The world of entertainment has found itself hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with countless projects needing to be delayed or canceled in the face of COVID-19, and as countries still attempt to “flatten the curve”, the anime franchise of Cells At Work has revealed new chapters for free documenting the characters’ battle against the virus. Following the story of blood cells that work in unison within the human body to battle against illnesses and other threats to their host, Cells At Work is perhaps the anime series best suited to tackle the issue of COVID.
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Cells At Work, like so many other anime franchises, found itself needing to delay episodes of its anime in the face of COVID-19, with the second season originally set to land last year but needing to be released earlier in 2021 as a result of the effects of the virus. Though there has been no news about a potential third season being released for the bizarre franchise, it would definitely be no surprise to see Cells At Work return to television screens considering the following it has accrued since it first debuted in 2015 as a manga.
The Official Twitter Account for Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, And Welfare shared the free chapters of Cells At Work which not only features the characters of the anime franchise battling the virus, but also gives readers a number of tips in terms of how they too can prevent the spread of the coronavirus:
『はたらく細胞』（ムービングコミック）『新型コロナウイルス編』及び『感染予防編』を通じ、感染症予防の大切さを啓発。ポスターも公開しました。ムービングコミックは、国立国際医療研究センターの忽那賢志医師が医療監修。JICAの協力を得て英語やヒンディー語に翻訳し、世界に配信されます。 pic.twitter.com/ud15id8yMs
— 厚生労働省 (@MHLWitter) April 28, 2021
Would you like to see the red and white blood cells return for a third season of its anime? What do you think of this new tale for the Cells At Work? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of cells.
