Anne Happy
| Anne Happy | |
 Anne Happy manga volume 1 cover | |
| あんハピ♪ (Anhapi♪) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Cotoji |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Manga Time Kirara Forward |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shin Ōnuma |
| Written by | Hitoshi Tanaka |
| Music by | Monaca |
| Studio | Silver Link |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS Fuji |
| Original run | April 7, 2016 – present |
| Episodes | 12 |
Anne Happy (あんハピ♪, Anhapi♪), also known as Unhappy Go Lucky! or Unhappy, is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Cotoji. The series is published in North America by Yen Press. An anime adaptation premiered in April 2016.
Plot
Tennogofune Academy (天之御船学園, Tennogofune Gakuen) is an elite school where students train in various subjects such as arts and sports. That is, except for the students of Class 1-7, who have been deemed "misfortunate" and must try to overcome their own misfortune and achieve happiness. The series follows Anne "Hanako" Hanakoizumi, who has terrible luck, and her classmates Ruri, Botan, Hibiki, and Ren, who each have their own misfortunes, as they try to find their own happiness.
Characters
Main characters
- Anne Hanakoizumi (花小泉 杏, Hanakoizumi An) / Hanako (はなこ)
- Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[1]
- A cheerful girl who has a constantly positive attitude despite having absolutely terrible luck, causing her to fall into manholes and the like. She loves animals but is constantly getting attacked by them.
- Ruri Hibarigaoka (雲雀丘 瑠璃, Hibarigaoka Ruri) / Hibari (ヒバリ)
- Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi[1]
- A caring girl who seems perfectly normal albeit for a strange romantic obsession with the man in construction signs.
- Botan Kumegawa (久米川 牡丹, Kumegawa Botan) / Botan (ぼたん)
- Voiced by: Kiyono Yasuno[1]
- A fragile girl who gets injured very easily (e.g. a handshake breaks her hand bones), though being the daughter of a doctor, she is efficient at treating her own injuries. She also has a negative aura and gets depressed over the smallest things.
- Hibiki Hagyū (萩生 響, Hagyū Hibiki) / Hibiki (ヒビキ)
- Voiced by: Hibiku Yamamura[1]
- A girl with a terrible sense of direction who gets lost easily. She is Ren's childhood friend and is hostile towards females who get close to her.
- Ren Ekoda (江古田 蓮, Ekoda Ren) / Ren (レン)
- Voiced by: Mayu Yoshioka[1]
- Hibiki's childhood friend, who has a strange condition in which females of any species are indiscriminately attracted to her.
Other characters
- Kodaira (小平)
- Voiced by: Yumi Hara
- The homeroom teacher of Class 1-7.
- Timothy (チモシー, Chimoshī)
- Voiced by: Chitose Morinaga
- A robotic rabbit butler who serves as a guide to the school.
- Tsubaki Sayama (狭山 椿, Sayama Tsubaki)
- A student of Class 1-7.
- Saginomiya (鷺宮)
- The homeroom teacher of Class 1-1.
- Sakura Hanakoizumi (花小泉 桜, Hanakoizumi Sakura)
- Voiced by: Yūko Gibu
- Anne Hanakoizumi's mother.
- Principal (校長, Kōchō)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka
- The principal (head teacher) of Tennogofune Academy.
Media
Manga
Cotoji began serializing the manga in the February 2013 issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine, sold in December 2012.[2] The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press.[3]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 12, 2013[4] | 978-4-8322-4319-4 | May 24, 2016[5] | 978-0-3162-7217-9 |
| 2 | May 12, 2014[4] | 978-4-8322-4441-2 | August 23, 2016[6] | 978-0-3162-7612-2 |
| 3 | December 12, 2014[4] | 978-4-8322-4501-3 | November 15, 2016[7] | 978-0-3163-1785-6 |
| 4 | July 13, 2015[4] | 978-4-8322-4587-7 | — | — |
| 5 | April 12, 2016[4] | 978-4-8322-4684-3 | — | — |
| 6 | June 11, 2016[4] | 978-4-8322-4703-1 | — | — |
Anime
An anime television series adaptation is animated by Silver Link, directed by Shin Ōnuma and written by Hitoshi Tanaka, with character designs by Miwa Oshima.[8][9] It premiered on April 7, 2016, and was broadcast on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS Fuji.[10] The opening theme is "Punch Mind Happiness" and the ending theme is "Ashita de Ii Kara" (明日でいいから, "I'll Do it Tomorrow'), both performed by Happy Clover, a group consisting of Yumiri Hanamori, Haruka Shiraishi, Kiyono Yasuno, Hibiku Yamamura, and Mayu Yoshioka.[11]
Episode list
| No. | Title[12] | Original air date |
|---|
References
- ^ a b c d e "Anne Happy/Unhappy Go Lucky! Schoolgirl Comedy Anime Reveals Main Cast". Anime News Network. December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ "Unhappy! Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ^ "Yen Press Adds Space Dandy, Dimension W, Overlord, Boy & the Beast". Anime News Network. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f あんハピ♪ 漫画の殿堂・芳文社 [Anne Happy Manga Hall of Fame・Houbunsha]. Houbunsha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Anne Happy, Vol. 1". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Anne Happy, Vol. 2". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Anne Happy, Vol. 3". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Silver Link Animates Unhappy! TV Anime". Anime News Network. July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ^ "'Unhappy!' Schoolgirl Comedy Anime Reveals Staff, Spring 2016 Debut". Anime News Network. November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Anne Happy/Unhappy Go Lucky! TV Anime Premieres April 7". Anime News Network. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Anne Happy Anime's 2 Promo Videos Preview Opening, Ending Themes". Anime News Network. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Story" (in Japanese). Silver Link. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
External links
- Anime official website Template:Ja icon
- Anne Happy (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
