Hataraki Man

Hataraki Man
Cover of Hataraki Man manga volume 1
働きマン
Genre	Drama, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Moyoco Anno
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Morning
Original run	March 2004 – Hiatus
Volumes	4 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Katsumi Ono
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Studio	Gallop
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	October 12, 2006 – December 21, 2006
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Directed by	Nagumo Seichi Sakuma Noriko
Original network	Nippon Television
Original run	October 10, 2007 – December 19, 2007
Episodes	11

Hataraki Man (Japanese: 働きマン^?) is a manga by Moyoco Anno, serialised in the seinen magazine Morning. It has been adapted into an anime television series, which screened in Japan from October to December 2006 and a drama that aired from October 2007 to December 2007. The story centers on 28-year-old Hiroko Matsukata, editor at the magazine Weekly JIDAI (週刊「JIDΑI」, Shūkan JIDAI^?). Talented and hard-working, Hiroko's colleagues refer to her as Hataraki Man (literally "working man") because of her dedication to her job. But despite her successes in the workplace, she struggles with moments of self-doubt and with the challenge of balancing life and career.

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, straightforward 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 a bigger workaholic than Hiroko.

Broadcast dates are for Fuji TV.