Cells At Work Vol. 01

Cells At Work Vol. 01

A BLOOD-PUMPING JOB

Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! 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!

Biographical Notes:

Akane Shimizu is the acclaimed creator of Cells at Work!, the manga that dramatizes the action inside a human body.

The work has seen manga spinoffs, a stage play adaptation, and a global hit anime, released by Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Netflix in the US.

Quotes / Reviews:

“Sheer ridiculousness… I had no idea what this manga was going to be like when I heard it was licensed, but now I’m totally sold. Give me more.” -Manga Bookshelf

“An awful lot of fun as it makes science into an action manga… Far more entertaining than it ought to be.” –Anime News Network

“Fantastically odd, ridiculous and over-the-top… a great deal of fun.” -Experiments in Manga

Title Notes:

With the highest reader ratings of any new series in its magazine, the first volume of Cells at Work! has already sold 20,000 copies, with a second printing planned just six months after its release.

Part of an anthropomorphizing craze that has led to cute characters representing bacteria (Moyasimon), aircraft (Strike Witches), and even entire countries (Hetalia).

The one-shot that originated the series won the Sirius New Age Award for excellent manga from a new author.

More details on Akane Shimizu:

“Cells At Work” Publisher’s Twitter Page

More works by Akane Shimizu