Hataraki Man Staff, Cast, etc.
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Originally Posted by Siegel Clyne
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According to
The Sugar Sugar Rune Encyclopedia, a Japanese website, although not officially announced, Anno Moyoco - wife of Evangelion writer-director
Anno Hideaki - seems to have named characters in
Hataraki Man after real life actors who appeared in the 1970s landmark series of yakuza films by the late
Battle Royale director
Fukasaku Kinji, Jingi Naki Tatakai (Battles Without Honor and Humanity), known in English as
The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity.
JINGI NAKI TATAKAI ACTOR --> HATARAKI MAN CHARACTER
Matsukata Hiroki -->
Matsukata Hiroko
Umemiya Tatsuo -->
Umemiya Tatsuhiko
Narita Mikio -->
Narita Kimio
Kobayashi Akira -->
Kobayashi Akihisa
Sugawara Bunta -->
Sugawara Bun'ya (Bunsai)
Nogawa Yumiko -->
Nogawa Yumi
Nagisa Mayumi -->
Nagisa Mayu
Tanaka Kunie -->
Tanaka Kunio
Kaji Meiko -->
Kaji Maiko
Yamashiro Shingo -->
Yamashiro Shinji
A few characters - e.g., Matsukata, Tanaka - changed sex / gender in the transition from real life to manga and anime.
Having come across
The Sugar Sugar Rune Encylopedia just today, I apparently got only Sugawara's given name wrong in
Hataraki Man.
I will modify my entry of Sugawara's full name in the
Hataraki Man on the
Anime News Network Encyclopedia shortly.