Lucky Star (OVA), Expectations and Speculation [Archive]

Lucky_Day

2008-05-05, 21:14

Vexx

2008-05-06, 00:12

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-06, 00:23

I'd be perfectly fine with no Lucky*Channel (or an abbreviated bit with Akira just ranting about the time and then running out of time).

I'd really rather *not* see any anime-only material (I got plenty of that during the series). I'd like to see elements of and sketches from volume 4 or 5 animated at least.

Magic 8-Ball says...........................

Don't count on it

I guess I could theoretically blog this, I'm just not expecting terribly much beyond what the TV Series had to offer, which started off interesting and then just.....well....................:heh:

Ultima_Rasengan05

2008-05-06, 07:37

I'm just wondering if this OVA will take place after their graduation or shift focus to the underclassmen of Lucky*Star (frick, I have forgotten their names!!!0_0).
It would be cool to see what they're up to after high school...I might be a bit disappointed if its set somewhere in between any of the series episode.

So this may be obvious already, but Kyoto Animations will be doing this project right?
:heh: just checking....

Kinny Riddle

2008-05-06, 10:22

So this may be obvious already, but Kyoto Animations will be doing this project right?
:heh: just checking....

That is the most important question. Most probably. If not, then it's possible our friend Kaioshin might finally give his two thumbs up. (Nah just kidding KS, I still love ya. :cool: )

Anyway, OVAs are probably the best way to keep the franchise suitably milked and keep LS fans happily sedated without having to suffer from withdrawal symptoms as the Haruhiists are suffering already. :heh:

Already from the anime series, LS's 4-koma style and "slice of life" theme has allowed the writers to adapt things freely at their own pace without being too constrained by the pace of the original by Yoshimizu.

Dee Eon

2008-05-06, 12:43

The later episodes offer a greater character selection than the earlier ones because more characters were introduced in the second half of the series. All of the character will probably be featured but I expect it to remain focused on Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki. For the Lucky Channel segment, I expect Minoru, and maybe even Akira, to become part of the regular show. They will not be main characters, but part of the show nevertheless.

I would love to see a teenaged boy, possibly Minoru, call one of the main characters, probably Konata, over the phone pretending to be a girl about Yutaka's age. During the call he sets her up on a date with himself. What Minoru did not count on is she has genuine feelings for the "girl who never was". Realizing he can not hide what he has done, Minoru confesses and discovers that he is a "lucky star". This is what I would like to see but I sincerely doubt it will happen. The idea might make a good Lucky Star fanfic if I decide to take the time and effort to write one.

Greetings!

You pop an interesting question: for any anime series past or present, has fanfiction/doujinshi ever been tapped as original resource material? The slightest hint I heard is a fanfiction writer was contacted by an animation house was for Ramna 1/2. My dad recalls that one or two fans actually had their scripts produced for the old Star Trek show, so I guess it's not impossible. I'm just a babe in the woods, but my best guess with L*S is that the OVA is a season 2 surrogate, especially what the American market. IMO L*S's humor is far too sublime for action/blood&guts driven anime America (even the PPG was like that), and I regret L*S would have as much chance here as the few romance anime there is. From what I hear on-line, outfits as the Cartoon Network weren't exactly hopping up and down over L*S at the NY Comics show. I think we might have to rest content with L*S continuing on as DVDS instead of a season two.

IF a season two, how to "adapt" L*S for America? I agree with Vexx: prune out the heavy anime and Jap product/TV references for starters. Maybe if you substituted such with American counterparts it might work, but the work involved would probably be prohibitive. So, back to basics; drill the manga itself as source material. If we go that route, then how far could that original material get you? I haven't seen any L*S mangas past volume one so I don't know roughly how many mangas packs one episode, but judging from volume one you might be able to put away what – two or three per episode? Also remember the series stuffed a lot of scenes that weren't in the manga too, like the beach thing. Can you exhaust all L*S manga source material before you finish a full second season? I dunno. (If it does, then it begs the wild imagination of what a latter second or even a wistful third season might be like; almost all non-Yoshimizu material? That might even be good thing!) I think the OVA route avoids all this via drips and dabs of manga on a DVD and maybe that's how L*S will continue on (at least for Americans).

Maybe another thing going against a season two (here) is unless you make it a literal extension of season one, you either have to frequently flash over to the antics of the original quad in college or hope the "new group" can win over the hearts and minds of their fans, but I don't see that (unless they do a "Dallas" with season two with the original crew). Many fans have their faves welded to the first girls, and outside some yori teases, this new group to me doesn't feel all that unique or interesting (except perhaps Hiyori and one-foot-in-the-grave Yu-chan) to really grab a fandom. It might be necessary to go the Twilight Zone route a'la Yamato to really make a pure high school L*S season two interesting (hey, it sounds crazy, but those in the know would know that even "serious" and earthy daytime soap operas used to dip some pretty freaky and weird stuff to spice up the series!). Neither is trapping the quad in high school for another run (as "super seniors"?) out of the question – after all, we never got to their graduation! My stop's coming up so gotta close up.

Well, IMHO. Then I could be like Tsukasa – ALL wrong!! :)

Take care burning all!

Dee
("Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret," "Kanata's Dream," "Kanata Thawed.")

FireChick

2008-05-06, 15:47

A Lucky Star OVA!? Are you SERIOUS!? What the flip!? I wanna see this!! When does it comes out!?

Ultima_Rasengan05

2008-05-06, 20:02

That is the most important question. Most probably. If not, then it's possible our friend Kaioshin might finally give his two thumbs up. (Nah just kidding KS, I still love ya. :cool: )

I guess we'll all find out who will be doing this project when that issue of Comptiq comes out. I think for sure, Kyoto Animations will be taking in this project, but who knows.
I enjoyed Lucky*Star, but I hope the story of this OVA will be after episode 24.

klowny

2008-05-06, 22:07

i heard about this but isn't this a spin off on kagami? :D

Magedark

2008-05-06, 22:44

Well it's speculation for now as the Comptiq magazine with all the information isn't out yet.

g0o

2008-05-07, 11:40

I read somewhere on the net that according to Moonphase Diary, (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/moonphase/), the release of the OVA is scheduled already this summer.

I can't read japanese so I'm not sure if this is official or not... Anyways, if this turned out to be true then 2 of my favorite Slice of life shows (Hidamari Sketch and Lucky Star) will be airing at the same time!!

I am really looking forward to this year's summer season!! :D

nanafan

2008-05-07, 18:23

i heard about a possible ova, but didn't know that it would happen. i wonder if it will be a retelling of lucky star or continue where the series left off.

