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
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward
Original run December 2012 – present
Volumes 4
Anime television series
Directed by Shin Ōnuma
Written by Hitoshi Tanaka
Music by Monaca
Studio Silver Link
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.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 July 12, 2013[4]ISBN 978-4-8322-4319-4May 24, 2016[5]ISBN 978-0-3162-7217-9
2 May 12, 2014[4]ISBN 978-4-8322-4441-2August 23, 2016[6]ISBN 978-0-3162-7612-2
3 December 12, 2014[4]ISBN 978-4-8322-4501-3November 15, 2016[7]ISBN 978-0-3163-1785-6
4 July 13, 2015[4]ISBN 978-4-8322-4587-7——
5 April 12, 2016[4]ISBN 978-4-8322-4684-3——
6 June 11, 2016[4]ISBN 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
1 "April 7: An Unfortunate First Day of School"
"Shigatsu Nanoka: Fukō na Nyūgaku Shonichi" (4月7日 不幸な入学初日) 		April 7, 2016
On her first day of high school, Ruri Hibarigaoka comes across an unlucky girl named Anne Hanakoizumi dangling off a bridge while rescuing a dog. After Anne and Ruri meet their fragile classmate, Botan Kumegawa, their homeroom teacher Kodaira reveals that, unlike the other classes dedicated to sports and arts, Class 7 is filled with allegedly unfortunate students who must strive to obtain happiness. After being tasked with taking care of an egg without breaking it, Anne and Botan get in a jam while trying to rescue a cat, but are soon aided by Ruri, who is revealed to have an obsession with a construction sign. The next day, Anne's egg, the only one that didn't break overnight, hatches into a chick. 
2 "April 11: The High-Tech Physical Exam"
"Shigatsu Jū-ichi-nichi: Haiteku na Shintai Sokutei" (4月11日 ハイテクな身体測定) 		April 14, 2016
While on their way to a physical exam, Anne and the others come across a robotic rabbit named Timothy, who serves as a guide to the school. After getting through the exams, the girls decide to try out the various clubs, only to suddenly find themselves on the run from a stampede of animals. After everything is settled, Ruri decides against joining a club so she can spend more time with her friends. 
3 "April 28: My First Happiness Training"
"Shigatsu Ni-jū-hachi-nichi: Hajimete no Kōfuku Jitsugi" (4月28日 はじめての幸福実技) 		April 21, 2016
Class 7 end up having to take part in an overly elaborate life-sized board game. There, the girls compete with Hibiki Hagyū, who gets lost easily, and her friend Ren Ekoda, who she has a crush on. Facing various obstacles on every space, both Anne and Hibiki's teams end up stuck in an infinite loop and are put in a competition to determine who ends up in last place. With the final match being a quiz, Anne causes her team to end up last in order to save Ruri from revealing her personal secrets. 
4 "April 29: A Mysterious Penalty"
"Shigatsu Ni-jū-ku-nichi: Nazonazo na Batsu Gēmu" (4月29日 ナゾナゾな罰ゲーム) 		April 28, 2016
As part of their penalty for coming in last, Anne, Ruri, and Botan are tasked with finding some "lucky items" over the weekend. While Ruri and Botan look across town for a flower representing Anne's lucky item, Anne comes across Hibiki and Ren as they are following the others and has them join them. Thanks to Ren's affinity that causes all females to become attracted to her, the girls find the garden where Anne's flower lies. After Anne helps her after getting lost in a flower maze, Hibiki helps to take a picture that fulfils all three lucky item requirements. 
5 "May 9: Getting Lost on the Way to School"
"Gogatsu Kokonoka: Maigo no Tōkō Fūkei" (5月9日 迷子の登校風景) 		May 5, 2016
Hibiki attempts to go to school on her own, coming across the other girls as they make their respective commutes. Holding a misdirected grudge against Ruri, Hibiki finds her pass case containing a picture of the sign she likes. While planning to use it as blackmail, Hibiki comes across her old kindergarten, reminding her of when she first came to fall in love with Ren. When Hibiki was afraid of having her hair cut after it got stuck in a gate, Ren cut her own hair to give her some reassurance. After Ren manages to find her, Hibiki decides against using Ruri's pass case to blackmail her and returns it. 
6 "May 30: A Field Trip With Everyone"
"Gogatsu San-jū-nichi: Minna de Ensoku" (5月30日 みんなで遠足) 		TBA

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