YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily is an animation and comedy series.

What it’s about. On her first day attending the all-girls Nanamori Middle School in Takaoka, Toyama Akaza Akari oversleeps, to be awakened by her one-year-senior childhood friends: the level-headed Funami Yui and the often self-centered Toshinou Kyouko. Planning on exciting club activities at school, Akari joins the club her older friends have set up. But as it turns out Kyouko and Yui simply took over the former room of the now defunct tea ceremony club for their own Amusement Club. In regard to what the club does, Kyouko explains: "We just hang out and do whatever we want!" This is not exactly what the helpful and energetic Akari had hoped for. Surprisingly a few days later Yoshikawa Chinatsu joins the club even though she mistook it for the former tea ceremony club. And so the four fun-loving girls could enjoy spending their spare time at the club were it not for the student council, in person of vice president Sugiura Ayano, who does her very best to shut down this unauthorized club.

Who’s in it. YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily stars Shiori Mikami as Akari Akaza (voice), Yuka Otsubo as Kyouko Toshinou (voice), Minami Tsuda as Yui Funami (voice) and Rumi Okubo as Chinatsu Yoshikawa (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.7/10, YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily page.

If you liked it. Fans of YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.