Lucky Star Anime

Awesome! I love very much this show. :) Hehehe... I already say it wasn’t quite up to my expectations last episode, but this episode is just so ridiculously great and awesome! Hopefully every episode will be something like this! Hm... i love this because:

Seriously i love this! Awesome! I favourited! :)

Hi everybody... Greatest disappointment of the season, Lucky Star? Hehehe... Not really…for me! This is because I was expecting more than just a bunch of dialogue, but I guess I should have expected it to be simplistic in that sense due to the nature of the original manga (yonkoma). Futhermore Kyoani doesn’t seem to be using many resources either, as only the main characters are animated in detail. Am i right? Hm.... The background and surrounding characters also are simplified but though it still looks very nice. I hear the next episode will be better as well. :)


I not really like the OP? (this my opinion, how about you?), and I’m pretty sure the dialogue at the end isn’t the ED, though I also have my doubts of there being an ED at all. I like the characters, especially Konata.Huhuhu... Having Hirano Aya voice her doesn’t remind me of Suzumiya Haruhi, unlike numerous cases before. So, I guess when you hear the same seiyuu voice enough different characters, resemblance between those characters dwindles. Aya did a great job though; Konata’s voice is distinctly different from the other roles I currently remember. It seems the other seiyuus are rather inexperienced, so Aya needs to carry them through…hopefully

The gundam toy that they use is similar with the suzumiya haruhi no yuutsuuu one....

I will try to name them all:

1. Tsukasa Hiiragi: Short light-purple hair
2. Konata Izumi: Long blue hair
3. Kagami Hiiragi: Long light-purple hair
4. Miyuki Takara: Long pink hair
5. Minami Iwasaki: Short green hair
6. Yutaka Kobayakawa: Light red hair with pig tails
7. Hiyori Tamura: Long black hair, wears glasses
8. Misao Kusakabe: Short brown hair
9. Ayano Minegishi: Long orange hair
10. Patricia Martin: Short light orange hair, blue eyes

Hi everyone.... Before this Lucky Star Anime season started, I think I was stuck under a rock, so I didn’t hear a thing about this Lucky Star Anime. Then out of the blue, when I see and hear the Opening Lucky Star Anime for the first time, I’m shocked! All this thing is getting to me! Lastly Lucky Star Anime boom!



Now I’m not gonna bash Lucky Star Anime because there were three good things about it:

1) They were cute. Hehehe... They did not scrimp on the cuteness. They were what many like to say “Kawaiiiii~”.

2) I was able to hear Aya Hirano’s voice. One of my favorite parts was when I was able to just close my eyes and pretend I’m there in the recording studio watching Aya record... hmm... great show, by the way.

3) I was able to laugh… twice… after many attempts. -I laughed at the Street Fighter reference and when they introduced a guy who’ll probably not play a large role at all.

Lastly I was able to spend more time with my goddess. Hahahaha... What I will say though, is that this show still has lots of potential. Hopefully this’ll pull a Haruhi Suzumiya Episode 2? May be? How about you? :)

Lucky Star Anime is out! This is the new Kyoto Animation anime that’s based on a 4-koma manga, as everyone and their mom probably already knows. The hype levels have been through the roof since it was announced, but can a 4-koma anime really be that awesome? Lucky Star Anime starts off awesome with an op sequence to end all op sequences. At least, Lucky Star Anime it’s very nice. Lucky Star Anime sorta reminds me of the ED sequence of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Is KyoAni just pandering to its fans now? Either way, it’s really fun!

Anyhow, Lucky Star Anime follows the lives of four high school girls. Izumi Konata is the weird one voiced by Hirano Aya. Hiiragi Tsukasa is Konata’s friend, which also makes her weird. She seems like a klutz type. Hiiragi Kagami is Tsukasa’s sister. She’s more of an assertive, sometimes demanding character. Then there’s the meganekko, Takara Miyuki. The disproportionate ratio of screencaps with her in them is not a coincidence. She’s the moe character that keeps everyone sane. I think.

Just watching Lucky Star Anime the first episode, it seems to me that Lucky Star Anime is like the Seinfeld of anime. It’s literally about nothing. They spent the first 6 minutes or so just talking about how they eat their food. I think. I watched Lucky Star Anime raw, and I still have a semi-hard time understanding the dialogue intensive talking head anime.

After that, here’s what I think they talked about. I believe the girls were talking about maid cafes and how the girls call the customers “goshujin-sama” and then Konata said something like how it’s normal in ero-games? Thereby suggesting that she plays ero-games? That’s what I got out of it. Then there was a part where they were talking about how Miyuki would be cuter if she wore contact lenses, but she turned out to be moe anyway.

