# Aggretsuko (2018)

> A frustrated red panda office worker vents her daily corporate grievances through death metal karaoke after hours.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/68045

## Facts

- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 50
- Episode runtime: 15 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy
- Created by: Rareko
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Kaolip, Rareko, Shingo Katou, Rina Inoue, Sohta Arai, Maki Tsuruta, Komegumi Koiwasaki, Yuki Takahashi
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8019444/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: cathartic, deadpan, cozy, irreverent, relatable

## What critics say

Audiences broadly find the series a sharp, funny and surprisingly poignant satire of office life that stays consistently enjoyable across its run.

## Synopsis

Aggretsuko (2018-2023) is a Japanese adult animated comedy series created by Rareko for Netflix, a Fanworks production in the vein of workplace satire. Its protagonist, Retsuko the Red Panda, voiced by Kaolip, is a frustrated accounting clerk at a trading company whose thankless job and condescending colleagues wear down her patience. Her engine is simple and relatable: she wants to get through each day with her dignity intact, and each episode is built from office slights, unfair bosses, and small indignities that she copes with by belting out death metal karaoke after work. Haida, voiced by Shingo Katou, and fellow clerk Fenneko, voiced by Rina Inoue, round out the circle of coworkers whose friendship offers quiet support. The series runs five seasons of ten episodes each, with short fifteen-minute episodes that suit a single sitting. Its tone mixes sharp deadpan satire with warm, cathartic release, and its anthropomorphic animal world reflects real Japanese office culture. Fans of BoJack Horseman, The Office and Bob's Burgers will find resonance in its blend of bleak workplace observation and cuddly animated charm.

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