Hataraku Saibou!!


Cells at Work!!

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Synonyms: Cells at Work! 2nd Season, Hataraku Saibou 2nd Season
Japanese: はたらく細胞!!
English: Cells at Work!!
German: Cells at Work!
Spanish: Cells at Work!
French: Les Brigades immunitaires
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Type: TV
Episodes: 8
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 9, 2021 to Feb 27, 2021
Premiered: Winter 2021
Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:30 (JST)
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: David Production
Source: Manga
Genre: ComedyComedy
Themes: AnthropomorphicAnthropomorphic, EducationalEducational, MedicalMedical
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.361 (scored by 9618796,187 users)
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Ranked: #24822
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Popularity: #891
Members: 271,870
Favorites: 585

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Preliminary Spoiler
Feb 25, 2021
Mixed Feelings
TLDR: if you liked the first season - you will most likely like this one. If you did not - don't waste time.

Story: basically it is more of the same stuff, out cells doing their work and overcoming different situations. It is really nothing much to speak about, considering this season is only 2/3 of a normal season in length.
Art, sound: the same as S1, solid but nothing stellar.
Characters: once again, more of the same. Most of the characters were already established in the first season (or at least had episodical role), so you know what to expect. No real character progression if by ...
Feb 25, 2021
I feel like this show needs no introduction for the myriad of you who've watched Season 1 way back in 2018. The TL;DR is this: our favorite body cells are back at it again, resuscitating a healthy body from many of the immune diseases as inspired and suffering from real life, but giving it the anime flare and feel that's basically one and the same from Season 1.

The only reason why we have a Season 2 in times like now, is because the spin-off (which is Hataraku Saibou Black, or Cells at Work: Code Black) is chosen to air in Winter 2021, so both mangaka ...
Feb 25, 2021
There are a few episodes that sync up with Code Black, which aired at the same time. For example, both shows may talk about hair or something. So that might be more fun for you to watch both simultaneously.

Too many corners are cut in the animation department. CGI red blood cells walking around.
Educational value is decent except for the last two episodes which is nothing but action scenes and a bacteria that wears a fox fursuit.

Two episodes with platelets and a few more with the lactic acid bacteria. So you won't completely waste your time watching this, but you can tell they're trying ...
Jan 28, 2021
Preliminary (4/8 eps)
We're not getting JUST Cells at work this season, it feels like we've gotten double the fun. When it comes to season two, and Black. Which can only mean double the interest and fun when it comes to this show in general.

Story and characters:
Cells s2 kicks off right where we left off really, with another problem for the body that we're in, following it's usual formula which made it great the first time round, and it's doing it so good this time round as well, as much as we're used to. The lovable characters within the show make the story of dealing with usual body ...
Feb 25, 2021
Season 2 is out and does it still hold up to season 1?
Short awnser:"Yes, yes it does". Its still kinda surprising how many people havent talked about this anime, like I know that Aot and JJK are airing but I did expect a bit more popularity but that doesnt really matter, because I like underated shows, so lets talk about the anime....

I am going to talk about season 1 and 2
"This review is spoiler-free"

Story-

The story is verry simple but verry compelling and fun to watch. It is a story about 2 bloodcells doing their work and talking to eachother and always have fun with eachother. ...
Feb 25, 2021
Mixed Feelings
This was a pretty disappointing ride in my honest opinion.
It is still good but it's not on par with the first season.
The characters are just 'there', existing without any development at all. The new character, the cell boi. get a little development so I give it points. Though I did not like him at all.
The story is original, but it's average. The setting is unique, but the plot itself is something we've seen every time. There's nothing into it that I would remember in a long time.
The animation is not impressive, especially coming from David Production. They used CGI a lot and it's jarring ...
Feb 25, 2021
Although I really liked the first season of Hataraku Saibou, I never really expected the second season to be able to top it. Surprisingly enough, it did.

I'm not sure if it was the comedy or the story moving forward that made me enjoy this more than the first season. This one felt much more relaxing and nice to watch and that could be because of the contrast between it and black. The stories about childhood embarassing pics, the cute helpful bacterium and the end of the whole cancer cells arc. The whole thing was wholesome and cute which in turn made me want to ...
Feb 26, 2021
Hataraku Saibou S2 is a mediocre followup to the surprise hit that was the first Hataraku Saibou. Even as a fan of the first season I didn't find myself liking much of S2's content as much as I did with the first season.

I chalk most of this due to a lack of focus with its topics and plot. While the first season followed an inexperienced worker around her first day at work, having the benefit of the audience resonating with her journey of discovery throughout the human body, the second season is a lot more unfocused and scatterbrained. For the most part, you follow ...
Apr 6, 2021
The anime does not get to innovate so much in comparison to the first season. It reinforces again the importance of being healthy with the constant difficulties faced by our body.

