Animals: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shikamori Umi is a 27 year old TV program AD working at a exploitative TV production company. She is so occupied with daily work that she forgets about her dreams and love life, turning into a "worn-out woman who is unable of finding happiness". When she visits Animal Beauty, a cosmetic company for an interview, Umi got to know Nagamine Kazao a young photographer and Sakaki Keisuke a CEO who doesn't know how to love. This encounter has brought upon a chance for her to switch jobs, at this new workplace will she be able to transform into a better version of herself?

Series details

• Title: Animals
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2022-06-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-08-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: AbemaTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 46 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 67343
• IMDb ID: tt27543761
• TVDB ID: 421686

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-06-23; final listed air date 2022-08-18; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Animals on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.