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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Lucky Star Review

Lucky Star Anime Review






Lucky Star was one of those anime I was forced to watch after seeing it pop up in online discussions. I read the synopsis of the series and was, "Good another slice of life anime comedy." And the thing that got me was that it's so random, then I found out why that is. Lucky Star was originally a four panel manga series, so each chapter was more like a conversation. Instead of going the Hetalia way and doing each chapter as a really short episode, they combined some. I guess it is safe to say this now but... I haven't read Lucky Star... so I'm kinda of assuming.

The story follows the daily lives of four girls, with the main character being Konata. Konata is an otaku, spending much of her time playing online games, watching anime and reading manga. To fund her obsession she works at a cosplay cafe. Of her group of friends she is the shortest, but to offset that she says that her body type is in "demand" aswell. Her and her friends hangout and go on average adventures and generally do teenage girl stuff. 

The style of the art is that of not using standard or real proportions, their heads are much more out of proportion with their bodies than in average anime. Their kinda like chibis. But I think the lack of realism helps make the serious more comical, any other style wouldn't work with the story and this type of humor. As a side not; When I started watching this series I literally said, out loud, "This series is not hentai-able. And if there is any Lucky Star hentai, than it shouldn't exist." ~_~* And guess what... sadly enough there is, but this is neither the time nor place.

The series is funny, it doesn't really try to deal with any teen problems, just funny. The humor is more like; it's funny because it's true, I've never thought of it that way, and anime references. There are recurring themes, characters and gags. The characters themselves are cute and funny, mainly girls... there might only be two guy characters. If you want to be sad go watch Clannad but if you want to laugh watch Lucky Star.

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You can watch it here.
You can read it here.

Genres: Comedy, School Life, Slice Of Life
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Summary by Justdubs: <-Anime
Portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone. The main heroine is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and her grades remain low. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games, and she is not interested in much else.

Summary by MangaHere: <-Manga (Haven't Read)
Lucky Star's story portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone. The setting is based on the town Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture. The main heroine is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and has low grades. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games and lack of interest in anything else. The serialization began with the four main characters in their first year of high school: Konata Izumi, Kagami Hiiragi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. As the story progresses, they move onto their second and third year.
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Ratings (Max is 5 ♥(Heart))  
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 Plot:♥♥♥ (Ain't much of one)                                                  
                                                                         
 Art:♥♥♥ (Lucky Star art style)                                                 
                                                                   
 Characters:♥♥♥♥♥ (KYUTE! They're just so wuv-able)                                                
                                                                                     
 Action/Violence: (None)                                            
                                                                                     
 Romance:♥♥ (There might be but I don't see it)                                                     
                                                                                    
 Comedy:♥♥♥♥♥ (Lots! Also random)                                                       
                                                                                     
 Dubbing:♥♥♥♥♥ (I like the voices)                                                                                                                                                      
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I don't really know what else to add to this review; it's all episodic so there's know real plot, it's really just a gag comedy (maybe)... hmm... Konata is in it so watch.

...I know! I currently suffering from Computer Vision Syndrome, I have the biggest fucking headache ever, eyes heard, and I sick to my stomach. It's pretty funny, I guess.
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