WORKING!!

2010 - 2015

Welcome to Wagnaria: Takanashi Works

Episode 1

Takanashi Souta, lover of all things small, is recruited by his tiny sempai Taneshima Popura to work at the family style restaurant Wagnaria. There he meets his new co-workers and begins to learn about their many quirks.

Inami, Androphobe. But You're the Scary One

11th April 2010

Episode 2

Souta meets Mahiru, who suffers from Androphobia, the fear of men. The rest of the staff sets them up to share shifts in a suicidal, for Souta at least, attempt to cure Mahiru.

Yachiyo, Kyouko, Satou... and the Returning Mr. Otou

18th April 2010

Episode 3

Yachiyo the samurai sword carrying waitress reveals that she started carrying it to ward off bullies back in elementary school. At this time she encounters Kyoko who agrees to act as a body guard in exchange for Yachiyo's lunch. Otou Hyougo, the true restaurant manager, returns to the store after another unsuccessful search for his lost wife. His wife who has the worlds worst sense of direction got lost years ago while out shopping.

Souma, the Overly Invigorating Young Man

25th April 2010

Episode 4

Takanashi is visited at work by one his 4 sisters. Hiroomi the assistant cook attempts to blackmail the staff of Wagnaria so that he won't have to work. At the same time it becomes apparent that Satou the head cook has a thing for Yachiyo the head waitress.

A Certain Day of Flu... A Wagnaria That Is Different From Usual

Episode 5

Takanashi takes the day off work to take care of his sick sister. The staff attempts to function without them and deal with Mahiru's fear of men with no male server to deal with the male customers.

The Melancholy of Souta, the Women of the Takanashi Family

Episode 6

Takanashi spends some quality time with his four quirky sisters; the boss, the drunk, the writer and the manipulative. Each in their own way is reliant on Takanashi to keep their family in order. White Day has arrived and Takanashi gifts Mahiru a bag of hair pins. This is the first White Day gift she has ever received. Later he runs into her on the street worried that she might attack some random male while walking around he escorts her home. On the way they run into his eldest sister Kazue. Mahiru get flustered and admits to "assaulting" Takanashi on a regular basis.

A Well-Missed Otou, and the New Part-timer = Yamada (!?)

Episode 7

Otoo returns to Wagnaria once again this time bringing with him a new waitress, Yamada Aoi. Aoi tells a "tragic tale of woe" to which Takanashi responds that she is a liar. Reluctantly he ends up training Aoi in how to be a waitress. As the day progress she tries to assign the various staff members into a fake family structure.

Inami's First? Outing!

Episode 8

The girls decided to take a trip to the hot springs which will be the first time for Mahiru. Takanashi concerned about the fate of the male guests at the hot springs goes as well. In the end the entire staff ends up going only to be so late that the hot spring is closed by the time they arrive.

Kotori-chan Appears!!

Episode 9

The source of Mahiru's fear of men is revealed to be a plan concocted her father. Mahiru's father finds out that Takanashi gave her a gift for White Day and visits the restaurant to meet him. Mahiru, afraid that he has come to make her quit working there ask Takanashi to pretend to be a girl. Takanashi mans up and wears a skirt.

The Truth to the Suspicion... Nazuna Works

Episode 10

Kyouko is gone for a week on company business and in her absence Yachiyo attempts to "serve" Jun, which results in his heart being crushed even more. Later Nazuna sees Takanashi and Mahiru walking home together and bribes Kyouko to let her work at the restaurant for the day to spy on Mahiru. Mahiru eventually admits that she likes Takanashi, though Nazuna misinterprets this thinking that she was confirming that Takanashi was a masochist.

The Two of Them Back Then, Yachiyo and Satou. Also, Welcome to the Takanashi Family

Episode 11

Yamada tells a scary ghost story at the end of work and Mahiru is to scared to go home where she would be by herself. Takanashi invites her over to spend the night at his house, Yamada follows them there, claiming to be too scared even though she was the one who told the story in the first place.

