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Series · 2021

Heaven's Design Team

天地創造デザイン部

Genres:Fantasy
An ensemble of people and colourful creatures gathers against a blue sky.
(C)蛇蔵&鈴木ツタ・たら子・講談社/天地創造デザイン部製作委員会

Heaven outsources animal creation to designers and engineers who must turn a divine client's vague requests into workable creatures.

New liaison Shimoda joins a department where ideas pass through design, engineering and client approval. The jokes connect improbable proposals with the constraints of animal bodies.

A brown-haired man holds a clipboard beside a long-haired blonde person indoors.
A workplace conversation accompanies the series' fanciful animal designs. (C)蛇蔵&鈴木ツタ・たら子・講談社/天地創造デザイン部製作委員会

A request from God starts a design problem rather than ending one. The team must ask whether a creature can support its own weight, obtain food or function with the features somebody has proposed. Shimoda's liaison role makes that process the viewer's entry point. This is an option for animal-related comedy structured around revisions and client briefs.

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