Hirofumi Ogura
Director
The Laughing Salesman NEW (2017)
Season 1
Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's customers are often left with terrible repercussions, especially if they break the rules of his deals...
Released April 3, 2017
Episode 24 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Seinen, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Keywords: imdb.anime-animation, imdb.salesman, imdb.seinen-anime-animation, imdb.seinen, imdb.supernatural-thriller, imdb.deals, imdb.psychological-thriller + 8 more, imdb.title-is-partly-in-english, imdb.adult-cast, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.traveling-salesman, imdb.supernatural-power, imdb.dark-comedy, imdb.male-protagonist, imdb.primarily-adult-cast
Production Companies: Shin-Ei Animation, Nippon Columbia, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
Network: ANIMAX
S1E1 - Daydream / Make a Budget and Stick to It
Sakamaki offers to take Nakajima to a certain place for lunch. / Mitsuko had been shopping excessively in order to relieve the stress she was feeling from work.
April 3, 2017, midnight
S1E2 - Hot Spring Eccentricity / Fantasy Company
Kihara stops by a hot spring and runs into Moguro. / Deyashiro ends up quitting his job and starts going to the Fantasy Company through a referral by Moguro.
April 10, 2017, midnight
S1E3 - Bento Wars / Ah, My Beloved 583-Type
Amae Masao has his mother make him a bento every day, but he was actually switching that bento with his girlfriend in secret. / Kamera Tetsuya’s work life and hobbies aren’t going very well lately, so Moguro pulls some strings and allows him to ride the 583-Type that he had so many fond memories on.
April 17, 2017, midnight
S1E4 - The Woman on the Platform / Runners' Paradise
Naoki Junichi is in love with a woman he’d always see at the train station platform so Moguro tells him that he’ll bring the two together. / Michihara Kakeru had been running to relieve stress from his job. However, there have been a lot more runners lately and it was getting a bit crowded.
April 24, 2017, midnight
S1E5 - Sunday Club / The Woman Who Throws Away
Uchinaki talks about his depression concerning work, which leads to Moguro leading him to a dream-like place. / Monomochi Tomie is living the dream with the perfect home and perfect family, however her heart still seemed empty.
May 1, 2017, midnight
S1E6 - I'll Lease This Monster / Tonight's Another Awesome Night
When Udo ends up attracting more attention than the lead actor, he is fired from his role as a passerby. / Doraki is quite the night owl and his schedule had been becoming completely opposite than his girlfriend’s and it was troubling him.
May 8, 2017, midnight
S1E7 - The Man Who Transformed / The Rule of Mommy Friends
Isobe has a perfect home life, but he still felt like something was missing. He runs into Moguro and realizes that he wants a life with a little more intensity... / Shizuoka Nozomi is a part of a mommy friend group, and just like the others, never argues with the head member Oniyo.
May 15, 2017, midnight
S1E8 - The Man Chased by His Dreams / Mustache Taxi
Yumemi Ashi meets Moguro and opens up about his troubles. He then receives a special candy that lets him control his dreams. / Taxi driver, Yowagoshi, is too meek to deal with rowdy customers and is troubled.
May 22, 2017, midnight
S1E9 - The Nostalgic Bathhouse Tour / The Researcher's Melancholy
Bandai Mamoru has a hobby of admiring bathhouse paintings. / Towani works as a university researcher, but he gets his research stolen by his ex-girlfriend.
May 29, 2017, midnight
S1E10 - The Person in the Acquired Film / Fake Grandchild
Tayori ends up with some developed film that doesn’t belong to him, and falls in love with the woman in the pictures. / Oite Kazuhito comes back home with divorce papers waiting for him. After that, he lives a lonely life, unable to see his granddaughter.
June 5, 2017, midnight
S1E11 - Destructive Tendencies / I'm an Idol
Ochiiri has a great home and loving wife. He lives a life that everyone would be envious of, but he had a problem that he couldn’t mention to anyone. / Mamano Ari works hard to make her daughter’s dream of becoming a top idol come true.
June 12, 2017, midnight
S1E12 - The King of the Chat Room / Japan Overseas Trip
Amikumo Tsuyoshi enjoys chatting with people he doesn’t know online, but ends up in an argument with one of the random people. / Chikako wants to go on a vacation someday, but her stingy nature has prevented her from doing so.
June 19, 2017, midnight
Network: ANIMAX
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 288 min.
Released: April 3, 2017
Last Air Date: June 19, 2017, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: M
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