Happy Boys

Happy Boys (ハッピィ★ボーイズ, Happii Bōizu) is a Japanese television comedy, following five young men who work at Lady Braganza, butler café. It was adapted into a manga by Makoto Tateno.

Happy Boys
ハッピィ★ボーイズ
(Happii Bōizu)
GenreComedy, Drama
Television drama
Directed byTazawa Naoki, Yagi Kazusuke
Produced byMoriya Takeshi
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 2, 2007 – June 18, 2007
Episodes13
Manga
Written byMakoto Tateno
Published byShinshokan
English publisherDokidoki
MagazineWings
Original runJune 2007 – March 2008
Volumes2

Television series

The series aired Mondays between 13:15 and 14:45.

Cast
  • Koji Seto as Segawa Kyoichi/Shiva
  • Kenta Kamakari as Akasaka Junta/Renjou
  • Keisuke Kato as Kitamura Kosuke/Ivory
  • Gaku Shindo as Inada Gen/Silk
  • Shugo Nagashima as Tsuruoka Kokoro/Ibu
  • Eiji Sugawara as Fukawa Kiichi
  • Shunji Fujimura as Shikawaichi Kura (Owner)
  • Tetsushi Tanaka as Katano Sakatoru/Katapi
Guest stars
  • Megumi Komatsu (ep1-2)
  • Natsuhi Ueno (ep3-4)
  • Hisae Morishita (ep5-6)
  • Takahiro Uemura (ep5-6)
  • Kaori Ikeda (ep7-8)
  • Atsushi Hashimoto (ep7-8)
  • Rie Minemura (ep9-10)
  • Toshiyuki Toyonaga (ep9-10)
  • Hana Kino (ep11-13)

Manga

The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing,[1] and in Germany by Egmont Manga.[2]

Development

Makoto Tateno visited the cast and talked with them when she was developing the manga.[3]

Reception

Snow Wildsmith described the manga as "enjoyable, but not all that memorable", but noted that the stereotypically "blatantly gay" chef could offend some readers.[4] Leroy Douresseaux felt the manga series had potential, but that the first volume was not "anything really special".[5] Connie C. described the manga as being "a cross between Antique Bakery and Princess Princess".[6] Matthew Warner felt it was fun to see the characters switch on their "butler-mode".[7]

References
  1. http://www.digitalmanga.com/books/194/
  2. http://www.manganet.de/product_info.php/info/p2928_happy_boys,_bd_01.html
  3. http://www.animepro.de/datenbank/happyboys-manga.htm
  4. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/540000654/post/1060050506.html
  5. http://www.comicbookbin.com/happyboys001.html
  6. http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/happy-boys-vol-1/
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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