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Cells at Work! (manga)

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Alternative title:

Cells at Work! - Lavori in corpo (Italian)

Hataraku Saibō (Japanese)

はたらく細胞 (Japanese)

工作細胞 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: slice of life

Themes: biology

Plot Summary: The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she's not alone... she's got a whole human body's worth of cells ready to help out. The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets -- everyone's got to come together if they want to keep you healthy.

User Ratings: 7 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 2 votes (Eng:2)

Excellent: -

Very good: 1 vote (Eng:1)

Good: 2 votes (Eng:2)

Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)

So-so: -

Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)

Weak: -

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Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 19 users, rank: #2755 (of 7043)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.429 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.9898, rank: #2369 (of 7929)
Weighted mean: 7.877 (Very good), rank: #1692 (of 7929) (seen all: 7.80 / seen some: 8.93 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.807 (Very good−), rank: #844 (of 3557)

Number of tankoubon: 6

Chapter titles: We have 30

Vintage: 2015-01-26 to 2021-01-26 (Shonen Sirius, Mar 2015 - Mar 2021)

Release dates: We have 11

Official website:

はたらく細胞｜月刊少年シリウス (Japanese)

『はたらく細胞』公式 (@hataraku_saibou) | Twitter (Japanese)

Review:

Cells at Work! GN 1 (Nov 13, 2016)

News: Show: 10 +55 +1 ref. +4 unverified

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Look Back, 4th Live-Action Kingdom Film Win Japan Academy Film Prizes (Mar 14, 2025)

Live-Action Cells at Work! Film Reveals IMAX Visual, 4D Screenings (Nov 29, 2024)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 28-February 3 (Feb 1, 2024)

Azuki Adds Over 300 Volumes from 77 Kodansha Manga Series (Sep 14, 2023)

'Cells At Work! Illegal' Manga Ends With 4th Volume in September (Updated) (Jun 6, 2023)

Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work! Gets Manga Spinoffs About Cats, Medicine (Apr 28, 2023)

Cells at Work! Manga Gets Live-Action Film (Mar 19, 2023)

Cells at Work! Gets New Cells at Work! Muscle Spinoff Manga (Feb 14, 2023)

Kodansha USA Licenses Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Chat Noir, 15 More Manga (Nov 25, 2022)

Press Releases:

Azuki Adds Over 300 New Volumes from 77 Kodansha Manga Series Including Fire Force; A Silent Voice; 'Kiss Him, Not Me!'; Princess Jellyfish; Attack on Titan; and Edens Zero (Sep 14, 2023)

Kodansha USA Fall 2023 New Print Licenses Announced (Nov 25, 2022)

Top Publishers of Japanese Manga & Novels Announce Exciting 2019 Titles (Mar 14, 2019)

Aniplex of America Launches U.S. Teaser Site And Reveals Key Visual for Summer Action Comedy Anime: Cells at Work (Jan 20, 2018)

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eBook

Cells at Work! (eBook 1) 2016-11-01 (from $0.99)

Cells at Work! (eBook 2) 2016-12-27 (from $9.99)

Cells at Work! (eBook 3) 2017-03-28 (from $12.99)

Cells at Work! (eBook 4) 2017-05-02 (from $12.99)

Cells at Work! (eBook 5) 2017-11-21 (from $12.99)

Graphic novel

Cells at Work! - [Box Set] (GN) 2022-05-17 (from $77.94)

Cells at Work! (GN 1) 2016-11-01 (from $9.30)

Cells at Work! (GN 2) 2016-12-27 (from $11.88)

Cells at Work! (GN 3) 2017-03-28 (from $11.04)

Cells at Work! (GN 4) 2017-05-02 (from $12.99)

Cells at Work! (GN 5) 2017-11-21 (from $11.04)

Cells at Work! (GN 6) 2021-08-31 (from $11.04)

Cells at Work! [Omnibus] (GN 1-3) 2023-11-28 (from $15.38)

Cells at Work! [Omnibus] (GN 4-6) 2024-01-30 (from $16.83)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Story & Art: Akane Shimizu

(none)

Japanese companies

Publisher: Kodansha

English staff

English cast

Director:
Ben Applegate (Publishing Services, vol 6)
Dave Barrett (Publishing Operations, omnibus)

Translation:
Iyasu Adair Nagata (vol 6)
Yamato Tanaka

Additional Lettering: Belynda Ungurath (Omnibus)

Associate Director:
Angela Zurlo (Production, omnibus 1)
Stephen Pakula (Operations, vol 6)

Cover Design: Phil Balsman

Editing:
Ben Applegate (vol 6)
Maggie Le (omnibus)
Paul Starr
Tomoko Nagano (omnibus)

Lettering: Abigail Blackman

Managing Editor:
Alanna Ruse (Publishing Services, vol 6)
Grace Chen (omnibus 2)
Madison Salters (Publishing Services, vol 6)

Managing Editorial Assistant: Grace Chen (Publishing Services, omnibus 1)

Production manager:
Angela Zurlo (vol 6, omnibus 2)
Emi Lotto (vol 6)

Publisher:
Kiichiro Sugawara (vol 6 & omnibus 1)
Toshihiro Tsuchiya (omnibus 2)

(none)

English companies

Licensed by: Kodansha Comics

Online Distribution: K MANGA

Spanish companies

Spanish staff

(none)

Licensed by: Utopia Editorial (Argentina)

Publisher:
Ediciones Babylon (Spain)
Panini Comics (Mexico; Colombia; Chile; Peru)

Spanish cast

(none)

Italian staff

Italian cast

Translation: Andrea Maniscalco

Adaptation: Nicola Cervellati

Graphic Adaptation:
Chiara Scaglione (vol. 1, 3, 5)
Fabio Bettazzi (vol. 2)
Valentina Serra (vol. 4)

Lettering:
Christian Biscaro (vol. 1-2, 4)
Federica Bellinato (vol. 3, 5)

(none)

Italian companies

Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics

Portuguese cast

Portuguese staff

Translation: Lídia Ivasa

(none)

Portuguese companies

Publisher: Planet Manga (Brazil)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff

Chinese (Taiwan) companies

(none)

Licensed by: Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast

(none)

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