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Hataraki Man

Hataraki Man

Alternative Titles

English: Working Man
Japanese: 働きマン

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 13, 2006 to Dec 22, 2006
Producers: Kodansha, Fuji TV
Duration: 21 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.371 (scored by 1255 users)
Ranked: #12802
Popularity: #1342
Members: 2,683
Favorites: 12
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

comedy slice of life

Synopsis

Hiroko Matsukata is a woman who works for a magazine company. She puts all she has into her work, and is known as a strong, straight-forward working girl, who can at will turn herself into Hataraki man (working man) mode. Despite Hiroko's success at work, her life lacks romance. Even though a hard worker, she'd leave early anytime to go on a date. Too bad her boyfriend is even bigger a workaholic than Hiroko.
[taken from ANN]

Related Anime

Adaptation: Hataraki Man

Characters & Voice Actors

Matsukata, Hiroko
Matsukata, Hiroko
Main
Tanaka, Rie
Japanese
Tanaka, Rie
Kaji, Maiko
Kaji, Maiko
Supporting
Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese
Tanaka, Atsuko
Kobayashi, Akihisa
Kobayashi, Akihisa
Supporting
Ueda, Yuji
Japanese
Ueda, Yuji
Nagisa, Mayu
Nagisa, Mayu
Supporting
Fukuen, Misato
Japanese
Fukuen, Misato

Staff

Suzuki, Mariko
Digital Paint
Anno, Moyoko
Original Creator


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Aug 13, 2007
quakis

Characters/Development
Begining with the flow of things, it was done quite well within the eleven episodes there are of the show. Each one basically focuses onto certain problems the characters must deal with, or a certain task set that needs to be done and the issues that arise while doing so. The characters emotions and hardships of work are displayed during these times, and also focuses on some of their lifes out of work. Some of the character development is done through thoughts, showing off their stress during work or sometimes questioning themselves why they actually work so hard. On very few occasions we get some read more
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Mar 8, 2008
jparagons
As this is a slice of life show, there's not really much story to speak of. It's more episodic than arc-based. The most important aspect to this show is probably the way Matsukata's ambitiousness clashes with her life as a woman and her desire (and, at times, need) to be feminine. While this is mostly positive, there are a few moments where the femininity contradicts the ambitiousness, rather than contrasting with it. In other words, there are some points where Matsukata is portrayed as less of a strong, independent, struggling woman and more of a vulnerable, weak, victimized woman. While read more
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Recommendations

Both feature strong female lead characters.
Yomiko Readman likes to read and Hiroko Matsukata likes to write. At first glance they're really different, but somehow they have similarity in their way of living: they optimistically look towards the future and believe that something better will happen.
reportRecommended by Iahel - Add to favorites

Opening Theme

"Hataraku Otoko" by PUFFY

Ending Theme

"Shangri-La" by chatmonchy

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