The TV anime series Moyashimon Returns follows the earlier anime adaptation from 2007, once again based on Masayuki Ishikawa's Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture manga. The original story follows a college student named Tadayasu Sawaki, who discovers that he can see and communicate with bacteria and other micro-organisms - germs that appear as super-deformed, super-noisy characters, who consider him to be their friend. The new anime is co-created by studios Telecom Animation Film and Shirogumi.