ABEMA celebrates Labor Thanksgiving Day with free SHIROBAKO, NEW GAME! and more marathons

ABEMA puts together a feast for fans of workplace anime. From November 13 to 23, the Japanese platform streams five complete series for free under the special «Kinrō Kansha no Oshigoto Anime Tokushū» (Labor Thanksgiving Day Workplace Anime Special), meant to celebrate the November 23 holiday.

The lineup gathers titles that are already classics of the genre. SHIROBAKO puts the camera inside an animation studio and shows the chaos, the deadlines and the passion behind every episode. NEW GAME! follows a group of girls who start working at a video game company. And WORKING!! portrays the day-to-day at a family restaurant with a cast as peculiar as it is endearing.

Also included are Hidarikiki no Eren, set in an advertising agency, and Hataraku Maō-sama!, where a demon king arrives in our world and ends up working at a fast food chain. A range that goes from workplace drama to supernatural comedy without leaving the same axis: work as the setting.

Schedule and availability

The first marathon kicks off on Friday, November 13 at 9:30 PM (Japan time) with the 13 episodes of Hidarikiki no Eren. The next day it's WORKING!!'s turn: the first season airs at 3:00 PM on Saturday the 14th and the second at 9:30 PM. The third season arrives on Sunday the 22nd in two blocks, at 4:30 PM and 11:30 PM.

NEW GAME! has its first season on Sunday the 15th at 5:00 PM, with a repeat at 11:00 PM. The second season airs on Monday the 23rd at 6:30 PM and 12:30 AM. Hataraku Maō-sama! is split into three blocks: the first season on Friday the 20th at 9:30 PM, the second on Saturday the 21st at 4:00 PM, and the rest of the second season that same Saturday at 10:00 PM.

Each marathon repeats at a second time slot for those who can't watch it live. On top of that, ABEMA leaves the episodes free for a week after the broadcast in most cases. NEW GAME! and Hataraku Maō-sama! stretch the window to two weeks.

The special closes on November 23 at 6:30 AM with SHIROBAKO, one last block to end the holiday with more workplace anime in the background.

Which of these marathons are you going to binge? Tell us in the comments which is your favorite workplace anime.