| Happy Boys | |
| ハッピィ★ボーイズ (Happii Bōizu) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| TV drama | |
| Directed by | Tazawa Naoki, Yagi Kazusuke |
| Produced by | Moriya Takeshi |
| 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 |
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, a shitsuji kissa (butler café). It was adapted into a manga by Makoto Tateno.
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The series aired Mondays between 13:15 and 14:45.
The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing,[1] and in Germany by Egmont Manga.[2]
Makoto Tateno visited the cast and talked with them when she was developing the manga.[3]
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]