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Aggretsuko Season 5 Reveals Visual and Trailer, Clocks In on February 16

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Music, mayhem and politics, along with a new central character named Shikabane, take center stage in a new visual and trailer for the upcoming fifth and final season of Aggretsuko that were just revealed. It was also announced that the series will premiere worldwide on Netflix on February 16.

 

Official Trailer

 

Visual

Aggretsuko Season 5 anime visual

 

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A new ten-episode season of Aggretsuko has been released almost annually since 2018, all with direction and scripts by Rarecho at studio Fanworks. Netflix streams the entire series worldwide and describes the upcoming season as such:

 

The “Aggretsuko” series depicts the daily life of officer worker Retsuko, who copes with her frustrations with her boss, co-workers and the world by belting out death metal. In this season, after Haida quits his job, he is forced out of his apartment that is owned by his parents and begins living in an internet café.

There, he encounters Shikabane, someone who seems to have given up on everything. Retsuko decides to live with Haida to save him. Then, a suspicious man who says he is member of the Diet comes to recruit Retsuko…

 

Source: Netflix Anime on Twitter

 

 

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