Mecha_Trueno

2008-05-07, 18:40

Maybe another thing going against a season two (here) is unless you make it a literal extension of season one, you either have to frequently flash over to the antics of the original quad in college or hope the "new group" can win over the hearts and minds of their fans, but I don't see that (unless they do a "Dallas" with season two with the original crew). Many fans have their faves welded to the first girls, and outside some yori teases, this new group to me doesn't feel all that unique or interesting (except perhaps Hiyori and one-foot-in-the-grave Yu-chan) to really grab a fandom. It might be necessary to go the Twilight Zone route a'la Yamato to really make a pure high school L*S season two interesting (hey, it sounds crazy, but those in the know would know that even "serious" and earthy daytime soap operas used to dip some pretty freaky and weird stuff to spice up the series!). Neither is trapping the quad in high school for another run (as "super seniors"?) out of the question – after all, we never got to their graduation! My stop's coming up so gotta close up.

are you saying that the focus will move away from the original four (since they will graduate) and concentrate on yuu-chan's group?
amai.... the REAL problem: you really think konata and tsukasa will manage to graduate?:heh: they're gonna end up repeating lol

Lucky_Day

2008-05-08, 00:42

If Konata and Tsukasa failing was the only way to keep them in the OAV, it would definitely happen. I would say they might end up in summer school, but the Japanese school year is different. Do they even have a way to repeat a failed course without repeating the entire year?

Narumi

2008-05-08, 01:13

So this may be obvious already, but Kyoto Animations will be doing this project right?
:heh: just checking....
Yes, they are.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-08, 02:04

Yes, they are.

Source please?

Jin and Toanic

2008-05-08, 02:20

Source please?

Narumi is lying because an inside source has told me that Deen is doing it.

It's KyoAni.
http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08194/kyoaniova789.jpg

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-08, 02:39

As likely as it is I'm going to laugh if ya'll are wrong. Generally I like to be 100% sure of something before I state it, but whatever floats your boats.

Really though should it honestly matter all that much. The content comes from the 4-Koma manga and Kadokawa regardless so the concern should lie with what strips are chosen to be animated. Not to mention that the final say on anything always goes to Kadokawa anyway as the holder of the license. The best any contracted studio can do generally is run their ideas before them and have them either approved or denied. We all know what happened last time Kadokawa decided that Kyoani wasn't doing good enough right?

DJ_RockmanX

2008-05-08, 03:00

How's 'bout we all wait for that issue of Comptiq so that we have more details to discuss? :)

brocko

2008-05-08, 04:34

Some scans from Canned Dogs (http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/05/07/lucky-star-haruhi-and-daioh/) if anyone is interested...

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5355/luckyova1fa7.th.jpg (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=luckyova1fa7.jpg)http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/390/luckyova2ov3.th.jpg (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=luckyova2ov3.jpg)

g0o

2008-05-08, 07:54

Source please?

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-08/original-staffers-plan-lucky-star-video-for-summer

whitewater_81

2008-05-08, 11:29

hmmm....well,they could have at least waited until they made a Full Metal Panic Season 3 but oh well,i love Lucky Star anyways!:rolleyes:

Jin and Toanic

2008-05-08, 12:14

As likely as it is I'm going to laugh if ya'll are wrong. Generally I like to be 100% sure of something before I state it, but whatever floats your boats.

Hmm... whatever floats your boat.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-08, 12:16

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-08/original-staffers-plan-lucky-star-video-for-summer

ANN is using 2ch as a source now?:heh: Okay sure whatever then. :heh::heh::heh:

Jin and Toanic

2008-05-08, 12:18

ANN is using 2ch as a source now?:heh: Okay sure whatever then. :heh::heh::heh:

Have you even looked at the scans?

Hint: Last line of the staff section.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-08, 12:27

Have you even looked at the scans?

Hint: Last line of the staff section.

You mean the part that says 京都アニメーション in plain (well if you have good eyesight since it's a dark scan) sight. I can see it obviously, but that wasn't the point I was trying to make when talking about the ANN article which doesn't feature the scans. 2ch is after all the same source people had for episode 03 of Code Geass being completely rewritten which didn't come to pass and caused a huge uproar in the community anyway as a result. I'm just surprised (or am I) that ANN would use 2ch for anything after that incident.

Jin and Toanic

2008-05-08, 12:28

You mean the part that says 京都アニメーション in plain (well if you have good eyesight since it's a dark scan) sight. I can see it obviously, but that wasn't the point I was trying to make when talking about the ANN article which doesn't feature the scans.

Fair enough.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-08, 16:16

So apparently the plot is going to revolve around (as in central theme) a battle of wits between Konata and the Anime Tenchou, and it doesn't sound like the other characters are really going to factor in too much. The Anime Tenchou being a feature character gives Kadokawa the chance to really go at hawking their wares with their most popular property and through said property possibly enhance the sales of their other works and maybe pull themselves out of the red ink for the next quarter.

I don't mean to sound like too much of a downer, but this sure sounds like a pure cash in and I think at least Vexx will agree with me. Also people looking for more Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki; I'm not sure you should get your hopes up to much as the ad very much has Konata and Anime Tenchou in the foreground and everybody else in the background:

http://animehistory.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/luckystar2.png

Considering the Anime Tenchou trying to sell Kadokawa merchandise to Konata was my absolute least favourite part of the TV Series and amounted to little more than cheap commercialism in my opinion I think my expectations for this OVA are about as low as they could possibly go right now. I'm almost speechless...... :sad:

Vexx

2008-05-08, 19:17

Character placement in promos are usually pretty informative.... but there's not much else to say until we get closer to air date. ..........

GuidoHunter_Toki

2008-05-08, 19:46

Although it doesn't seem to interesting as of yet, I'm sure it will be enough to satisfy my longing for more Lucky Star.

Claies

2008-05-11, 03:29

This comes with absolutely no justification whatsoever, but my gut instinct is that this simply won't do as well as the original series. I will say that this is the best outcome I hoped for in terms of a follow-up...I believe an OVA is infinitely much better than an entire second season, which will cross the line and make people sick of the entire franchise.

I'll give a thumbs-up if this thing has any kind of storyline...but I doubt it.

Of course, I tend to jinx things to happen exactly opposite to what I expect them to.

ANN is using 2ch as a source now?:heh: Okay sure whatever then. :heh::heh::heh:

And that's just disturbing.

kenjiharima

2008-05-11, 22:49

After seeing the pic of Anime-Tenchou Iam pumped up for the OVA!

But at 2009 according to MoonPhase? :(

Dee Eon

2008-05-15, 08:01

Hi All:

Not to sound a shadow party pooper, but I'm starting to have a creepy feeling that the OVA will be a somewhat different animal than the series. KyotoAnimation by now would've felt the full impact and thrill of L*S's popularity and hype and will be riding a high horse which can very easy boomerang on them if they're tempted to play up that pop aspect (and marketing potential) in the OVA by not being canon with the manga or even the games but go a new "fan service" path to the extent that they end up parodying the series. Success, like spice, can spoil the soup if applied in excess.

