Working!! is an anime television series adapted from the four-panel comic strip manga series of the same title by Karino Takatsu. It was written and directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike and produced by A-1 Pictures.[1] Chief animator Shingo Adachi also served as the character designer and Yōta Tsuruoka of Rakuonsha was the sound director.[1] The story follows 16-year-old Sōta Takanashi who gets a part-time job working at the family restaurant Wagnaria. Sōta finds the people he works with have many quirks, himself included.
The first season of the anime aired between April 4 and June 26, 2010 on the Tokyo MX Japanese television network, and was later released on seven DVD compilation volumes, each containing two episodes, except for the first volume which contains one episode. The volumes were released between April 21 and October 27, 2010 by Aniplex.[2][3] A Blu-ray Disc box set of the series will be released on August 24, 2011 in Japan by Aniplex.[4] The anime is licensed for release in North America by NIS America, and an English-subtitled DVD box set was released in March 2011 under the title Wagnaria!!.[5] A second anime season titled Working'!! aired between October 1[6] and December 24, 2011. A preview of the first episode aired on September 3, 2011.[7] A third season, Working!!!, aired between July 4 and September 26, 2015 and is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America. A one-hour finale aired on December 26, 2015.[8][9]
The last series takes place at another Wagnaria restaurant with a different main protagonist. High school freshman Daisuke Higashida reluctantly takes up a part-time job after his father's company goes bankrupt. Its title was WWW.Working!! and aired from October 1 to December 24, 2016.
The background music of the series was composed and arranged by Keiichi Okabe, Keiichi Hirokawa, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kuniyuki Takahashi and Keigo Hoashi of the group Monaca. Three pieces of theme music are used for the first season: one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme is "Someone Else" performed by Kana Asumi, Saki Fujita and Eri Kitamura, while the main ending theme is "Heart no Edge ni Idomō Go to Heart Edge" (ハートのエッジに挑もう Go to Heart Edge) performed by Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono and Hiroshi Kamiya. The ending theme for episode nine is "Golden Day" (ゴールデン・デイ), also performed by Fujita. For the second season, the opening theme is "Coolish Walk", again performed by Asumi, Fujita and Kitamura, while the ending theme is "Itsumo no Yōni Love & Peace!!" (いつものようにLOVE&PEACE!!, Always Love & Peace!!), also performed by Fukuyama, Ono and Kamiya. For the third and final season, the opening theme is "Now!!! Gamble", once again performed by Asumi, Fujita and Kitamura, while the ending theme is "Matsuge ni Lock" (まつ毛にLOCK, Lock with your Eyelashes), once again performed by Fukuyama, Ono and Kamiya.
- ^ a b "Staff & Cast" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "DVD Working!! 1" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "DVD Working!! 7" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Blu-ray Box" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "NIS America Adds Working!! Restaurant Comedy Anime". Anime News Network. November 19, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Working!!/Wagnaria!! TV Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. April 1, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Working'!! TV Sequel's Ad for Early Preview Streamed". Anime News Network. August 19, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
- ^ "Working/Wagnaria!!! Gets 1-Hour TV Finale Special". Anime News Network. September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Working/Wagnaria!!! Anime's 1-Hour Finale Slated for December 26". Anime News Network. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.