UK newspaper The Times spotlights Hataraki Man

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UK newspaper The Times (via their online outlet Times Online) have <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/japan/article2806731.ece">recently published</a> an article looking at how women in Japan are gradually establishing themselves in the country's traditionally male-dominated work place, many of whom have been inspired by "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hataraki_Man">Hataraki Man</a>" - the Moyoco Anno (wife of Neon Genesis Evangelion's Hideki Anno) penned manga that depicts a Japanese twenty-something female moving and shaking stories as a hard-working journalist for a popular magazine.
&ldquo;Absolutely, women need a Man Switch,&rdquo; Moyoco Anno, the 36-year-old creator of the comic, says. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t imply that men are superior to women, but that people need to understand better the differences of how men and women behave in the workplace and use that.&rdquo; [<a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/japan/article2806731.ece">Read more</a>]
Hataraki Man (which ironically translates to "working man") has already been adapted into an acclaimed 11 episode anime TV series which appeared during the autumn of 2006. A live action TV drama is also currently airing on Japanese TV. It's unlikely that such an unconvential anime series will be released outside of Japan, but you can stream the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEuTr3Sv3oE">subtitled trailer</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7TMH6UwuNo">opening theme</a> over at YouTube.
 
It only makes that in this morden day society that women are able to get an equal share as well.

And to prove it, were going to make it into an animation and show the world. Ha!

Ticks me off that companies can find loopholes in the system to prevent women from progressing in their jobs.
Not all, but some
 
seems like everyone aviods posting, as soon as I get here lol

You might as well BAN ME right now paul!! save people the tourture

:cry: :cry:
 
Otaku-san said:
seems like everyone aviods posting, as soon as I get here lol

You might as well BAN ME right now paul!! save people the tourture
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Heh, not really... just, interesting article though it was (I had no idea Hataraki Man was causing a stir), I didn't think there was much I could add. I suppose the troubles facing women in a business environment is so alien to my normal experiences it's difficult to relate.
 
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