Happiness! ( ????! , Hapinesu! ) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Windmill released on October 21, 2005 for Windows PC. The game was then ported to the PlayStation 2. An adult fan disc titled Happiness! Re: Lucks was developed by Windmill's sister, Windmill Oasis and released on July 28, 2006 for Windows. A manga illustrated by Rino Fujii was serialized at the Monthly Comic Alive in Media Factory between 2006 and 2007. A series of novels published by Harvest between 2006 and 2008. An 12-episode anime produced by Artland aired in Japan between October and December 2006, and the original video animation episode followed in January 2007.
Video Happiness! (visual novel)
Plot
Happiness! is the sixth title developed by Windmill visual novel developer. The project planning was led by Kocha and Chatora, who also served as directors. The scenario was written by four people: Chatora, Celery, Kei Watanabe, and Ayaka. The art director and character design is provided by Kocha, and the super deformation illustration is done by Yui Haga. The music in this game is composed by members of Elements Garden and OdiakeS under the name Ecnemuse.
Happiness! was released in Japan on October 21, 2005 as a limited edition version, can only be played on a Windows PC as a DVD; the regular edition was released on November 18, 2005. The limited edition comes bundled with an illustrated book and the original soundtrack of the game. A fan disc titled Happiness! Re: Lucks was released on July 28, 2006 as a limited edition version that can be played on a Windows PC as a DVD; the regular edition was released on September 15, 2006. Developed by Windmill's sister, Windmill Oasis, the staff for Re: Lucks is mostly the same as the original game, except for the scenario staff, which is shared between Chatora, Celery, Eiji Takashima, Hare Kitagawa and Kei Hozumi. Happiness! is ported to PlayStation 2 by Marvelous Interactive under the title Happiness! De: Luxe on January 25, 2007.
Maps Happiness! (visual novel)
Adaptations
Novel
Harvest publishes seven novels based on Happiness! from April 2006 to July 2008. The first two were written by Nikaid? Kageyama, the next four was written by Satoshi Mikado, and the latter was written by Mutsuki Mizusaki.
Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Rino Fujii, was serialized in Media Factory's Media Center's 'Mediay Monthly Comic Alive' between August 2006 and June 2007 editions. Two volumes of tanks? Bon released: the first on December 22, 2006 and the second on May 23, 2007.
Anime
An 12-episode anime adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Hara and produced by Artland, aired on Japanese television between October 5 and December 21, 2006. On January 25, 2007, an original video animation episode (OVA) was released with the first print of a limited edition of Happiness ! De: Luxe . Two theme songs are used for anime: one opening theme and one cover theme. The opening theme is "Happiness!" by Ayumi Murata, and the closing theme is "Magical Generation" by Yui Sakakibara. The original soundtrack of the anime was released on November 22, 2006 in Japan, published by Media Factory. Maiden Japan licensed the series and released the full series on DVD on April 1, 2014.
Episode
Music
The theme of the novel's novel Happiness! is "Zero" by Hiromi Sat ?, and the closing theme is "Mezame no Asa" by the voice actress of four main characters (Yui Sakakibara, Mia Naruse, Yura Hinata and Oto Agumi) Heroines. Opening theme Happiness! Re: Lucks is "Happi-day?" by Yui Sakakibara, and the cover theme is "With You..." by Hiromi Sat? Opening theme Happiness! De: Luxe is "Happiness H? Teishiki" by Yui Sakakibara, and the cover theme is "Ohay?" by Ayumi Murata.
Acceptance
In the 2007 Survey of Diheki G Magazine's Reader , Happiness! in the 38th rank in the "most interesting bish? Jo" list; a five-way tie with Tokimeki Memorial 2 , Tsukihime , Welcome to Pia Carrot GO and YU-NO: A girl who chants mantra love in this world boundary .
References
External links
- Windmill's official website for Happiness! (in Japanese)
- Windmill's official website for Happiness! Re: Lucks (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Happiness! (anime) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
- "Happiness!". Visual Novel Database .
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