That is the Bottleneck (2020)

10/12/2020 (JP) • 4m

Animation, Mystery, Comedy

Overview

Themed around the ambiguities of modern communication, the story of Soredake ga Neck is set in the Hot Hot Mart convenience store, where the mysterious young man known as Muto works in the company of Nekomaru, the slightly sinister store's cat. Is Muto the savior of the Hot Hot Mart? Or is this merely an ominous existence? What sort of stories await at the convenience store?

Top Billed Cast

Shingo Ogaya

Adam (voice)

12 Episodes

Masaki Sawai

Nekomaru (voice)

12 Episodes

Ui Hinagata

Tabata (voice)

12 Episodes

Taisei Nishino

Ueno (voice)

12 Episodes

Chihiro Asaki

Sorae (voice)

12 Episodes

Yuki Kimisawa

Mutō (?) (Voice)

12 Episodes

Toshimasa Niiro

Tenchou (voice)

12 Episodes

Tsubasa Kizu

Ōtsuka (voice)

12 Episodes

Taiga Fukazawa

Akiba (voice)

12 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2020 | 12 Episodes

Season 1 of That is the Bottleneck premiered on October 12, 2020.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

work

market

slice of life

mysterious man

anime

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