Business Fish

Anime adaptation

• Tai Uowaki (魚脇 タイ)
• [3]
• Tai is a salaryman with the head of a fish, working at Sea Vision. He feels inadequate about his life.
• Mai Otohime (乙姫 舞)
• [3]
• Otohime is Tai's high school classmate who was popular when they were students. She and Tai begin dating.
• Fudō Umino (海野 ぶどう)
• [3]
• Fudō is Tai's junior colleague, who Tai feels is irresponsible.
• Hachio Takoyama (蛸山 八男)
• [3]
• Hachio is Tai's colleague and confidant.
• Ebika Ise (伊勢 えびか)
• [3]
• Ebika is Tai's colleague with the head of a shrimp.
• Asase (浅瀬課長)
• [3]
• Asase is the chief of Tai's department.
• Mosugu Isono (磯野 もずく)
• [3]
• Mosugu is Tai's colleague.
• Ika (IKAちゃん)
• [3]
• Ika is a fashionable employee of a café with the head of a squid.

Anime

In June 2019, Quan, Inc. announced that a joint partnership had been formed with Toho to create and distribute a 3D CG anime adaptation based on the original Business Fish character.[8] The series began airing on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Hulu from July 7 to August 11, 2019. The series is directed by Takashi Sumida, who created the drama Kakū OL Nikki, with animation provided by IANDA. The voice cast features a variety of Japanese actors, television personalities, and voice actors, who were selected out of 100 applicants and provided the motion capture for their characters.[2][9] The ending theme song is "Don't Stop Moving" by Sarah Kelly, and the animation featured in the ending sequence was motion captured by dance group Shit Kingz.[3][10]

Episode list