Series synopsis
Mr. TONEGAWA Middle Management Blues, also known as 中間管理録トネガワ is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on Nippon TV on July 4, 2018. It ended on December 26, 2018. It stars Toshiyuki Morikawa, Masane Tsukayama, Chiharu Sawashiro and Takaya Aoyagi.
Nobody knows what it's like to be the bad man… except the bad man's right-hand man, who has to take the boss' deranged ideas and turn them into functioning plans. So, when the sadistic president of the Teiai Group decides he's bored with the routine leg breaking and widow/orphan evicting, he assigns the task of coming up with something "special" to his ruthless Number Two, Yukio Tonegawa. But how do you amuse someone who destroys a dozen lives before breakfast?
There's a huge pool of potential ...
Premise
Nobody knows what it's like to be the bad man… except the bad man's right-hand man, who has to take the boss' deranged ideas and turn them into functioning plans. So, when the sadistic president of the Teiai Group decides he's bored with the routine leg breaking and widow/orphan evicting, he assigns the task of coming up with something "special" to his ruthless Number Two, Yukio Tonegawa. But how do you amuse someone who destroys a dozen lives before breakfast?
There's a huge pool of potential victims in the form of TFO's swollen roster of defaulting borrowers, but if Tonegawa and his team of nearly identical men in black look-alikes can't create a "game of death" that tickles the boss' demented funny bones, they may end up playing the game themselves!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Yukio Tonegawa (voice)
- Masane Tsukayama as Kazutaka Hyoudou (voice)
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Nagata (voice)
- Takaya Aoyagi as Kikuchi (voice)
- Takuya Eguchi as Kouji Doushita (voice)
- Kengo Kawanishi as Jun'ichi Hagio (voice)
- Akira Ishida as Keiichi Ogino (voice)
- Koutaro Nishiyama as Toshimasa Kawasaki (voice)
Supporting cast
- Daiki Hamano as Nakata (voice)
- Rikiya Koyama as Gonda (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | July 4, 2018 | December 26, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Initiative In Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, he tormented the downtrodden and enticed them into playing games where their lives were wagered against incredible cash prizes. But even a cold blooded monster can't spend every moment of the day trampling others. And in the real world, death games require planning, funding, oversight, and execution. This is the story of a lone man who struggles between his employer, the president, and his own employees, the men in black...Tonegawa Yukio: Middle Manager! |
July 4, 2018 |
| 2 |
Conjecture The second meeting of the death game production team is held, and Tonegawa needs to make up for the bad first impression he gave his workers. But between the confusing names of his team members and their bizarre objective, can the executive make sure the conversation heads in a productive direction? |
July 11, 2018 |
| 3 |
Surefire After a vicious act of betrayal in the last meeting, Tonegawa arranges weekend trip to an all-expenses paid villa to repair the cracks in his relationship with the team... but will it be enough? |
July 18, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 4, 2018 |
| Last aired | December 26, 2018 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | ended |