Dee
"Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret", "Kanata: Totally Dead??", "Kanata's Dream", "Kanata Thawed" on ff.net
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aorta

2008-05-15, 08:18

I wish they would animate the light novel.

Vexx

2008-05-15, 16:14

Hi All:

Not to sound a shadow party pooper, but I'm starting to have a creepy feeling that the OVA will be a somewhat different animal than the series. KyotoAnimation by now would've felt the full impact and thrill of L*S's popularity and hype and will be riding a high horse which can very easy boomerang on them if they're tempted to play up that pop aspect (and marketing potential) in the OVA by not being canon with the manga or even the games but go a new "fan service" path to the extent that they end up parodying the series. Success, like spice, can spoil the soup if applied in excess.

aye... that's my creeping suspicion as well -- that the thing will be a blatant half-hour commercial rather than any pretense at the heart of "Raki*Suta". Omake? Fine, I guess .... but they should say so.

darkchibi07

2008-05-15, 16:58

Hey, maybe they'll use the OVA to announce the broadcast date for Haruhi season 2! :o

Mecha_Trueno

2008-05-15, 17:25

Hey, maybe they'll use the OVA to announce the broadcast date for Haruhi season 2! :o

lol, what like here? http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6990/haruhi2ck4.th.jpg (http://img65.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruhi2ck4.jpg)
konata is the new advertising medium:heh: you can market ANY series though her. as long as konata likes it, fans will follow

Magedark

2008-05-15, 19:58

Does it say Haruhi 2nd season?

I have that on my LE box, and kinda suspected it.

Vexx

2008-05-16, 01:10

lol, what like here? http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6990/haruhi2ck4.th.jpg (http://img65.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruhi2ck4.jpg)
konata is the new advertising medium:heh: you can market ANY series though her. as long as konata likes it, fans will follow

..... (thinking of Snoopy getting co-opted as an Insurance Company token icon).

Pride

2008-05-16, 09:50

Mecha_Trueno

2008-05-17, 01:43

VERY OLD, lost track. i have yet to see a good quality scan of it though

Claies

2008-05-17, 21:17

How old is that picture?

That was roughly around when the 2nd season of Haruhi was officially announced (7/7/07), but probably not by far. I'm actually a little muddy as to whether this scan came before or after. Some of the text implied that this came shortly after.

Mecha_Trueno

2008-05-18, 02:46

oh yeah, that was it! shortly after 07.07.07! how come i didnt remember straight away... could deduced it even. but anyway, it was definitely after the announcement of the coming haruhi, why else would konata be so happy:D

FLCL

2008-05-18, 02:47

wow 2ch as a source lol

Vexx

2008-05-19, 02:09

Don't forget the Tanabata Festival holiday this summer :)

Mecha_Trueno

2008-05-19, 02:18

holy crap, so its almost been a year already since we watched haruhi and... "john smith";) graffiti the school field, in black and white

Pride

2008-05-19, 04:43

holy crap, so its almost been a year already since we watched haruhi and... "john smith";) graffiti the school field, in black and white

Anyway, does the "trailer" actually confirms that Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody will be in the second season?

Mecha_Trueno

2008-05-19, 07:36

we dont know, there's no way to be sure at the moment. im GUESSING though that the second season will have the same format as the first, with disappearance as the main story and with other random chapters chucked in. this is purely a guess though, so dont take too much from it.

FLCL

2008-05-23, 01:48

lol tanabata is my birthday

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-30, 01:36

So apparently the OVA is already up for pre-order and has been described as 30 minutes with a Lucky Channel Radio Drama segment included. Screams cash in more and more with each new piece of news. You'd think they'd be doing a little more to make it sound fresh and exciting, but this is Kadokawa so who knows what they are thinking with this angle.

Rembr

2008-05-30, 19:46

Thank you for keeping up with the news more diligently than the fans!
When's the release?

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-30, 22:20

Thank you for keeping up with the news more diligently than the fans!
When's the release?

August 29th.....Judgment Day. :eek:

Kinny Riddle

2008-05-31, 04:28

Thank you for keeping up with the news more diligently than the fans!
When's the release?
Ironic isn't it? We have to rely on Kyo-Ani's number one sceptic for the latest Lucky Star information. LOL

Actually, just kidding. I already saw the release date in another blog. Kadokawa knows very well the fans will swarm in on their own.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-05-31, 13:06

Ironic isn't it? We have to rely on Kyo-Ani's number one sceptic for the latest Lucky Star information. LOL

Actually, just kidding. I already saw the release date in another blog. Kadokawa knows very well the fans will swarm in on their own.

It's not really a matter of skepticism though. That's more of a scientific term. More like a casual observer versus die hard fan.

And yes, yes they do know as much.

Dee Eon

2008-06-05, 02:12

CrowKenobi

2008-06-05, 02:27

Hi!

Can anyone help me here since I've neither any L*S DVDs or heard any so far to tell, but rather rely on quiirky Wiki let me get it straight from the fans' mouths; How are L*S "Drama DVDs" and "radio play" and boxed DVD editions different in content from the series or an OVA? Are they basically the same and are they manga-derived or original works or mostly souped-up re-hashed episodes?

Thanks for giving me a clue!

DeeI would think that since they're taken from the same source, both would have different viewpoints of the same material.

I think this scene from the anime says it all! :heh:

mXZE9yrBgcA
:cool:

Tirade

2008-06-05, 20:20

Majorly excited for this. I loved the Anime Tenchou bits in the show, so this OVA markets directly to my tastes.

Hopefully there'll be some good old Lucky Channel in it too.

August can't come soon enough :D

phishn37

2008-06-07, 20:59

Lucky Star OVA FTW ~ !

I don't really care what it's about as long as it's more Lucky Star!

AVPlaya

2008-06-11, 22:29

OVA? More of the same, お願いいたします！

Just gimme more Kagamin darn it.

_DaViD_

2008-06-12, 10:48

konata + tenchou = epic win

kyouray

2008-06-19, 16:42

In a rather unusual turn of events, the release date for the impending Lucky Star OVA has been pushed back an entire month, from August 29th to September 26th.
Source : Sankaku Complex (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/06/19/lucky-star-ova-delayed/)

That's not official but it would be sad.

Dee Eon

2008-06-19, 18:59

Source : Sankaku Complex (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/06/19/lucky-star-ova-delayed/)

That's not official but it would be sad.

I dunno...but I've a funny feeling that they've been eavesdropping on more than a few unenthused fan misgivings...

