Happy! (sports manga)

Happy!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Miyuki Umino
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Naoki Urasawa
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Spirits
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1993 – 1999
Volumes	23 (List of volumes)
Live-action television film
Directed by	Osamu Katayama
Written by	Hideo Tsuchida
Released	April 7, 2006
Runtime	22 minutes
Live-action television film
Happy! 2
Directed by	Ryutaro Kawashima
Written by	Hideo Tsuchida
Released	December 26, 2006
Runtime	22 minutes
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Happy! is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from 1993 until 1999, with its 254 chapters collected into 23 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The story follows a teenage heroine who embarks on a career as a professional tennis player to repay an enormous debt incurred by her brother to yakuza loan sharks, with the threat that if she fails, they will force her into a life of prostitution at a soapland.

The series was adapted into two television movies broadcast on TBS in 2006.

The Happy! manga series has over 18 million copies in circulation.