Tetsukoujo nimo Hana ga Saku - Recommendations

• TV (11 eps)
• 2006

28-year-old Hiroko Matsukata is the definition of a workaholic. On top of smoking too much, rarely having sex and having lousy luck nurturing her romantic life, she works excessively to get the job done. Alongside many co-workers at the weekly news magazine Jidai, Hiroko tirelessly works on countless stories – thus negating any chance of a social life. Can Hiroko balance her home and work life, or is she doomed to be a 'working man' forever?

• Web (25 eps)
• 2009 - 2010

The girls' division at the Popuu Company has just hired a new part time worker: the cute and energetic Yutori-chan. Unfortunately, despite the reserved Tsumikomi’s best efforts to mold the new recruit into the perfect worker, the bright-eyed teenager’s complete lack of common sense means that she’s anything but! By refusing to help anyone struggling with their own workload unless explicitly asked, answering the phone during a lecture from her boss, and revealing personal information about her co-workers, Yutori won’t win employee of the month any time soon, but she certainly makes the office a far more interesting place to work.

• TV (12 eps)
• 1999

• TV (12 eps)
• 1999

• TV (12 eps)
• 2015

Aoi Tokura is having a rough day. He’s used to being mistaken for a girl, but it’s even worse when a captivating stranger on the train calls him a creeper for staring a little too long. Aoi’s soaked by a sudden rainstorm and takes shelter at Rainy Color, a cozy café where the warmth of the staff compliments the sweet hot cocoa he’s served. When he falls into a job at the café he feels like things are finally looking up— until Keiichi Iwase, the man he couldn’t help but stare at on the train, shows up. Did this day just get worse, or better?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2015

Second season of Rainy Cocoa.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2019

Youko, the daughter of the Rainy Color cafe's owner Kouji Amami, takes over as the acting manager of the cafe.

• Web (1 ep)
• 2012

• TV (24 eps)
• 2014 - 2015

Aoi will never forget how she felt the day her high school animation club’s labor of love was shown at the cultural festival. The sense of awe and the feeling of accomplishment that came with completing their very first project are exactly what encouraged Aoi and her club mates to enter the animation industry in the first place. But two years later Aoi has graduated, and now that she works as a production assistant for a big-name animation studio, the daunting reality of her job has somewhat diminished her enthusiasm. Despite the long hours and the punishing schedule, Aoi still hopes to fulfill the promise she and her club friends Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori made: to one day reunite and make a real animated feature of their own as professionals!

• TV (11 eps)
• 2016

Dictionaries are ships which guide people through a sea of words and help us all to understand one another. This is the guiding principle at Genbu Books' Dictionary Editorial Department where they are int he process of creating a brand-new dictionary, "The Great Passage - Daitokari," designed for the modern era. Just when production is underway, the Chief of the department must retire. Shortly after this news comes down, one of their editors, Masahi Nishioka, runs into a salesman from their company, Mitsuya Majime, while out at one of their vendors. Majime has a real love and appreciation for words, and is invited to join the Editorial Department where he can put his talents to work.