Dee

Peanutbutter003

2008-06-22, 00:12

Any possibility that instead of the Lucky Star OVA, Kyoani is gonna pull one big one on us and show Haruhi season 2 first episode? :heh:

Teh2ndrunner

2008-06-24, 14:49

konata + tenchou = epic win

Too damn true my friend!

I just hope that the OVA will tie up the loose ends after episode 24 ( although tht prolly wnt happen). Obviously I hope for more randomness!

Vexx

2008-06-24, 16:22

konata + tenchou = epic win

Just so ya'll realize there's more than one viewpoint: for me, that would be an epic lose.... tenchou is an anime-only creation that I found entertaining for exactly one episode. I'd prefer that the OVA return to or stick to its roots (the 4-koma that the anime was derived from).
Unfortunately, it seems the characters and story are being co-opted as tools to push other franchises. Kind of like Snoopy being known more for the Met Life advertising than what it is he did in the first place that was so charming.

yezhanquan

2008-06-24, 19:28

Well, already in the anime, Patricia stole the scene which belonged to Ko (Hiyori's Year 2 senpai), the one with Hiyori's early art.

Also, Fuyuki needs some love. Her and Hikari should get some scenes together.

Also, for the voice cast, I really would like to hear the drama CD cast for the OVA.

Ithekro

2008-06-24, 19:32

Didn't Tenchou have his own little series as well as being the mascot of Animate long before Lucky Star. It is more a revival than and anime-only character.

yezhanquan

2008-06-24, 20:25

That's correct. Gainax did an OVA on him in 2002.

Still, I won't associate the Tenchou with Lucky Star.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-06-24, 20:57

yezhanquan

2008-06-24, 21:00

Miyuki gets quite a bit of love in the manga version. See her cry over telephone calls (that mistake her for her mother, and vice versa) and her mother's idiotic requests (centered on Minami's playing of the piano).

Ithekro

2008-06-24, 21:07

I'm waiting for the Macross jokes that almost need to be coming out of Lucky Star.

yezhanquan

2008-06-24, 21:08

Ah yes, the two Aya-san.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-06-24, 21:25

I'm waiting for the Macross jokes that almost need to be coming out of Lucky Star.

What 'bout my Lucky Star? :confused:

Ithekro

2008-06-24, 23:34

Macross jokes would require Miyuki to complete. Same VA as Sheryl, thus possible fun with Miyuki in addition to her normal antics.

Rembr

2008-06-25, 09:59

It worries me that every key character but my favourite (Miyuki) is on the latest promo art for the OVA. What did Kyoani just up and say "Well screw her she's like got Pink Hair....and ummmm KONATA!". If Miyuki gets shafted again like in the latter parts of the TV series then I'm not going to be impressed as I got more laughs out of her then any other character combined I think.Miyuki's just not as popular as the others. She's been touted as the moe machine inside the series, but she just pales in comparison to others. She also doesn't seem very deep, which probably hurt her in the polls.

CaptGloval

2008-06-25, 13:44

Macronized Konata-sama FTW! I've mentioned it before but for the Hiiragi twins, Tsukasa is Ranka and Kagami is ... Alto!

Speaking of awesome purple-haired twins... I guess these could be the inspiration (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=1677601#post1677601) (look for the family pic).

Kaioshin Sama

2008-06-25, 16:05

Miyuki's just not as popular as the others. She's been touted as the moe machine inside the series, but she just pales in comparison to others. She also doesn't seem very deep, which probably hurt her in the polls.

She's still the funniest character I found. And she also has a less strictly moe antics side to her character. I would say that Tsukasa fills the straight up moe factor pretty much all the time followed by Konata, then Miyuki and then Kagami.

Konata I had mixed feelings about because of her tendency to be used a mouthpiece for certain real life products. Tsukasa was just sort of too ditzy for me to really grow attached to to any degree. Kagami was alright I think if exploited to much for the tsundere gag, but Miyuki had that sort of smarter then she looks, but ultimately clutzy character thing going that just ended in me getting more laughs out of her in the series early stretches then any other character. I noticed I tended to like and laugh at the series less the less screentime she got and the more Konata centric the series became. They just sort of overused Konata way to much in the latter episodes and marginalized a significant portion of the cast. I mean there's only so much interest I can take in a character that lives to buy Kadokawa Shoten merchandise and manifests as a glorified version of the Otaku's ideal girlfriend. Miyuki may not be deep, but I found her the least shallow and archetypal of the main group when I looked at her from a different perspective then what Konata pointed out.

Rembr

2008-06-25, 17:39

She's still the funniest character I found. And she also has a less strictly moe antics side to her character. I would say that Tsukasa fills the straight up moe factor pretty much all the time followed by Konata, then Miyuki and then Kagami.

Konata I had mixed feelings about because of her tendency to be used a mouthpiece for certain real life products. Tsukasa was just sort of too ditzy for me to really grow attached to to any degree. Kagami was alright I think if exploited to much for the tsundere gag, but Miyuki had that sort of smarter then she looks, but ultimately clutzy character thing going that just ended in me getting more laughs out of her in the series early stretches then any other character. I noticed I tended to like and laugh at the series less the less screentime she got and the more Konata centric the series became. They just sort of overused Konata way to much in the latter episodes and marginalized a significant portion of the cast. I mean there's only so much interest I can take in a character that lives to buy Kadokawa Shoten merchandise and manifests as a glorified version of the Otaku's ideal girlfriend. Miyuki may not be deep, but I found her the least shallow and archetypal of the main group when I looked at her from a different perspective then what Konata pointed out.If everyone else saw things in your perspective, then there probably would've been more Miyuki scenes.

I don't see how you found Miyuki to be less shallow than others. Miyuki didn't get the amount of screentime that others got, especially the extended scenes in the latter episodes about their families' lives etc.

Shiroi Hane

2008-06-25, 18:22

I've finally got around to taking a picture of this (http://picasaweb.google.com/shirobane/Magazines25062008/photo#5215957047816386818) article on the OVA in the latest Animedia.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-06-26, 00:38

If everyone else saw things in your perspective, then there probably would've been more Miyuki scenes.

I don't see how you found Miyuki to be less shallow than others. Miyuki didn't get the amount of screentime that others got, especially the extended scenes in the latter episodes about their families' lives etc.

Which is strange because she was shown to have a perfectly nice family they could have explored. Oh well, what's done is done.

