TV anime "Hataraku Cell BLACK" to air one-hour special on January 18 (Mon.)!

A one-hour special broadcast of the TV anime "Hataraku Cell BLACK," which has been airing since January 9 (Sat.), is scheduled. A special visual for the special broadcast has also been released.

Hataraku Cyte BLACK" (serialized in Kodansha's "Morning") is a spin-off of the popular comic "Hataraku Cyte. The story depicts the hard labor of cells working in a body whose internal environment has been turned BLACK due to stress and a combination of inactivity such as "drinking," "smoking," and "lack of sleep.
The TV anime "Hataraku Cells" aired in 2018, and the second season "Hataraku Cells!" will begin on January 9, 2021 (Saturday) for one consecutive hour. The second season "Hataraku Cell BLACK" began airing on January 9, 2021 (Saturday).

⇒The first PV of TV anime "Hataraku Cell BLACK" is released! Additional casts announced and comments released!

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The one-hour special broadcast of "Hataraku Cell BLACK" has been decided. Episode 3 "Excitement, Expansion, Emptiness. and episode 4 "Frontline, Gonorrhea, Conflict. The special one-hour broadcast will include the regular broadcast episode 2, "Liver," "Gonorrhea," and "Conflicts. After the regular broadcast of episode 2, "Liver, Alcohol, Pride The special will be broadcast sequentially on TOKYO MX and other stations from 25:40 on January 18 (Mon.), after the regular broadcast.

Broadcast information of the one-hour special
TOKYO MX: 1/18 (Mon.) from 25:40
Tochigi TV: 1/22 (Fri.) from 25:30
Gunma TV: 1/22 (Fri.) 25:30～
BS11: 1/18 (Mon.) 26:00～
MBS: 1/18 (Mon.) 27:10～
TV Aichi: 1/25 (Mon.) 27:00-
Hokkaido Broadcasting System: 1/19 (Tue.) 25:55～
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting System: 1/19 (Tue) 25:55～
AT-X: 1/22 (Fri.) 18:00 -
　Repeat broadcast: 1/26 (Tue.) 6:00~ / 1/28 (Thu.) 13:00~ (JST)
　Broadcast dates and times are subject to change due to scheduling conflicts and other reasons.

One-hour special broadcast content
Episode 3 "Excitement, Expansion, Emptiness
Episode 4 "Frontline, Gonorrhea, Conflict.

One Hour Special

The red blood cells are the blood vessels of the spongiosa.

The red blood cells are on a mission to fill the corpus cavernosum with blood and make it erect. The erythrocytes (AA2153) are motivated by the prospect of being part of the "birth of new life. However, after overcoming various hardships, the exhausted cells are confronted by a deadly enemy, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which boasts an astonishingly high proliferation speed. The white blood cells (neutrophils) that rushed to the scene confronted the overwhelming number of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. A desperate battle for the body (the world) now begins.

Note that the second episode "Liver, Alcohol, Pride. will be broadcast as a regular episode.

Special Visual

Work Information
TV animation "Hataraku Cell BLACK

＜Broadcast Information
As part of the "Hataraku Cell Hour," the TV anime "Hataraku Cell! and "Hataraku Cell BLACK" are being broadcast for one consecutive hour as "Hataraku Cell Hour".

TOKYO MX: Every Saturday from 24:00~ starting January 9 (Sat.)
Tochigi TV: Every Saturday from 24:00 on January 9 (Sat.)
Gunma TV: 24:00 every Saturday from January 9 (Sat.)
BS11: 24:00 every Saturday from January 9 (Sat.)
MBS: From Saturday, January 9, every Saturday at 27:08
TV Aichi: Tuesdays at 27:05 from 1/12 (Tue.)
Hokkaido Broadcasting System: Every Sunday from 1/10 (Sun.) at 25:55
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting System: From 1/10 (Sun.) every Sunday at 25:50
AT-X: Every Sunday from 1/10 (Sun.) from 21:30
　Repeat broadcast: Every (Wed.) 29:00 / Every (Sun.) 6:30

<Introduction
A newbie red blood cell carries oxygen around his body every day.
However, the work environment at his workplace (in the world) is thoroughly black!
Drinking, smoking, stress, lack of sleep...... in a world that is a general trading company of ill health,
What do the cells think after overwork?

This is the story of your body.

<Staff>.
Original story by Shigemitsu Harada, Issei Hatsukaya, Akane Shimizu (serialized in Kodansha's "Morning")
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Series Composition/Screenplay by Hayashi Mori
Character Design: Eiji Yasuhiko
Mechanical Design Yoshihiro Ujiie
Action Effects Animation Director Tomohiro Kamiya
Art Director Masahiro Sato, Chiaki Tsukahara
Assistant Art Director Mayuka Ota
Color Designer Ryoko Oka
3DCGI Director Kazuaki Hara (Asahi Productions)
Director of Photography Junpei Takatsu
Assistant Director of Photography Mami Takamura
Editing Mai Hasegawa
Sound Director Ryo Tanaka
Sound Effects Masami Kitakata
Music by Yugo Kanno
Music Production Aniplex
Animation Production: Raiden Film

＜Cast
Red Blood Cell: Junya Enoki
Red blood cell: KENN
White blood cell(Neutrophil) : Yoko Hikasa
White Blood Cell(Neutrophil) : Lynn
White blood cell(Neutrophil) : Yumi Uchiyama
Primary cell : Takashi Narumi
Platelet : Yurika Kubo
Narration: Kenjiro Tsuda

Original story information
Hataraku Cell BLACK
Currently serialized in "Morning" (Kodansha)!
Comics volume 1 to volume 6 are now on sale.
Volume 7 will be released on September 23, 2020!

(C) Shigemitsu Harada, Issei Hatsukaya, Akane Shimizu / Kodansha
(C) Shigemitsu Harada, Issei Hatsukaya, Akane Shimizu / Kodansha, CODE BLACK PROJECT