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Working!! 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 began airing in October 2011. In North America, the anime is licensed by NIS America and is known as Wagnaria!!.