Also Lucky Star Anime, there was a section that I totally understood, where they were talking about the Japanese saying that “idiots can’t catch colds” because they’re so dumb that they don’t realize they have a cold. Konata said that since she’s dumb, she can’t catch a influenza, but then Tsukasa was arguing about whether that saying counted towards influenza, or if it was strictly a cold-only type of thing…

And the randomness continued. The best part Lucky Star Anime was where Konata was talking about video games, and they had a parody of Konata vs. a gaikokujin (foreigner) that looked suspiciously similar to Guile from Street Fighter II in Ryu’s stage… She even did the Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku! At the end of the episode, Konata (I’m assuming) sings the theme to Uchuu Tetsujin.

As far as animation Lucky Star Anime goes, it’s good, when animation actually happens. Like most of the show is just talking heads. Lucky Star Anime awesome looking talking heads, though! I really like the character designs of Lucky Star Anime. I haven’t read any of the 4-koma, but I’m assuming that KyoAni did a good job anime-fying them.

I don’t know if it’s really justified saying that this Lucky Star Anime is a waste of KyoAni’s resources. If they end up making a good anime, who cares? I really like how this Lucky Star Anime looks, even if I don’t get all of the dialogue. Once I do understand 100% of what they’re saying, I’m sure it’ll be even better. I hope.

Lucky Star Anime seems like a really fun anime. Sure, there’s been a lot of hype leading up to it, and maybe that’s made everyone have higher expectations than a 4-koma adaptation can live up to. Personally, I liked the parts that I understood, and the vibe that I got from the animation. The pop culture references are also pretty fun to catch as well. I’m really looking forward to watching this with subs, and actually getting more of the jokes. Cheers... :)

Akira Kogami (小神 あきら, Kogami Akira)?, (Seiyū - Ai Nonaka (drama CD) / Hiromi Konno (anime))

* Birthday: February 14th
* Lives in: Tokyo Metro
* Blood Type: O

Akira is a junior high school student who is also the captain of the Lucky ☆ Star informational ad section called "Lucky ☆ Channel" in the Comptiq magazine. Akira has short salmon pink hair, she has an ahoge towards the right side of her head, and has golden yellow eyes. Her school uniform is too big on her as her hands are too short for its sleeves. Akira tends to be very energetic, and her chief form of greeting is "Oha-Lucky~!" Akira is a veteran voice actress who occasionally falls out of character.

Hinata Miyakawa (宮河 ひなた, Miyakawa Hinata)?, (Seiyū - Mamiko Noto (drama CD))

* Birthday: June 15th
* Lives in: Saitama Prefecture
* Blood Type: O
* First appearance: Nintendo DS video game.

Hinata's appearance is as follows: has long salmon pink hair which she ties just a bit to the right of her forehead with a rabbit clip, has pink droopy eyes and is a meganekko. She makes a living through a job at a doujin shop. However, she remains poor as all her money disappears into manga and doujinshis.

Hikage Miyakawa (宮河 ひかげ, Miyakawa Hikage)?, (Seiyū - Yukari Tamura (drama CD))

* Birthday: September 6th
* Lives in: Saitama Prefecture
* Blood Type: A
* First appearance: Nintendo DS video game.

Hikage is the younger sister of Hinata and is in the fourth grade; she is the youngest character in Lucky ☆ Star. She attends the Sakura-en Public Elementary School, and is in class 4-1. She is not an otaku like her older sister and may grow up to become a tsundere character. Hikage lives in poverty because of her older sister and wants to grow up so she can get a job on her own; her dream is to eat meat. Hikage's appearance is as follows: has long light-purple hair; her hairstyle is distinctive as she thinly braids her hair to the right, and uses that as a ribbon to tie her hairs, her eyes are light blue and are slanted upward.

Nanako Kuroi (黒井 ななこ, Kuroi Nanako)?, (Seiyū - Masumi Asano (drama CD) / Konomi Maeda (anime))

* Birthday: February 8th
* Age: 27
* Born in: Kanagawa Prefecture
* Blood Type: O
* Strong subjects: World history, Cooking
* Disliked subjects: English

Nanako is the home room teacher for Konata's class and her primary subject is world history. She thinks that students have it easy because as she has said, "you guys don't have to think about what to wear everyday." She is more like a friend than their teacher as she has a lax personality. Consequently, she frequently borrows and exchanges video games with Konata, and is in Konata's party in the same online game. Since she is not seeing anyone, she is constantly online, even on Christmas and New Year's Eve. Nanako has very long blonde hair which she ties at the back of her neck, and her eyes are green. When writing on the chalkboard, Nanako is able to become ambidextrous. She loves to watch baseball, and is a big fan of the Chiba Lotte Marines. Also, Nanako speaks in a fake Kansai accent.