Why!? The Night Before the Climactic Battle: Taneshima's Returned Favor

Episode 12

Pupura finds out about Takanashis tall sisters and is upset with him for keeping these ideal women from her. As punishment she sets him up to go on a date with Mahiru. An experiment to see how much more man acclimated Mahiru has become concludes that if she can't punch Takanashi she'll kick him in the nuts.

Takanashi and Inami in the So-Called “Decisive Battle” of a Date…

Episode 13

Takanashi and Mahiru go on their "date". The staff of the restaurant fearing for Takanashi safety concoct an elaborate plan to have him cross dress so that Mahiru would think of him as a girl and not hit him. As the date comes to a close Takanashi comes to realize his true feelings for Mahiru and Mahiru receives the compliment of her life.

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Jun Fukuyama•Kana Asumi•Saki Fujita

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Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who—despite being a year older than Sōta—is easily mistaken for a elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year-old store manager who does not bother to do any work at all.

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Jun Fukuyama

Sota Takanashi (voice)

Kana Asumi Image

Kana Asumi

Popura Taneshima (voice)

Saki Fujita Image

Saki Fujita

Mahiru Inami (voice)

Daisuke Ono Image

Daisuke Ono

Jun Sato (voice)

Eri Kitamura Image

Eri Kitamura

Yachiyo Todoroki (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya Image

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroomi Soma (voice)

Kumiko Watanabe Image

Kumiko Watanabe

Kyoko Shirafuji (voice)

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Ryo Hirohashi

Aoi Yamada (voice)

Full Crew

Ryuji Abe

Associate Producer

Soichiro Umemoto

Producer

Yuji Kikukawa

Producer

Tomonori Ochikoshi

Production Supervisor

Lee Hyeon-Jeong

Art Designer

Satoshi Yano

Sound Recordist

Saho Kawamura

Other

Ryotaro Tate

Other

Satomi Takahashi

Publicist

Mikako Iwano

Publicist

Akinori Oyama

Other

Yuki Yamamoto

Compositing Artist

Midori Yamada

Compositing Artist

Nozomi Nagashima

Compositing Artist

Mai Kobayashi

Compositing Artist

Nguyen Vui

Background Designer

Phan Khanh

Background Designer

Truong Luu

Background Designer

Yoshikazu Fujiwara

Opening/Ending Animation

Aya Akizuki

Opening/Ending Animation

Naoto Nakamura

Opening/Ending Animation

Seiko Asai

Opening/Ending Animation

Megumi Ueda

Opening/Ending Animation

Toruzo Torino

Opening/Ending Animation

Kento Toya

Opening/Ending Animation

Atsushi Saito

Opening/Ending Animation

Izuro Ijuin

Opening/Ending Animation

Shin Wakabayashi

Opening/Ending Animation

Yumi Kamakura

Series Director

Kozo Misawa

Associate Producer

Nguyen Thiet

Background Designer

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Keisuke Kobayashi

Lead Animator

Tomoya Nishiguchi

Lead Animator

Masuo Ueda Image

Masuo Ueda

Other

Shinya Koishikawa

Other

Yota Tsuruoka Image

Yota Tsuruoka

Sound Director

Masaaki Takiyama

Opening/Ending Animation

Keisuke Kobayashi Image

Keisuke Kobayashi

Opening/Ending Animation

Tomoaki Takase

Opening/Ending Animation

Mutsumi Usuda

Compositing Artist

Eiko Morikawa

Sound Effects

Hiroyuki Shimizu Image

Hiroyuki Shimizu

Supervising Producer

Ryouka Kinoshita

Art Direction

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Takawo Yoshioka

Series Composition

Yuri Kawada

Compositing Artist

Osamu Takagi

Other

Ryuichi Takada

Original Music Composer

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Keiichi Hirokawa

Original Music Composer

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Kuniyuki Takahashi

Original Music Composer

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Yasutaka Kimura

Associate Producer

Mamoru Igarashi

Other

Kentaro Tsubone

Editor

Takeshi Hirooka

Director of Photography

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Shingo Adachi

Character Designer

Koji Taguchi

Other

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Kouichirou Natsume

Other

Nao Akagi

Other

Izumi Sakamoto

Color Designer

Karino Takatsu

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