryota Iwasaki
as Ordinary Cell 3 (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
Motomu Kiyokawa
as Langerhans Cell (voice)
Miyuri Shimabukuro
Miyuri Shimabukuro
as Hair Matrix Cell Boy (voice)
Mugihito
Mugihito
as Hair Matrix Cell Elder (voice)
Rie Kawamura
Rie Kawamura
as Pigment Cell (voice)
Shin Matsushige
Shin Matsushige
as Acne Bacteria King (voice)
Daichi Hayashi
Daichi Hayashi
as Acne Bacterium 1 (voice)
Yoshihito Sasaki
Yoshihito Sasaki
as Killer T Cell 1 (voice)
Kouichi Souma
Kouichi Souma
as Small Intestine Cell Chief (voice)
Atsushi Taniguchi
Atsushi Taniguchi
as Small Intestine Cell 2 (voice)
Eri Yukimura
Eri Yukimura
as Macrophage 2 (voice)
Yudai Mino
Yudai Mino
as Ordinary Cell 1 (voice)
Yuki Otani
Yuki Otani
as Ordinary Cell 2 (voice)
Hayato Kimura
Hayato Kimura
as Ordinary Cell 3 (voice)
Shinei Ueki
Shinei Ueki
as Influenza Virus (voice)
Shoya Ishige
Shoya Ishige
as Killer T Cell 4 (voice)
Shogo Sakata
Shogo Sakata
as Large Intestine Cell 2 (voice)
Reigo Yamaguchi
Reigo Yamaguchi
as Thymocyte 1 (voice)
Satoshi Nozawa
Satoshi Nozawa
as Thymocyte 2 (voice)
Yukari Tamura
Yukari Tamura
as Opportunistic Bacterium 1 (voice)
Fairouz Ai
Fairouz Ai
as Opportunistic Bacterium 2 (voice)
Takehiro Jizodo
Takehiro Jizodo
as Opportunistic Bacterium 3 (voice)
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Seasons

Season 1

Cells at Work!

Season 2

Cells at Work!!

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    The common cold

  • 0x2

    Special 1 - petit quiz

  • 0x3

    Special 2 - macrophage's room

  • 0x4

    Special 3 - killer t cell's drill

  • 0x5

    Special 4 - commander's melancholy

  • 0x6

    Special 5 - at work

  • 0x7

    Hyperthermia - what if there is pocari sweat

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Pneumococcus

  • 1x2

    Scrape wound

  • 1x3

    Influenza

  • 1x4

    Food poisoning

  • 1x5

    Cedar pollen allergy

  • 1x6

    Erythroblasts and myelocytes

  • 1x7

    Cancer cells

  • 1x8

    Blood circulation

  • 1x9

    Thymocytes

  • 1x10

    Staphylococcus aureus

  • 1x11

    Heat stroke

  • 1x12

    Hemorrhagic shock part 1

  • 1x13

    Hemorrhagic shock part 2

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Bump

  • 2x2

    Acquired immunity/peyer's patch

  • 2x3

    Dengue fever/acne

  • 2x4

    H. pylori/antigenic shift

  • 2x5

    Cytokines

  • 2x6

    Harmful bacteria

  • 2x7

    Cancer cell ii (part i)

  • 2x8

    Cancer cell ii (part ii)

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