And I meant less shallow in terms of overall personality, not character development. In looking at the main group I found that Konata was basically mostly about material interests. Tsukasa was basically a moeblob with no real backbone or purpose to act as other then a foil for Konata and Kagami....well Kagami was okay I think and I appreciated her displays of sisterly love and her often being the most rational of the group. Though like any of them she knew how to have a good time when it counted. Miyuki just clicked with me on some level I can't explain though, she was a friendly sort, she had common sense, she was talented, but humble, a bit klutzy........She kind of reminds me of the type of character Rick Moranis used to play.

yezhanquan

2008-06-26, 00:47

Well, here's what the manga has to say about the Hiragi twins and Miyuki, in one sentence (my rough translation from my Chinese copy):

Tsukasa: A klutzy girl who lives life according to her speed (按照自己步调生活的糊涂少女）

Kagami: the normal person who never stops worrying （从不间断劳心的正常人）

Miyuki: The one who supports everyone in the dark （暗中支撑着大家的人）

Tsukasa may not be smart, but her simple mind is probably what most of us need after a tense day at work.

Dee Eon

2008-06-27, 05:28

Tsukasa may not be smart, but her simple mind is probably what most of us need after a tense day at work.

Gee, I'm sure a couple million housewives will be thrilled to hear that! :)

Which is strange because she (Miyuki) was shown to have a perfectly nice family they could have explored. Oh well, what's done is done...

Well, yea. To me, Miyuki was always underplayed as the Lucky Star main trio's auxiliary or like a "bridge" between the trio and the "new" L*S batch. She always had a funny eye-candy draw mascot feel to me. Like you'd thought if she was so darn umber-moe they'd given her way more play. Maybe it was the salmon-blond thing that demoted her. :) Or maybe she was just "too perfect" and pumped-up would've dimmed out the others, what her trophy bod, computer brain, traditional etiquette, athletic prowess, the coy knockout-in-glasses thing, world-traveler keen and a kind of cute spaced-out social cluelessness reminiscent of Tsukasa (gee, I'm jealous of her already!). Though Miyuki wasn't deep into games, her performance in the ones she did play even floored Konata. She was almost like the trio all wrapped up in one bright curvy cheesecake package, and there might even be a "wild" side of Miyuki we haven't seen yet but that door's open since we know so little of her home life. I hope the OVA does her better this time 'round – at least better than the L*S games or Pocket Travelers and Murder Mystery. (I don't have the manga so I don't know how they treat her there). But what I really wanna know is how the heck she got so far in high school without any guys playing her tail! :D

Dee

Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret txt (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4184788/1/) - Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret PDF (http://cid-97ced31d5762bc93.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Miyuki|4s%20SpacedOut%20Secret.pdf)
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yezhanquan

2008-06-27, 05:33

Gee, I'm sure a couple million housewives will be thrilled to hear that! :)

Well, yea. To me, Miyuki was always underplayed as the Lucky Star main trio's auxiliary or like a "bridge" between the trio and the "new" L*S batch. She always had a funny core-group mascot feel to me. Like you'd thought if she was so darn umber-moe they'd given her way more play. Maybe it was the salmon-blond thing that demoted her. :) Or maybe she was just "too perfect" and pumped-up would've dimmed out the others, what her trophy bod, computer brain, traditional etiquette, athletic prowess, the coy knockout-in-glasses thing, world-traveler keen and a kind of cute spaced-out social cluelessness reminiscent of Tsukasa (gee, I'm jealous of her already!). Though Miyuki wasn't deep into games, her performance in the ones she did play even floored Konata. She was almost like the trio all wrapped up in one bright curvy cheesecake package, and there might even be a "wild" side of Miyuki we haven't seen yet but that door's open since we know so little of her home life. I hope the OVA does her better this time 'round – at least better than the L*S games or Pocket Travelers and Murder Mystery. (I don't have the manga so I don't know how they treat her there). But what I really wanna know is how the heck she got so far in high school without any guys playing her tail! :D

Dee

Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret txt (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4184788/1/) - Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret PDF (http://cid-97ced31d5762bc93.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Miyuki|4s%20SpacedOut%20Secret.pdf)
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Her wild side appeared when she played a DS game which Konata lent her (at the school library, no less). It was in the manga.

Rembr

2008-06-27, 16:17

Which is strange because she was shown to have a perfectly nice family they could have explored.That was because she wasn't in demand back then, right?

Not enough people bit into the whole clueless bookworm moe or whatever she is. Or maybe the fact that the others were more interesting to so many more people forced Miyuki into the shadows.

yezhanquan

2008-06-27, 19:49

Well, the only member of Miyuki's immediate family that's never seen is her father. He does exist, as Miyuki once mentioned him in the "2 million yen blowout". Again, manga-only.

Ithekro

2008-06-27, 22:21

I like Miyuki's mom. She's so goofy.

Dee Eon

2008-06-28, 04:26

Her wild side appeared when she played a DS game which Konata lent her (at the school library, no less). It was in the manga.

That's cool! Would you know if there's a scan of this anywhere? Thanks!

Dee

Dee Eon

2008-06-28, 05:29

BTW, can anyone tell me specifically what's the difference between a "Drama CD" and a OVA? Wiki doesn't do it for me. Has L*S had any "Drama CDs" before and what were their contents?

Thanks!

Dee

yezhanquan

2008-06-28, 06:30

That's cool! Would you know if there's a scan of this anywhere? Thanks!

Dee

Er.... I don't know. It's in episode 76, which is contained in volume 3. My rough translation of the episode title is "The Instant of Change".

BTW, can anyone tell me specifically what's the difference between a "Drama CD" and a OVA? Wiki doesn't do it for me. Has L*S had any "Drama CDs" before and what were their contents?

Thanks!

Dee

Think of drama CDs as audio CDs, with no moving pictures. Lucky Star has at least 1 drama CD, with a cast that is stellar to say the least. Some names include Koshimizu Ami (CG's Kallen) as Kagami, Yukino Satsuki as Patricia, among others.

I do not have the translation, but one of the tracks involve Minami (Matsuki Miyu) meeting Yutaka (Shimizu Ai) for the first time.

xris

2008-06-28, 08:09

BTW, can anyone tell me specifically what's the difference between a "Drama CD" and a OVA? Wiki doesn't do it for me. Has L*S had any "Drama CDs" before and what were their contents?
yezhanquan has described the Drama CD, for OVA have a read of the last post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=231201#post231201) in the How Many Episodes: Answered here! (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=157) thread.

Dee Eon

2008-06-29, 04:00

yezhanquan has described the Drama CD, for OVA have a read of the last post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=231201#post231201) in the How Many Episodes: Answered here! (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=157) thread.

Thanks for that ultra tip!!! :) . You guys running this page are so cool!!

Er.... I don't know. It's in episode 76, which is contained in volume 3.

Thanks! Well, I guess I can only hope to bump into that scan (forget the manga itself!) by dumb random luck once a blue moon! :( I hope they followed-up Miyuki being in and out "wild" like that in the rest of the manga, and it'd really be awesome done in the OVA but I'm not holding my breath that it's not just going to be a half hour of subliminal anime advertisements since L*S is riding so high over there.

