働きマン

Hataraki Man

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. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	働きマン (japanese)
Romaji	Hataraki Man
English	Hataraki Man
Chinese	工作狂人 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Working Man

Facts

Format	TV series · 11 ep · 23 min · 4h total
Aired	2006-10-13 → 2006-12-22 (Autumn 2006)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Studio Gallop
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Seinen
Genres	Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life
Themes	Work Female Protagonist Office Lady Office Primarily Adult Cast Seinen Philosophy
Streaming	HIDIVE

Reception

Community score	6.74 / 10
Bayesian score	7.17 / 10
Composite	48.0
On lists	6,370
Favourited	40 (0.6%)
Completion	74.1%
Drop rate	10.1%
In backlog	60.9%
Score spread σ	1.69

Score distribution

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Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Studio Gallop	—	10 of 17
Broadcast season	Autumn 2006	D	35 of 65
Year	2006	C	114 of 232
Demographic	Seinen	D	507 of 775
Era	Late 2000s	D	605 of 1,149
Genre	Romance	D	973 of 1,687
Genre	Slice of Life	D	1,025 of 1,578
Season (all years)	Autumn	D	1,113 of 1,921
Genre	Drama	D	1,330 of 1,917
Length	Single-cour	D	1,450 of 2,668
Genre	Comedy	D	1,927 of 3,488
Format	TV series	D	1,952 of 3,322
Source material	Manga	D	1,959 of 3,025
Origin	Japan	D	3,939 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Katsumi Ono
Music	Yuugo Kanno
Original creator	Moyoco Anno

AniList id 1592 · MAL id 1592 · Bangumi 529 · record updated 2026-08-26