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African Office Worker TV Anime Premieres on October 6
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Gamu's African Office Worker (Africa no Salaryman) manga revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11 on October 6 at 24:30 (effectively October 7 at 12:30 a.m.). The anime will also air on KBS Kyoto and Sun TV later that evening, and on TV Aichi on October 8.
Tetsuya Tatamitani is the show's director, chief animation director, art director, background artist, color designer, and director of photography. HOTZIPANG is animating the show, and is also the show's original character designer and prop designer. Yūichirō Momose is writing and overseeing the scripts, and Tako Yamaguchi is composing the music. Hiro Shimono is performing the opening theme song "Soul Flag," and Akio Ohtsuka is performing the ending theme song "White-Collar Elegy."
Gamu's comedy manga follows a lion, lizard, and toucan as they live the lives of office workers in a capitalist society in Japan, while also dealing with their unique situations as animals living beyond the savanna and the food chain.