The fall 2019 anime series African Office Worker comes from the manga Businessmen in Africa by Gamu and is getting its home video releases handled by Kadokawa. The twelve-episode series is being done as two box sets split evenly beginning January 24th, 2020. The DVD sets are priced at 13,000 yen while the Blu-ray sets are priced at 15,000 yen each. With that landing in just under two weeks, we now have a look at the finalized packaging for the first set – which is definitely busy!
The series is directed by Tetsuya Tatamitani who is also working as the chief animation director, art director, background artist, color designer, and director of photography. Yuichiro Momose is handling the scripts with Hotzipang working on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Akio Ohtsuka as Lion, Kenjiro Tsuda as Lizard, Hiro Shimono as Toucan, Hina Kino as Sasshō Hamster, Akira Ishida as Company President Turtle, Yui Ogura as Gorimi, Eri Kitamura as Shishimura, Hiroshi Kamiya as Caracal, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Honey Badger, and Kengo Kawanishi as Honeyguide.
The manga began on Gene pixiv back in December 2014 and had a brief short produced for the Anime Beans app in the summer of 2017.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The 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.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/24/20 | Booklet, Special Video |
| 2 | 02/26/20 | Booklet, Special Video |
[Source: Africa no Salaryman]
