Aggretsuko
2018 • Fanworks
- Format
- ONA
- Aired
- 2018
- Episodes
- 10
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Fanworks · Sanrio · Netflix
- Genres
- Comedy · Music · Slice of Life
Some offices have stereotypical dynamics: the chauvinistic pig of a boss who never does any real work; the employees whose goal is to suck up to the boss; the ones whose lives seem perfect; and the individuals who have all the actual work pushed onto them. Retsuko the red panda is in the last group, as she stays late most nights to make up the work her coworkers are too lazy to do themselves.
Her relief from the stress of her everyday life comes in the form of singing death metal at a local karaoke club. Night after night, Retsuko channels her grief into a microphone and considers the place to be her own personal sanctuary. But as she moves further away from her comfort zone and the ideas people have of her, she discovers that letting others into her world of death metal may not be such a bad thing.
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Aggretsuko originated as a character created by the Japanese company Sanrio, known for its focus on 'kawaii' aesthetics, but designed specifically to appeal to the frustrations of working-class adults. The character first appeared in a series of short animated skits in 2016, which were developed to highlight the mundane stresses of office life in Tokyo. Following this initial popularity, the animation studio Fanworks was commissioned to produce an original net animation series, which premiered globally on Netflix in 2018.
The series was directed by Rarecho, who also wrote the scripts and provided the voice for the title character’s death metal singing. The design aesthetic intentionally juxtaposes the simplistic, cute appearance of a red panda with the sudden, harsh visual shift when she channels her internal rage through karaoke. Critics and audiences praised the 2018 series for its surprisingly nuanced exploration of workplace harassment, societal expectations, and the necessity of finding healthy outlets for emotional expression.
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