As I didn't write anything about the first season, I will describe more clearly my idea of ​​both seasons. It injects the “animated japonizing ray” into our body to talk about this more biological and preventive topic. This is an obvious idea, but not a simple one. I see no problem with some of the more common choices that anime makes. For example, the character design of the characters, which is more generic, their personalities ...
Feb 28, 2021
So, aside for my love for anime, i watched it for the science. And honestly, this time i was kinda disappointed.

Don't get me wrong, if you enjoyed the first season, you'll still enjoy this one. The anime is great i guess I'm just nitpicking. The thing is, I loved the simple way the topics wee explained in the first season, but this season, it seemed like more drama, less science to me. I also felt like that the science was more difficult to understand than last time, although it could just be because the topics they handled this time were slightly more complicated.

All in all, ...
Feb 25, 2021
Well if you enjoyed season 1 then I'm assuming this is the reason why you're around here watching season 2. It isn't any real difference from season 1 to 2 as they are just a bunch of different events happening as you know, it's the human body and who knows what we do on a regular bases to our body.

There isn't much difference beside mainly focusing more on White Blood Cell this season then it did in the first which focus more on our main girl. Yes she's still around, but I feel like the focus is less on her and her misadventure through ...
Mar 6, 2021
As someone who really enjoyed the first season of Cells At Work, I was looking forward to the second season. While on the short side, I enjoyed the second season just as much as the first.

Story: 7
The story is nothing special by itself. But what I like about the franchise in particular is the educational content it has to offer. I really enjoy biology and learning about the human body, and this cour of episodes gives us a whole new slew of medical scenarios to observe and learn from.

Art: 8
With David Production at the helm, the art looks just as crisp and great ...
Jun 4, 2021
Quick take: Cells at Work!! is clearly meant for a young crowd. It is an anime I look forward to sharing with my young child for it's educational aspect. If you liked CaW1, you'll enjoy CaW2.

Compared to the first part, I would say part two is nearly equivalent except that there seems to be more depth to each story and a a bit more over arching plot lines. Yet, when it comes to the storyline of this anime, it's all surface. In other words, what you see is what you get. There still isn't a ton of depth and very little to no ...
Feb 26, 2021
I think we’re really stretching what constitutes as a ‘season’ now. Like…it’s usually supposed to be 12 or 13 episodes. We’ve established this. This has nothing to do with how it impacts the quality or anything else with the storytelling, but rather a PSA on the fact that it seems like the definition of ‘season’ now is ‘whatever the showrunners want it to be’. I guess.

Story:

While I’m tempted replicate Mamiko Noto’s narration spiel about how the body has 37 trillion cells that all work hard to keep a human body alive, I’m instead going to just let everyone know that this season is essentially the ...
Apr 5, 2021
I'll be going over this series as a whole.

This is the type of show I usually stay away from. From what I gathered of the cringe fanservice of the platelets and the overall ridiculousness of the theme, it didn't seem very interesting.

Well, honestly, it's not that cringy. I only watched it off of recommendations, but overall, it's a pretty decent show. it showcases the human body in self sentient anthropomorphic cells, and it serves as a comedic but also sort of educational show. Yes, if you took college level courses, you're not going to learn anything. But, for an anime, this is quite a ...
Sep 14, 2021
Mixed Feelings
After reintroducing myself back to the Cells at Work series with Code Black, I thought I'd take a crack at watching the second season to the first one which I rather liked. And after watching, I can only think of one word to describe this season: Unnecessary.

Not BAD, but I feel like this season didn't need to be made. A lot of the same issues are being dealt with as in past episodes with little variation to be seen. "Bump" is very similar to "Scrape Wound" from the first season, and "Dengue Fever" and "Mumps" feel like derivatives of varying parts from "Cedar Pollen Allergy." ...
May 18, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Basically just more Cells at Work. The art isn't that notable aside from a few crappy scenes. The story kinda stinks especially when Normal Cell is the focus (The last 2 episodes are the highlights even though they padded that arc quite a bit). He is very bland (possibly with intention). What is also a shame is that Red Blood Cell is sidelined for most of the series. She just appears to exist in many episodes. The lactobacilli are not replacements of her even though they are really cute (potential merch?). If you don't like Season 1, I doubt this will change your mind on ...
Oct 19, 2022
This is my favorite anime. First of all, I would like to say a special thanks to the author of the story and the studio of this anime who has presented a very interesting anime.

Just like the previous season, this anime tells of the cells in the human body that are described as humans (to make it interesting) who struggle to eradicate and fight bacteria and viruses in the body. some viruses and bacteria that were not previously featured in this season. the most interesting is where there is a scene where the vaccine enters the body, which is closely related to the current pandemic ...