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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Hataraku Saibou!! / Cells at Work!!
Official name：はたらく細胞!!
Chinese name：工作细胞！！
Other names：はたらく细胞第2期 / 工作细胞第二季
Premiered：January 9, 2021
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Science fiction / Seek novelty / Combat / Source manga
Original author：清水茜
Director：小倉宏文
Scenario：柿原優子
Storyboard：小倉宏文 / 三室健太 / 上野壮大 / 青柳宏宜 / 藤本ジ朗
Co-director：小倉宏文 / 上野壮大 / 青柳宏宜 / 千葉大輔 / 江副仁美
Studios：David Production
Producers：david production / Aniplex / 講談社 / 三宅将典 / 金子義雄
Copyright：© 清水茜 / 講談社・アニプレックス・davidproduction
Family：Hataraku Saibou
Official website：http://hataraku-saibou.com/
Rating：12+

Hataraku Saibou!!

Set inside the human body, Cells at Work!!

chronicles the life and times of everything from the oxygen-carrying Red Blood Cells, to the bacteria-fighting White Blood Cells.

And, of course, the dangerous viruses and villains lurking beneath the skin!

Note: The episodes were streamed ahead of the Japanese broadcast on FUNimation USA and affiliated streaming services (Wakanim, AnimeLab). The regular TV broadcast started on January 9.

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Jan 9, 2021

EP1 - Bump

One day, while White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) is busy exterminating germs, he meets Backward Cap, a Platelet who wears her cap backwards. She is secretly training to become a stronger Platelet. However, a huge rumbling noise suddenly echoes inside of the body followed by violent shaking.
Jan 16, 2021

EP2 - Acquired Immunity/Peyer's Patch

Memory Cell sees a dream where the arrival of messengers from the outside signal the end of this world... As if his dream became reality, unidentified enemies enter the body! Does Memory Cell not only have the power to remember the past, but also predict the future now? Will this world be ruined as Memory Cell predicts?
Jan 23, 2021

EP3 - Dengue Fever/Acne

Toxic reaction found on the epidermis! Mast Cell does her job according to the manual, but complaints pour in from other cells that are annoyed by her actions. Mast Cell loses her cool and unleashes her rage... An incident occurs where an unknown entity breaks through a blood vessel and the blood cells get sucked away!
Jan 30, 2021

EP4 - H. Pylori/Antigenic Shift

An incident has occurred in the body! The Immune Cells rush to the scene and fight the cells infected by a virus. An Ordinary Cell observes this everyday scene with a bored look on his face and says to himself, I want to heroically save somebody and have them say to me, 'Thank you for helping me.' A group of mysterious bacteria appear in front of the Ordinary Cell and...
Feb 6, 2021

EP5 - Cytokines

Ordinary Cell heads to the intestines with White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) to reunite the lactic acid bacteria with their friends, but they get separated from one of the bacteria on the way there. Ordinary Cell desperately searches for the lactic acid bacterium but is attacked by cells infected by a new virus!
Feb 13, 2021

EP6 - Harmful Bacteria

The antibody information of a cell has leaked. There is tension in the air after NK Cell makes a comment to White Blood Cell (Neutrophil). The journey to reunite the lactic acid bacteria with their friends takes the group to the large intestine. In the intestine, which has been irritated due to toxic gas being released by harmful bacteria, the group meets up with Memory T Cell who was formerly known as Killer T Cell.
Feb 20, 2021

EP7 - Cancer Cell II (Part I)

The most formidable foe has returned... Cancer Cell has reappeared, and harmful bacteria are wreaking havoc in the intestinal environment. With the body being in unprecedented danger, White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) and his comrades fight a bloody war to protect the future of the world they live in.
Feb 27, 2021

EP8 - Cancer Cell II (Part II)

Stop it, Cancer Cell! White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) and his comrades confront Cancer Cell, but Regulatory T Cell obstructs their fight against the enemy! Meanwhile, Ordinary Cell, who had risked his life to save lactic acid bacteria, finds himself in the clutches of harmful bacteria! What fate awaits this world and the cells that live in it?