Yui Narumi (成実 ゆい, Narumi Yui)?, (Seiyū - Chiwa Saito (drama CD) / Konomi Maeda (anime))

* Birthday: October 7th
* Age: 26
* Lives in: Saitama Prefecture
* Blood Type: A
* Strong subjects: Morals and ethics
* Disliked subjects: Math

Yui is Konata's cousin and is a female police officer for the Saitama Prefectural Police Department. She is very easy-going and is a cop who acts before thinking. She is a bit of a klutz and is a meganekko. However, she has a tendency to road rage when she's behind the wheel. Yui has a well-rounded face and a large forehead, has straight and short dark green hair, and her eyes are brown. Yui isn't into fashion that much. She recently married, leaving behind her maiden name of Kobayakawa. However, her significant other is out of town all the time, so she frequently visits Konata's house. Usually, Yui will come over to Konata's home very late at night while drunk.

Sōjirō Izumi (泉 そうじろう, Izumi Sōjirō)?, (Seiyū - Hirokazu Hiramatsu (anime))
Sōjirō is Konata's father who is also an author and thus is able to work at home; he always wear loose traditional Japanese clothing as his work clothes. He loves watching anime and playing video games, which influenced his daughter's interests. Perhaps due to these interests, Sōjirō has taken a liking to small and cute girls. When Yutaka came to live at his house, he sincerely thought that, "My life is superb." He is very intelligent, but he isn't looked up to by Konata when she has trouble doing her homework.

Sōjirō is very thin, and has unshaven facial hair, he has a mole under his right eye and has thick eyebrows. Additionally, he is allergic to pollen and when he decided to wear goggles and masks as protection from it, Konata sighed that, "Now you look weirder as well." She also frequently reminds him, "Please don't do anything as to be taken away by the cops."

Sōjirō's wife was his childhood friend and he loves his own daughter because she looks exactly like his wife. Also, he often forgets to lock the door when he is using the toilet which has left Yutaka with a tremendous shock.

Kanata Izumi (泉 かなた, Izumi Kanata?)
Kanata was Konata's mother who was very short and looked exactly like Konata. She died when Konata was very young and her only appearances in the manga are through a single photograph and through Sōjirō's memory. Her daughter believes that Sōjirō forcibly married her through some kind of threat, but the truth is yet to be known.

Yukari Takara (高良 ゆかり, Takara Yukari)?, (Seiyū - Mami Kosuge (anime))
Yukari is Miyuki's mother who tends to be very well-mannered, but can be a bit of a klutz. She can talk with a telemarketer for over an hour. Yukari's hair is short though unlike her daughter, she does not wear eyeglasses. She doesn't like to do household chores, hence why she isn't quite skilled with household items. On one occasion, she thought that a colored candle was a popsicle.

Tadao Hiiragi (柊 ただお, Hiiragi Tadao?)
Tadao is the head of the Hiiragi family who is also a priest at the Hiiragi shrine.

Kiyotaka Narumi (成実 きよたか, Narumi Kiyotaka)?)
Kiyotaka is the husband who recently married with Yui Kobayakawa, Kotoha's cousin. He is currently away and one of the only appearances he has made was through a phone conversation.

Hikaru Sakuraba (桜庭 ひかる, Sakuraba Hikaru?)
Hikaru is the biology teacher at Ryōō Gakuen High School and is also the current captain of the Lucky ☆ Star informational ad section, recently renamed "Lucky ☆ Paradise".

Konata Izumi (泉 こなた, Izumi Konata)?, (Seiyū - Ryo Hirohashi (drama CD) / Aya Hirano (anime))

* Birthday: May 28th
* Lives in: Saitama Prefecture
* Blood Type: A
* Strong subjects: PE (however, it isn't her favorite subject)
* Disliked subjects: Math and science
* Favourite Foods: Chocolate cornet bread

Konata, nicknamed "Kona-chan" by her friends, gets bored easily when something doesn't interest her. She can be smart, but she hates studying so her grades are a bit uneasy. However, she is an expert in pulling an "all-nighter". In contrast to her studying habits, she loves video games to the extent that she can compete against Kagami on knowledge of games. In addition to video games, she loves anime which is also due to her father's influence along with the games. Her father also buys ero-games for himself, so she is able to play and enjoy them as well. In fact, when she became 18, Konata was overjoyed since she could now go buy and play ero-games legally.

Since she spends quite a large sum of money into video games and dōjinshi, Konata was lucky enough to get a part-time job at a cosplay cafe. Continuing with her theme of playing video games, Konata plays the role of a male character in an online game and is married in that world. Her significant other in the game is ironically a male gamer using a female character. She often plays online games late into the night hence why she tends to fall asleep in class, which makes her a frequent victim to Nanako's fists.

Her physique is smaller than average when compared to her peers which hasn't changed since she was in sixth grade. She is ambidextrous, in contrast to the mostly left-handed main cast. She has long bluish-purple hair which comes down to her calfs and has a large ahoge, sleepy green eyes and a beauty mole under her left eye just like her father. Her mother, sadly, died when she was young, and she has lived alone with her father afterwards. In her third year of grade school, however, Yutaka came to live at her house, so there are now three members living at her home.

