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Business Fish

Fictional character

Business Fish (ビジネスフィッシュ, Bijinesu Fisshu) is a fictional character created by Yuichiro Ohno and produced by the Japanese company Quan, Inc. Featuring a salaryman with the head of a fish, the character has been featured in a web comic series by Quan, Inc., as well as being known for its stickers on Facebook and Line.[1][2] A 3D motion-capture anime series aired on Tokyo MX from July 7 to August 11, 2019.[3]

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Background and creation

Business Fish was created by Yuichiro Ohno and published by Quan, Inc.[4] Ohno posted several web comics with Quan, Inc. featuring Business Fish. A sticker sets featuring the character were released in 2015 on Facebook and Line.[2] The Facebook sticker set was downloaded 250,000,000 times worldwide.[5]

Characters

The original creation concept and web comic focused on Business Fish, a white-collared salaryman who often skips work but uses his abilities to help people in need. Other characters who appeared in the web comic include Craig,[lower-alpha 1] Business Fish's colleague; Chairman, Business Fish's best friend; Octopus CEO, the CEO of the company; Dog, Business Fish's pet dog; Manager, Business Fish's manager; Amuro, a colleague from the R&D section of the company; and Lady Fish, Business Fish's older sister.[7]

Anime adaptation

Tai Uowaki (魚脇 タイ, Uowaki Tai)
Voiced by: Takuya Nagaoka[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, Otohime Mai)
Voiced by: Rena Takeda[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, Umino Fudō)
Voiced by: Motoki Ochiai[3]
Fudō is Tai's junior colleague, who Tai feels is irresponsible.
Hachio Takoyama (蛸山 八男, Takoyama Hachio)
Voiced by: Ryosuke Takei[3]
Hachio is Tai's colleague and confidant.
Ebika Ise (伊勢 えびか, Ise Ebika)
Voiced by: Takemi Fujii[3]
Ebika is Tai's colleague with the head of a shrimp.
Asase (浅瀬課長, Asase-kachō)
Voiced by: Hiroki Ōtsu[3]
Asase is the chief of Tai's department.
Mosugu Isono (磯野 もずく, Isono Mosugu)
Voiced by: Yua Shiraishi[3]
Mosugu is Tai's colleague.
Ika (IKAちゃん, Ika-chan)
Voiced by: Kenshō Ono[3]
Ika is a fashionable employee of a café with the head of a squid.

Media

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.[lower-alpha 2] 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

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Notes

  1. The character's name is Craig (クレッグ, Kureggu) in Japanese,[6] but the English version of the comic lists his name as "Colleague."[7]
  2. Tokyo MX lists the air date as July 7, 2019 at 24:00, which is July 8, 2019 at 12 AM.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Dredge, Stuart (February 19, 2015). "What is Business Fish and why is he in your Facebook comments?". The Guardian. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Dennison, Kara (June 21, 2019). "Business Fish Makes the Jump from LINE Stamp to Anime Star". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 21, 2019). "Business Fish 'Motion Capture Anime' Announced With July 7 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "PROFILE - ビジネスフィッシュ / おどるモワイくん / Mr.Egg / キャラクターデザイナー、イラストレーター、クリエーター". Yuichiro Ohno (in Japanese). Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "新時代のサラリーマンキャラ「ビジネスフィッシュ」東宝が開発・発信へ 頭は魚、体は人間". Oricon (in Japanese). June 5, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  6. [6]
    "ビジネスフィッシュ - Quan Inc". Quan, Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Business Fish - Quan Inc". Quan, Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  8. [8]
    "スタンプ発、世界２.５億ダウンロード超のキャラクター「ビジネスフィッシュ」を"全編モーション・キャプチャー"で東宝がTVアニメシリーズ化！". PR Times (in Japanese). June 21, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  9. [9]
    "声優×俳優×タレント... "体は人間、頭は魚"なサラリーマン描くTVアニメ「ビジネスフィッシュ」7月放送". Anime! Anime! (in Japanese). June 21, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  10. [10]
    "アニメ「ビジネスフィッシュ」頭は魚、体は人間の会社員がキレキレダンス披露". Natalie (in Japanese). July 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
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