ANIMALS (アニマルズ Animaruzu) is a romance drama released in June 23 2022 broadcasted in AbemaTV. It aired every Thursday 22:00.
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Network | AbemaTV |
Number of episodes: | 8 |
First episode: | 恋も仕事も弱肉強食 |
Original airing: | June 23 2022 - August 12 2022 |
Opening: | {{{OP}}} |
Ending: | Gloomy Day |
Genre: | Romance |
The quote for this show is: \最高の自分に生まれ変わる”大逆転”ラブストーリー/ "A “big reversal” love story where she is reborn as her best self".
A big reversal love story between the main character Umi Shikamori (Suzuki Airi) a cheeky younger cameraman, Kazao Nagamine (Honda Kyouya), and an older company president, Keisuke Sakaki (Shirasu Jin), who is bad at romance, and becomes the person she wants to be.
Synopsis[]
Shikamori Umi is a 27 year old overwhelmed and tired office worker working for an exploitative TV production company. One day, when Umi is working on the set of a live broadcast, she falls asleep. This results in a viral moment where she is described later as the 'sleeping AD' and an employee of a black company with also her boss getting called out. She realises she doesn't like herself and what she has become while working in the office, and instead of returning and remaining the same, she tries her luck in a cosmetic company called 「Animal Beauty」. With her new mindset she becomes an intern, where she meets Kazao, a photographer who becomes her friend, and Sakaki Keisuke, the handsome CEO of Animal Beauty. While trying her best at work and in changing herself, will she be able to fall in love and overcome her difficulties?
Episodes[]
- (恋も仕事も弱肉強食!? Koi mo Shigoto mo Jakunikukyōshoku! ?)
- (ズタボロな私に、現れた王子 Zutaborona Watashi ni, Arawareta ōji)
- (出張でお泊まり!?二人きりの夜 Shutchō De o Tomari! ? Futarikiri no Yoru)
- (全てが溶ける、まさかのキス Subete ga Tokeru, Masakano Kisu)
- (触れそうな頬と、突然つながれた手 Fure-sōna Hoho to, Totsuzen Tsunaga Reta Te)
- (私を抱きしめたのは、彼だった Watashi o Dakishimeta no wa, Karedatta)
- (四角関係、最終章!?クライマックスの大告白 (Shikaku Kankei, Saishū Fumi! ? Kuraimakkusu no Dai Kokuhaku)
- 【最終回】(最初で最後のキス。恋も仕事も、好きな私で (Saisho de Saigo no kisu. Koi mo Shigoto mo, Sukina Watashi de)
Cast[]
- Suzuki Airi () as Shikamori Umi
- Honda Kyoya () as Nagamine Kazao
- Shirasu Jin () as Sakaki Keisuke
- Hoshino Yuna () as Shikamori Nagi
- Murakami Erica () as Kazami Hina
- Izuka Kenta () as Daigo Satoru
- Mitsuya Yoko () as Nishikado Kyoka
- Konishi Sakurako () as Taniguchi Yuka
- Fumiya (三海郁弥) as Sakutaro
- Nitta Sachika (新田さちか) as Koiso Nana
- Shibuya Kento as Okamoto Yuto
- Marui Wan (円井わん) as Uenishi Makoto
- Suwa Taro as Chinese restaurant owner
Production Credits[]
- Producer: Ikeda Katsuhiko (池田克彦)
- Director: Keinosuke Hara (原桂之介)
- Screenwriter: Kawamitsu Sawako (川滿佐和子)
- Music: Aoki Sayaka (青木さやか)
- Singer: Lozareena (ロザリーナ) [Gloomy Day — Theme song]