Tsukasa Hiiragi (柊 つかさ, Hiiragi Tsukasa)?, (Seiyū - Mai Nakahara (drama CD) / Kaori Fukuhara (anime))

* Birthday: July 7th
* Lives in: Saitama Prefecture
* Blood Type: B
* Strong subjects: Home economics
* Disliked subjects: PE

Tsukasa is the younger fraternal twin sister of Kagami and lives in a six-member family household with her parents. She is in the same class as Konata though isn't good at studying or at sports, but excels in cooking.

Tsukasa's physique is a little smaller than average. She has short, light-purple hair, and wears a ribbon like a head band in it, and her droopy eyes are light violet. She is portrayed as a stereotypical klutz and as a "healing-type" character. Tsukasa once received a mobile phone for her birthday, however she hasn't had much luck with it as she had her phone taken away by using it in class and mistakenly ruined it by putting it in the laundry along with her skirt. Also, one time, she left the instant yakisoba alone after pouring hot water in it, only to come back later discovering there was no water left to drain. She spends a lot of time sleeping.

Kagami Hiiragi (柊 かがみ, Hiiragi Kagami)?, (Seiyū - Ami Koshimizu (drama CD) / Emiri Katō (anime))

* Birthday: July 7th
* Lives in: Saitama Prefecture
* Blood Type: B
* Strong subjects: English
* Disliked subjects: Home economics

Kagami is the older fraternal twin sister of Tsukasa. In school, her grades are excellent as studies very hard. She was even the class president of her class in her first year. She is in a different class than Konata and Tsukasa, but she frequently comes to their class during lunch time to eat with them. Additionally, Kagami chose the humanities course in her second year so that she could be with her friends, but she was the only one separated into a different classroom; the same occurred in her third year. Kagami, seldomly referred to as "Kagamin", is a bit egotistic, but is somewhat weak in cooking.

Kagami's physique is average. She has long light purple hair, and wears a ribbon tied into pig-tails; used to have an ahoge at the beginning of the series, and her sharp eyes are light violet. Kagami is the stereotypical "tsukkomi" character, however, she is prone to become shy at times, hence being a tsundere character as well.

Much like Konata, Kagami likes video games, but plays a different genre than Konata: Kagami likes to play scrolling shooters. She loves to read light novels, but she is lonely that no one around her has the same interest as her.

Miyuki Takara (高良 みゆき, Takara Miyuki)?, (Seiyū - Erina Nakayama (drama CD) / Aya Endo (anime))

* Birthday: October 25th
* Lives in: Tokyo Metro
* Blood Type: O
* Strong at: Cooking
* Weak at: Swimming

Miyuki is a "young lady" from a wealthy family whom is also beautiful, smart, and well-mannered. She was the president for her grade level in her first year when she became great friends with Kagami. Now Miyuki is the same class as Konata and Tsukasa. She seldom is a victim of Nanako's fists for going along with Konata (in sharp contrast to the large bump on the head that Konata received from Nanako). Miyuki is more relied on by her classmates in helping their studies than Nanako.

Miyuki's physique is average, but she has excellent proportions; she has large breasts that Konata analogies her to a cow. Her appearance is as follow: has long light pink hair, and her eyes, covered by the glasses she wears, are light bluish-purple. She is a stereotypical "healing-type" meganekko. Her vision is less than 0.1, though used to be good until elementary school when she started reading books in the dark after her mother dozed off in the midst of reading them to her in her bed. She likes to read books, but does not read light novels.

Miyuki loves to sleep, and she always goes to sleep at eleven. She used to go to sleep much earlier at ten before her second year. However, she hates going to the dentist, but she frequently has to go there to fix a loose crown or because of a tooth decays. On the rare occasion that she plays video games, her personality seems to change.

Hi everyone.... Lucky ☆ Star (らき☆すた, Raki ☆ Suta?) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip by Kagami Yoshimizu. The strip has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since January 2004. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as Shōnen Ace and others.

It was not originally meant to be serialized, but when Comptiq suddenly had pages to fill, Lucky ☆ Star was there. As it was popular, it was decided that the strip was to be serialized. Like many yonkoma comic strips, it has no real plot, and typically focuses on the daily lives of the characters. However, the strip has become much more popular than expected. On August 24, 2005, a drama CD was released, and on December 1, 2005, a Nintendo DS video game entitled Lucky ☆ Star Moe Drill, was released. A sequel, with the title of Shin Lucky ☆ Star Moe Drill was released on May 24, 2007 (again for the Nintendo DS). In September 2006, it was released to the press that Kyoto Animation would be animating the anime based on the series; it will contain twenty-four episodes. The first episode aired on April 8, 2007.

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