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Author & Illustration (Manga, Original character design): Takatsu Karino
Illustration (Anime): Adachi Shingo
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures



General Information:

Working was first featured as a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine back in January 2005.
Working is a mix of comedy and slice of life which was written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu.
Square Enix has published a total of 13 volumes of Working which recently ended on November 2014.


The anime adaptation of Working was directed by the man who has worked on several exhilarating shows like Excel Saga and Amagami SS, Mr. Yoshimasa Hiraike.
Working was produced by A-1 Pictures and licensed by NIS America. Working premiered on Tokyo MX and Yomiuri TV on October 2011.
Working ended its brief run on December with 13 comical episodes.

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Plot:


Working follows 16-year old high school student Souta Takanashi who works part time at a family restaurant in Hokkaido together with his strange and unusual fellow co-workers: Popura Taneshima, the short 17-year old high school student who was named after the poplar tree who is easily mistaken for an elementary student due to her short stature and 28-year old Kyoko Shirafujji, the apathetic manager of the Wagnaria restaurant who does not bother to do any work at all.
Although the pay is reasonable and the clientele polite, Souta is often at his wit’s end dealing with the quirky staff of Wagnaria restaurant.
How long can this struggling high school student take before the combined stress and constant harm do him in?


Characters:

Souta Takanashi is the 16-year old high school student who was recently hired as a part-time worker at the Wagnaria family restaurant. This self-proclaimed lover of all things cute has a soft spot when it comes to Popura due to her rather cute appearance.


Popura Taneshima is the frail and small 17-year old high student who actually recruited Souta to work for the Wagnaria family restaurant. She is oftentimes mistaken for being an elementary student due to her short and cute appearance.


Kyoko Shirafuji is apathetic manager of the Wagnaria family restaurant. She almost never bothers to do any work herself and leaves all the work to her subordinates.

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Update:

A sequel to the original series was produced by A-1 Pictures which was directed by Atsushi Ootsuki.
Working 2 started broadcasting on October 2011 and after 13 hilariously-fun episodes, Working 2 ended on December of the same year.
Rumors of a 3rd season of Working was leaked to the public and said to release late 2015.


If you liked Working, then I suggest you also check out ServantxService, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Hataraku Maou-sama, Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Hanamaru Youchien and MM might also be a perfect fit for you as they all share the same concept and theme.


source: Zerochan; written by carllustre87