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) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Tazawa Naoki, Yagi Kazusuke |
| Produced by | Moriya Takeshi |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 2, 2007 – June 18, 2007 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Makoto Tateno |
| Published by | Shinshokan |
| English publisher | Dokidoki |
| Magazine | Wings |
| Original run | June 2007 – March 2008 |
| Volumes | 2 |
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
- http://www.digitalmanga.com/books/194/
- http://www.manganet.de/product_info.php/info/p2928_happy_boys,_bd_01.html
- http://www.animepro.de/datenbank/happyboys-manga.htm
- http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/540000654/post/1060050506.html
- http://www.comicbookbin.com/happyboys001.html
- http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/happy-boys-vol-1/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Official Site (in Japanese)