Working!!, known as
Wagnaria!! for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese
four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, and concerns the activities of the unusual employees at the Wagnaria
family restaurant. It began serialization in the January 2005 issue of
Square Enix's
Young Gangan seinen manga magazine. The first
bound volume was released in November 2005 in Japan; as of March 2011, nine volumes have been released. Square Enix released three
drama CDs between 2007 and 2009 with scripts written by Shōgo Mukai. A 13-episode
anime series produced by
A-1 Pictures and directed by
Yoshimasa Hiraike aired in Japan between April and June 2010, and a second season has been announced.
