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Series Review: Lucky Star
Oct 11th
“Which end of a choco coronet do you start from?”
The one thing I can really say about Lucky Star is that it’s not Azumanga Daioh.
Not a good thing.
Not a bad thing.
Just a fact.
Maybe an overstated fact, but one that needs to be said. Both series are arguably very successful slice-of-school-life anime adapted from 4-panel comic strips, yet both take very different approaches to the same formula, and so both work in very different ways.
Even though they have in common a core group of female characters and a large amount of humor, the styles are much different. While Azumanga is a very blunt, straight-forward, physical kind of comedy, Lucky Star relies a lot more on the verbal and sometimes quite subtle kind of jokes that not everyone might understand.
And so that “getting it” factor is one of the decisive factors of Lucky Star, which certainly is more laid-back than it’s insane counterpart. If Azumanga is a bunch of crazy girls in a normal situation, Lucky Star is a bunch of relatively normal girls in a crazy situation.
Lucky Star, amusingly, is like talking with a bunch of friends at school. A lot of it involves sharing a common opinion, whether it be a hobby you like, a teacher you hate, or just some aspect of life that stands out. And if you can manage to sympathize with a bunch of moe characters and their mostly ordinary lifestyles, Lucky Star won’t be too bad.
But if you don’t like wasting time, if you don’t like very thin presentation, if you don’t like a bit of repetition, if you don’t like open endings (as opposed to even Azumanga’s sense of conclusion)… you might want to keep moving. Lucky Star will definitely satiate the hungry anime fan, but for casual viewers or even some of the regulars, it might be better to give this a pass.
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Oh my God they killed Tsukasa
Aug 26th
Just a short newspost for today, since it’s something I heard of off the AnimeSuki forums and haven’t seen much news about recently (maybe since it’s originally two months old, anyway, but right now is prime time for Lucky Star).
Short story shorter, the Lucky Star bandwagon marches on as the manga and quite popular anime marches on to conquest it’s next media form…books. The Lucky Star light novel, “Lucky☆Star Satsujin Jiken” (Lucky Star Murder Case) is due to be released on September 1st.
Certainly it seems like odd material for the lighthearted slice-of-life show but this probably means we’ll either get a parody or another Remote Island Syndrome setup. It’s certainly an interesting and altogether different premise and I look forward to seeing how the Lucky Star characters fare in a more…drawn-out storyline.
And in case you haven’t put together the pieces from the title and the text, take a closer look at the snapshots in the cover art. Yeah. Might be Yutaka on the right too. Man, they kill off all the innocent naive characters? Those are the funniest.
Still, I look forward to seeing just how the false murder mystery plot is going to get pulled off – not to mention who’s behind it (Miyuki. You know it.). I say false perhaps out of knowledge of the tone for the series – and for the fact that if it’s not, I’ll be the first with a pitchfork.
-CCY
Lucky Star Imitates Art, Part 15
Jul 22nd
Evil Miyuki not related, but highly interesting.
One of the most famous and/or infamous aspects of Lucky Star is the references. The constant allusions to past and present anime series either thrill or annoy fans. Somehow it almost seems like that like/hate ratio is similar to the percentage of people that can correctly identify the reference.
Part of the appeal is probably the game show factor, the “Aha! I know this” feeling when one can figure out some more of the obscure/hidden references, such as the Mayumi poster or any of the other massive piles of otaku mechandise in Konata’s room.
But, is there a point where, like in-game advertising, it goes beyond being neat and adding to the realism, and just becomes tacky? Perhaps. After the jump, etc etc.
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Coronet/Taiyaki Wars – Art Imitates Art
Jul 3rd
Unable to screenshot the pictures or anything, but here’s the facts in today’s shortpost:
The famous Lucky Star coronet eating scene (”What end do you eat it from?”) in episode 1…has a twin brother. *dramatic revelation music*
Set the stage: Azumanga Daioh episode 16, the 2nd Culture Festival. Osaka and Chiyo, on their break, are eating taiyaki.
Osaka: “Y’know how some people eat taiyaki starting from the end and others eat it starting from the tail? Which do you start eating it from?”
Surely these kind of conversations aren’t incredibly common. But, the question is; coincidence, or something far more sinister?
To be honest though, a parody in this style is too subtle for Lucky Star of the Haruhi Vans/Doujins/Figurines/Ringtones/Books/DVDs/Message Boards/Conversations. C’mon, at least get some diversity in there.
Well, they have a Rimu RX-7, if anything else.
-CCY
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Jun 18th
There really is no coherent intro to go with a Lucky Star episode to be honest. I mean, with most other anime I can talk about what happened last time, or in what direction it’s headed, or perhaps make a lame joke based on the content, but Lucky Star…can you imagine an intro based on the content?
I’m not half as ADHD-enabled as I’d need to be to go on random tangents like slice-of-life shows do. I can barely keep pace with the slow-witted Osaka. (or alternatively, Tsukasa) XD
And so the very short blog intro solders on as once again I rant about my lack of things to rant about. Oh well. There are plenty of screenshots after the jump – featuring the famous Tsukasa Stop Motion(tm) – so there’s your content for you. Go forth!
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