Business Fish

Business Fish was created by Yuichiro Ohno and published by Quan, Inc. 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. The Facebook sticker set was downloaded 250,000,000 times worldwide.

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, 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.

Anime adaptation

Tai Uowaki (魚脇 タイ, Uowaki Tai)

Voiced by: Takuya Nagaoka

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

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

Fudō is Tai's junior colleague, who Tai feels is irresponsible.

Hachio Takoyama (蛸山 八男, Takoyama Hachio)

Voiced by: Ryosuke Takei

Hachio is Tai's colleague and confidant.

Ebika Ise (伊勢 えびか, Ise Ebika)

Voiced by: Takemi Fujii

Ebika is Tai's colleague with the head of a shrimp.

Asase (浅瀬課長, Asase-kachō)

Voiced by: Hiroki Ōtsu

Asase is the chief of Tai's department.

Mosugu Isono (磯野 もずく, Isono Mosugu)

Voiced by: Yua Shiraishi

Mosugu is Tai's colleague.

Ika (IKAちゃん, Ika-chan)

Voiced by: Kenshō Ono

Ika is a fashionable employee of a café with the head of a squid.

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. The series began airing on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Hulu from July 7 to August 11, 2019. 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. 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.

Episode list