Happy Boys
| Happy Boys | |
| ハッピィ★ボーイズ (Happii Bōizu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | , |
| Produced by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 2, 2007 – June 18, 2007 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Makoto Tateno |
| Published by | Shinshokan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Wings |
| Original run | June 2007 – March 2008 |
| Volumes | 2 |
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.
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
- as Tsuruoka Kokoro/Ibu
- as Fukawa Kiichi
- Shunji Fujimura as Shikawaichi Kura (Owner)
- Tetsushi Tanaka as Katano Sakatoru/Katapi
- Guest stars
- (ep1-2)
- (ep3-4)
- (ep5-6)
- (ep5-6)
- (ep7-8)
- Atsushi Hashimoto (ep7-8)
- (ep9-10)
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga (ep9-10)
- (ep11-13)
Manga[]
The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing,[1] and in Germany by Egmont Manga.[2]
Development[]
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Makoto Tateno visited the cast and talked with them when she was developing the manga.[3]
Reception[]
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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/
- ^ "Egmont Manga".
- ^ "Happy Mania (Manga)".
- ^ "Library Journal".
- ^ "Happy Boys: Volume 1 (DokiDoki)".
- ^ "Manga Recon » Blog Archive » 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)
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- Japanese television dramas based on manga
- Manga series
- 2007 manga
- 2007 Japanese television series debuts
- 2007 Japanese television series endings
- Japanese drama television series
- Shinshokan manga
- Digital Manga Publishing titles
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