Think of drama CDs as audio CDs, with no moving pictures. Lucky Star has at least 1 drama CD, with a cast that is stellar to say the least. Some names include Koshimizu Ami (CG's Kallen) as Kagami, Yukino Satsuki as Patricia, among others...

So you're saying it's like a radio play on CD? That's interesting -- and means it'll probably be till the next asteroid strike when it comes out in English! :(

So sorry I don't really have the time to learn Japanese (or own a PS2) because I'd set up a site just to do translated transcripts of the manga and Lucky Star Ryouou Gakuen Outousai. No art. Just the pure text. Like my highest fantasy would be to fandub them but I'm lame at doing different voices! :( In fact I'm kinda surprised a fansub CD collection of fandubbed L*S stories all over the web hasn't popped yet!

It worries me that every key character but my favourite (Miyuki) is on the latest promo art for the OVA. What did Kyoani just up and say "Well screw her she's like got Pink Hair....and ummmm KONATA!". If Miyuki gets shafted again like in the latter parts of the TV series then I'm not going to be impressed as I got more laughs out of her then any other character combined I think.

Miyuki really needs a stage of her own to strut her awe and mystery, and that's why I just can't hardly wait for Desktop Animation Production to get perfected and released! It's going to be so cool to see KA get competition from their own characters under the hands of fan artists and dubbers!!

Dee

Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret txt (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4184788/1/) - Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret with images PDF (http://cid-97ced31d5762bc93.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Miyuki|4s%20SpacedOut%20Secret.pdf)

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Kaioshin Sama

2008-07-01, 02:10

Or maybe the fact that the others were more interesting to so many more people forced Miyuki into the shadows.

Huh....says who?

Rembr

2008-07-01, 16:20

Huh....says who?Eh, the polls and the general vibe from all the discussions.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-07-02, 02:02

Eh, the polls and the general vibe from all the discussions.

I've never been very big on those types of popularity polls that can decide the fate of a character. I'd prefer to see them at least try to make her case a little more. Well they did....sort of? I don't know what else to say really other then that I'm disappointed if they actually did cave to the Otaku crowd who wanted as much Konata as possible even if it came at the expense of some other characters.

Rembr

2008-07-02, 13:25

Dee Eon

2008-07-02, 19:11

I've never been very big on those types of popularity polls that can decide the fate of a character. I'd prefer to see them at least try to make her case a little more. Well they did....sort of? I don't know what else to say really other then that I'm disappointed if they actually did cave to the Otaku crowd who wanted as much Konata as possible even if it came at the expense of some other characters.

Oh well, as Dad once said, more than a few comics heroes who started off as third bananas ended up with their own mag, especially in the Marvel universe. Most of you all would know way better than I...

That said, and noticing how even the Powerpuff Girls Z crowd have their own on-line fanzine manga by awesome Yuji Battakun (which looks EXACTLY like the official PPGZ manga), it'd be kinda nice to take aside one of these great Lucky Star fan artists who are spinning their wheels and churning out nice but repetitious Lucky Star artwork on Deviant Art and Raki-Suta and ask them to more productively (and excitingly) ply their pens or brushes or whatever to drawing online Lucky Star mangas under diff writers, only this time with a more prominent (or starring??) mysterious Miyuki for once! :) To me, as long as you follow manga canon and studied the tone of the original manga to capture the same look and feel that fans all agree on, it make no diff whether the strip's done by a deep-steeped fan or Yoshimizu Kagami himself (and really, since L*S struck gold as an anime just how much of that manga's REALLY done by him now, huh?). Like if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck...

Now the coolest thing to me is all these fan-created mangas and strips are just a tantalizing dress-rehearsal to the "real thing" via Desktop Animation Production. I got a peek at a raw "wireframe" version of this in Denver's "Toaster Works", (and it's kind of like a blend of theater and stage direction software and a morphing program on steroids which shapes your characters moves in motion. They're aiming for "Disney grade" animation quality). Shouldn't really be much longer before this stuff comes out, but it'll really change how pop anime and manga characters are viewed and featured. I mean imagine your fav (or original!) manga/anime characters in adventures and scenarios an animation studio wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, but it looks just like they did it! Gee, imagine the impact on OVAs and the whole nine yards! Okay, okay, secretly I'd LOVE to be a voice talent for these fan animes, but if DAP prices fall to earth over time from the thousands I'm sure they'll debut as, I've a feeling there'll be plenty of regular and original fan anime characters to chose doing.

Anyway, that's my two yen on the issue (Go Yuki!).

Dee

Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret txt (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4184788/1/) - Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret with images PDF (http://cid-97ced31d5762bc93.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Miyuki|4s%20SpacedOut%20Secret.pdf)
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Kaioshin Sama

2008-07-04, 03:49

It's not that polls makes things go one way or another, but it does give some gauge as to what people like in general. The way most of the polls look, you can definitely see that people liked the others more than Miyuki. Even side characters have more fans than her. So why should Kyoani try to make Miyuki's case? Do you suspect that would've made the show an even bigger success?

What can I say? 'Oh well'? If you don't like what everyone else likes, there isn't gonna be a lot out there in life that mingles well with your tastes.

We seem to be on a different page here. I'm in no way interested in success, I'm interested in what I see, what I receive from the series. Considering I won't be seeing a penny of the profits, big or bigger success, it doesn't matter to me, what matters is the overall content. And in that case I felt as well as wished her bit could have been more fleshed out and continue to hope (though given the synposis and promotional art with a lack of Miyuki entirely probably in vain) that she will be given some decent screen time in the OVA.

Rembr

2008-07-04, 09:58

We seem to be on a different page here. I'm in no way interested in success, I'm interested in what I see, what I receive from the series. Considering I won't be seeing a penny of the profits, big or bigger success, it doesn't matter to me, what matters is the overall content. And in that case I felt as well as wished her bit could have been more fleshed out and continue to hope (though given the synposis and promotional art with a lack of Miyuki entirely probably in vain) that she will be given some decent screen time in the OVA.I'm just saying it's unfortunate that you find interesting what majority of everyone else doesn't, compared to other characters. But I don't see how not adding Miyuki is detrimental to the quality of the overall content.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-07-04, 13:09

I'm just saying it's unfortunate that you find interesting what majority of everyone else doesn't, compared to other characters. But I don't see how not adding Miyuki is detrimental to the quality of the overall content.

