The Hataraku Oniisan! (Working Buddies!) series of five-minute anime shorts will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 5 at 9:54 p.m., and on BS Fuji on January 9 at 11:55 p.m. The story centers around the cheerful orange tabby cat Tapio Chatorazawa and the pessimistic Russian blue Kuehiko Roshihara.
The official website for the Hataraku Oniisan! (Working Buddies!) television anime revealed last Wednesday that Den Terayama will launch the Itsuka Hataraku Oniisan! spinoff manga in the 53rd issue of Kadokawa’s Comic Dengeki DaiohG magazine on January 27.
The manga will center on the college lives of Hachitani and Nezaen, who are classmates of Tapio and Kuehiko.
Hiromu Kumamoto, who also worked on Takashima’s previous two anime, is the scriptwriter for the anime.