Cells at Work! Code Black

Cells at Work! CODE BLACK is a 2021 anime based on the manga series by Akane Shimizu that serves as a spinoff of Cells at Work!. It was serialized and published in Kodansha's Morning magazine from June 7, 2018 to January 21, 2021

The anime series was announced in April 2020. It was animated by Liden Films, directed by Hideyo Yamamoto, and it ran in Japan from January 10, 2021 to March 21, 2021, consisting of 13 episodes. Aniplex of America licensed the series, while Bang Zoom! Entertainment produced an English dub of the series, which premiered on Funimation's streaming service on March 11, 2021^[1]^[2]^[3].

Synopsis

A rookie Red Blood Cell has been bustling about, frantically making oxygen deliveries all around the body! But it turns out that his workplace is on the brink of going Code Black!!

Drinking, smoking, stress, sleep deprivation… Struggling to survive a life not unlike the brutal corporate world, what must these overworked cells be thinking at the end of the day?

This is a tale about the inside of your body…

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Red Blood Cell (AA2153)	Junya Enoki	Kyle McCarley
	White Blood Cell (1196) (Neutrophil)	Yōko Hikasa	Allegra Clark
Cells
	Gastric Chief Cell	Takashi Narumi	John Eric Bentley
	Brain Cell (Commander)	Daisuke Hirakawa	J. Michael Tatum
	Hepatocyte	Sarah Emi Bridcutt	Lauren Landa
	Killer T Cell	Teruyuki Tanzawa	Jamieson Price
	Helper T Cell	Kentarō Itō	Andrew Russell
White Blood Cells
	White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) (8787)	Lynn	Lizzie Freeman
	White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) (1212)	Yumi Uchiyama	Tiana Camacho
	White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) (Commander)	Atsuko Tanaka	Rachel Robinson
	White Blood Cell (Neutrophil) (Captain)	Shizuka Itō	Wendee Lee
Red Blood Cells
	Red Blood Cell (AC1677)	Kenn	Jon Allen
	Red Blood Cell (7599)	Jun Yokoyama	Bill Butts
	Red Blood Cell (NC8429)	Taku Yashiro	Zach Aguilar
	Red Blood Cell (AD6614)	Yūki Sanpei	Patrick Seitz
Recurring Characters
	Platelet	Yurika Kubo	Lizzie Freeman
	Macrophage	Hekiru Shiina	Suzie Yeung
	Purple-Haired Red Blood Cell (Taku)	Yūji Murai	Daman Mills
	Sertoli Cell	Riho Sugiyama	Dawn M. Bennett
	Glomerulus Cell	Yukiko Aruga	Kimberly Woods
	Glomerulus Cell 2	Yukiko Aruga	Barbara Goodson
	Ordinary Cell	Hitomi Sakurai	Wendee Lee
	Ordinary Cell 2	Aya Endō	Lauren Landa
Others
	Narrator	Kenjirō Tsuda	Jason Marnocha

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Red Blood Cell (4141)	Kōichi Sōma	¿?	2
Liver Cell	Rena Maeda	¿?
Mucosa Cell	Hironori Saitō	¿?
Gonococcus	Shinya Takahashi	¿?	4
Dendritic Cell	Yoshikazu Nagano	¿?	5
Sebaceous Gland Cell	Shōto Kashii	¿?	6
Red Pulp	Takeshi Hirabayashi	¿?	11
Memory Cell	Kōichi Sōma	¿?	11
Brain Cell (Director)	Ken Uo	¿?	12-13

Additional Voices[]

Multimedia[]

Cast Reveal[]

Trailers[]

Cells at Work! CODE BLACK English Dub Trailer

Note[]

Unlike the original series, which was non-union, Code Black is a unionized dub.
Wendee Lee took over to voice direct Code Black from Christian La Monte after the latter was unavailable to direct.
This is Laura Summer's only anime dub at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Content	Country
	March 11, 2021	Anime	Digital	13 Eps.	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Region	Country
	2021		-	A DVB-T	United States
	2021		-	A DVB-T	United States

References[]

External Links[]

Official English Website
Cells at Work! Code Black at the Internet Movie Database.
Cells at Work! Code Black (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
Cells at Work! Code Black on Behind The Voice Actors.

[1] Funimation Streams Cells at Work! Code Black Anime's English Dub, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, YURUYURI, More Anime

[2] Cells at Work! CODE BLACK English Dub to Stream on Funimation

[3] English Dub Premiere Date and Cast Announced!

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