Akane Shimizu’s Cells at Work was one of the most surprising hits of 2018. The anime gathered popularity for delivering on several educational concepts.The series also put a lot of fun and surprisingly violent frame around it .
In short, the anime was praised even by medical professionals for its attention to detail to accuracy. So that is the reason why fans were anxiously waiting for a new season.But much details about this new season is not known, since it was announced last Spring.
The official Twitter account of Cells At Work, has confirmed that Season 2 is heading our way in January 2021. They have also,shared a special preview for the new season.
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Hirofumi Ogura will be the director for the new season at David Production while the scripts will be written by Yuuko Kakihara .
The character designing is done by Takahiko Yoshida , and Kenichiro Suehiro from Mayuko is returning to compose the music for the new season as well. According to the promotional trailer, the cast will be returning from the first season too. The first season of the anime had 13 episodes and streamed on Crunchyroll.
Real-life doctors and scientists are impressed by the Cells At Work! anime because of its accurate portrayal of how the human body works. Cells At Work! has become the most popular anime on Bilibili, which can be considered like a Chinese Netflix.The anime’s scientific accuracy also impressed, Biology teachers in China, that they assigned watching it as homework for the students.
Yang, who is a faculty teacher at the High School Affiliated to Southwest University, said that it helps students understand and remember the biology information that they have learned in school, in a much more entertaining way.