Happy Boys

Happy Boys (ハッピィ★ボーイズ, Happii Bōizu) is a 13 episode Japanese television comedy, following five young men who work at Lady Braganza, a 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 2007March 2008
Volumes2

Television series

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

Cast

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. "Digital Manga, Inc. - Happy Boys Vol. 1". www.digitalmanga.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26.
  2. "Egmont Manga".
  3. "Happy Mania (Manga)".
  4. "Library Journal".
  5. "Happy Boys: Volume 1 (DokiDoki)".
  6. "Manga Recon » Blog Archive » Happy Boys, Vol. 1". Archived from the original on January 2, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "Happy Boys Vol. #01 - Mania.com". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-02-08.


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