I don't think I said it was. As for me breaking from the majority, what else is new? :p

Shiroi Hane

2008-07-07, 13:22

May not be new to everyone, but it is to me: June Newtype article

http://picasaweb.google.com/shirobane/Magazines07072008/photo#5220335937678638962
http://picasaweb.google.com/shirobane/Magazines07072008/photo#5220335960670334498
http://picasaweb.google.com/shirobane/Magazines07072008/photo#5220335997767835314
http://picasaweb.google.com/shirobane/Magazines07072008/photo#5220336034460960898

darkchibi07

2008-08-01, 20:43

RPG-themed OVA?

http://www.lucky-ch.com/info/info_ova080728.html

Claies

2008-08-01, 22:21

RPG-themed OVA?

http://www.lucky-ch.com/info/info_ova080728.html

*facepalm and laughs*

Officially-endorsed Hatsune Miku parody? Complete with LEEK? Obvious Yamaha advertising, but I've got to call it a win.

I guess this is the natural escalation for Lucky*Star...

Ithekro

2008-08-02, 00:22

I thought Konata was suppose to be the "tank".

Vexx

2008-08-02, 02:43

Interesting... the RPG motif is a theme in one of the short stories in a collection of Lucky*Star as done by other mangaka. This might be fun.... especially if we get to see Nanako in her "clerically healing" drowsiness.

Amray

2008-08-04, 10:41

I am still anticipating the Lucky Star OVA. I think that it will prove very entertaining and funny, just like the original episodes. I am an easy audience so I will probably like it anyway, but nontheless I also think that it will be an awesome OVA for an awesome series. I very much doubt that they will degrade it any, because Lucky Star is just awesome as a whole. I just cannot wait to see more comical references, jokes, and also just to see all the lovable cast of the series return.

I have no doubt that this OVA will succeed through me.

KitsuneNineTails

2008-08-13, 15:31

I thought Konata was suppose to be the "tank".

LOL. It looks like Kagami is the wizard, but I thought Kuroi-sensei was the wizard (because she doesn't do anything except push the same button over and over again). I would say Miyuki should be the wizard, with the glasses and being all brainy and klutzy (think Presto!). Kagami seems more like an "in-the mix" DD to me. Maybe an assassin/rogue or barbarian/damage-spec warrior (wielding dual leeks!). Tsukasa as a healer/priest makes sense, being the more non-violent one, although a druid-type would also work because she loves puppies so much. :)

Ciao!

Ithekro

2008-08-13, 15:35

Someone mentioned that Miyuki turns into a different person when when she plays games. I've never seen this happen. Just what kind of person is she when she plays?

DJ_RockmanX

2008-08-13, 19:41

Someone mentioned that Miyuki turns into a different person when when she plays games. I've never seen this happen. Just what kind of person is she when she plays?

If it's anything similar to what happens when I play an FPS, it should awesome.

Vexx

2008-08-14, 01:21

Someone mentioned that Miyuki turns into a different person when when she plays games. I've never seen this happen. Just what kind of person is she when she plays?

The manga provides a clue or two... but I won't spoil it other than to suggest buying and reading the manga :)

yezhanquan

2008-08-14, 01:23

Someone mentioned that Miyuki turns into a different person when when she plays games. I've never seen this happen. Just what kind of person is she when she plays?

It's in vol. 3. But, I'll say that she reverts to her usual self fairly quickly.

Kagami~n

2008-08-15, 08:38

It's in vol. 3. But, I'll say that she reverts to her usual self fairly quickly.

.~. I wanna read so badly...

I keep forgetting that the OVA is still over a month away. All this waiting sucks.

yezhanquan

2008-08-15, 08:41

.~. I wanna read so badly...

I keep forgetting that the OVA is still over a month away. All this waiting sucks.

I'm despairing over my inability to understand the drama CD. I really want to understand Koshimizu Ami's lines as Kagami.

Kagami~n

2008-08-15, 08:45

What about the new drama CDs? Will anyone here be able to translate them like they did on the Mai HiME board?

Rembr

2008-08-15, 10:31

I can give summary and bullet points if I had access to the material.

Kagami~n

2008-08-15, 10:48

I can give summary and bullet points if I had access to the material.

That would be awesome, and I don't think the drama CDs are out till later this month. Thanks for offering. ^^

BOOKGLUTTON

2008-08-15, 14:42

Do wantwantwant a drama cd.

yezhanquan

2008-08-15, 20:08

That would be awesome, and I don't think the drama CDs are out till later this month. Thanks for offering. ^^

The drama CDs I'm refering to are the "older" ones, with a different vocal cast from the anime.

GuidoHunter_Toki

2008-08-19, 19:59

RPG-themed OVA?

http://www.lucky-ch.com/info/info_ova080728.html

Interesting, I like Kagami and Konota's outfits.

kyouray

2008-08-26, 14:45

http://www.lucky-ch.com/info/info_ova080728.html
short promo video

Solafighter

2008-08-26, 15:00

http://www.lucky-ch.com/info/info_ova080728.html
short promo video

Thanks for the info. :cool:

Cant wait. :eyespin:

stubby42

2008-09-05, 08:27

Who are the girls cosplaying as?

I know that Konata is Yuki from Suzumiya Haruhi and Kagami is Miku the VOCALOID2 (p.s she looks great with that hair) but what about the other girls plus konata?

kenjiharima

2008-09-05, 08:39

The other girls Miyuki and Tsukasa are wearing generic gym uniforms.

The armored versions of them are from an online game, mostly seems a hybird of all the mmorpg.

DragonBladeX

2008-09-05, 09:39

Those crazy bloggers at the figma blog seem to be hyped up over the Lucky Star OVA...

http://ameblo.jp/figma/entry-10134642492.html

Edit : Especially so in the last photo.

BOOKGLUTTON

2008-09-05, 13:13

They have reason to. i have no life.

Hakuryu

2008-09-06, 12:24

Here's another promo, but in pretty bad quality.
http://www.movic.jp/info/rakisutaova/pv.html

NekoCharge15

2008-09-06, 13:57

Lucky Star OVA Trailer 2
SLJJShCAMSE

Kagami~n

2008-09-06, 14:49

Here's one of the hundreds of moments in my life where I wish I knew Japanese.

TsukasaTetris

2008-09-06, 15:00

That trailer was awesome! :D I can't wait till the OVA comes out! ^_^

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-07, 09:13

I seriously LOL when Cherry was assaulting Hiyori... :heh:

Solafighter

2008-09-07, 09:18

Two trailers already? Will this ova have more than only one episode? :rolleyes:

Ryuugu-chan

2008-09-07, 13:17

The beginning should be a song XD
...Who's that girl that looks like Misao,but has green eyes O_o ?

I wonder how Shiraishi gained his control back...And how the LS cast are still willing to work with him *joke >>*

That OVA looks awesome!

Ithekro

2008-09-07, 14:02

Tsukasa and Misao verse Konata and Kagami in volleyball seems like an unfair fight.

BOOKGLUTTON

2008-09-07, 15:30

Misao is energetic.

TnAdct1

2008-09-07, 16:31

Tsukasa and Misao verse Konata and Kagami in volleyball seems like an unfair fight. Actually, it appears that Konata's on the same side as Tsukasa and Misao.

Tunafishisgood

2008-09-07, 22:55

>_< Kyaaa can't wait! school seems even longer now.

kenjiharima

2008-09-08, 07:30

NO!!! NO!!!! I CAN'T RESIST THE MOE!!! XD XD XD

http://www.movic.jp/info/rakisutaova/ <<<bookmarked!!!

Solafighter

2008-09-08, 09:32

NO!!! NO!!!! I CAN'T RESIST THE MOE!!! XD XD XD

http://www.movic.jp/info/rakisutaova/ <<<bookmarked!!!

:twitch: :eyespin:

Thanks for the link, Kenjiharima. :cool:

Sheba

2008-09-08, 10:49

Lucky Star OVA Trailer 2

They used Hokuto no Ken 1st OP and the most popular one. Good to see they knows their classics.

Kona-Kona

2008-09-08, 11:43

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h303/tamaki_bunbun/Rakisuta/ovapromo.jpg

kenjiharima

2008-09-08, 14:32

We are shocked!!!

Konata-des, Kagami-des,Konata-des, Kagami-des,Konata-des, Kagami-des,Konata-des, Kagami-des,Konata-des, Kagami-des,. LOL :heh:

Konata - "Yaranaika: lol!!! all references from the intro alone. I also feel I kinda played the video game that they are in. Seems similar to .hack or phantasy star. Truly LS ova will be AWESOME when it comes out.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-09-08, 15:16

Still have plans to blog this. I hope they keep the Otaku pandering below 50% of the shows total content though. Also give Miyuki some screentime.

Hakuryu

2008-09-08, 22:02

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9223/1220882667782rr0.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1220882667782rr0.jpg)

:D

Ithekro

2008-09-08, 22:22

Okay, sticking Miyuki in the Mikuru based frog suit is a start.

kenjiharima

2008-09-09, 00:08

LOL! Anime Tenchou is lolified! :heh:

DJ_RockmanX

2008-09-09, 00:10

I believe the proper term is chibified.

technomo12

2008-09-09, 01:12

ARG DAMMIT THIS IS SOOO AWESOME MAYBE AFTER WATCHING THIS I MIGHT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STILL IT IS A LIFE WELL SPENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also nice that MMORPG LOOKS AWSEOm too bad there nothing like that in real life T_T

kenjiharima

2008-09-09, 08:11

I believe the proper term is chibified.

Oh yeah..sorry. Been with loli girls far too long forgotten Super Deformed and Chibbi lol :heh:

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-09, 09:07

What is Tsukasa and Misao cosplaying as? :confused:

Vexx

2008-09-09, 09:17

Kagami's and Tsukasa's cosplay is pretty damn cute in that pic .... I'll even go out on a limb and say chibi-fied A. Tenchou makes me smile and he's my least favorite timebudget-leeching character. :)

kenjiharima

2008-09-09, 09:50

Speaking of Kagami.
:love:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa141/AlexaPadme/Lucky%20Star/Kagami.jpg

Forgive me Kona-chan! T_T

Kagami~n

2008-09-09, 18:47

This looks better and better every time I hear news about it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Inunoniichan/1220963480608.jpg

I <3 you Konata.

BOOKGLUTTON

2008-09-09, 22:17

Welcome to the world. Population= Konata and everyone else.

Solafighter

2008-09-10, 12:52

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa141/AlexaPadme/Lucky%20Star/Kagami.jpg

Oh my.... :eyespin:

There is a god somewhere... :D

Thanks for posting, m8. :cool:

IchiKyo

2008-09-13, 07:14

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/105/105186/

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-13, 10:05

Miyuki got Cherri'ed! :heh:

The MMO looks very interesting, I really wonder how it ties in.

kenjiharima

2008-09-13, 10:12

OMG!!! beastly! lol Lucky Dog you.... :heh:

Even dogs at times do that stuff to people male or female. :D

The game seems like they're online and playing as a party, Kuroi-sensei is there she's an online gamer as seen in the t.v. series and she always with Konata whenever she's online too. Konata must have dragged the other girls playing and how sweet of Kagami healing Konata. :love:

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-13, 23:32

Anyone knows or has a way to find out if a.f.k. will be subbing this OVA? :confused:

Mecha_Trueno

2008-09-13, 23:41

i'm really curious what the previous line in the chat was in this (http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/105/105188/img.html) pic:
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/105/105188/c20080913_luckystar_02_cs1w1_700x393.jpg
wonder who it is kagamin is a fan of?... :D

darkchibi07

2008-09-14, 14:06

Anyone knows or has a way to find out if a.f.k. will be subbing this OVA? :confused:

a.f.k. has been quiet for a long time. Subbing Zetsubou Sensei must have really did them in. :heh:

Mecha_Trueno

2008-09-14, 23:43

better way to gauge that answer is to find out whether the license for lucky star includes the ova as well

kimchipride

2008-09-15, 00:09

Is it just 24 minutes long?

Kagami~n

2008-09-15, 09:01

It's 30 minutes long. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that the license would cover the OVA since it didn't exist at the time of licensing.

I don't know at all how those things work, but that's just what I've seen. I really do hope that someone out there will sub it though, or it will be completely lost on me. :<

kenjiharima

2008-09-16, 11:34

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7196/konachancom40010samplelf9.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=konachancom40010samplelf9.jpg)

Konata Witch x Kagami-Miku!

GuidoHunter_Toki

2008-09-22, 21:49

With the popularity of this show I don't see why there would not be at least one group out there that would sub it.

Solafighter

2008-09-23, 07:57

3 days left ... :cool:

kenjiharima

2008-09-23, 12:38

The raws will have traffic for sure. Ack!!! Sniffing dog alert! XD

Kaioshin Sama

2008-09-24, 03:53

bhl88

2008-09-24, 06:29

She looks cute when she's angry....^o^ hehe

Kagami~n

2008-09-24, 13:51

Not long for Haru...ah...I mean the Lucky Staruh.....Lucky....hmmm....L.U.C.K.Y S.T.A.L.O.I.D....no that's still wrong.............Hatsu.....D'OH! :confused::confused::confused: Luuuuuuuuuuucky Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar OVA.....Pshooooooooooooooo :uhoh:

Almost forgot what show this was for a second there.

Comedy anime starring a short blue-haired girl and her friends, that's making a bunch of anime and pop culture references? Sounds like the Lucky Star anime to me.

How about you relax and actually try to enjoy the show this time? :rolleyes:

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-24, 21:01

From the Japanese wiki, it seems Hiromi Konno (Akira Kogami) and Minoru Shiraishi (Minoru Shiraishi) are singing the theme song for this OVA.

Link (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%89%E3%81%8D%E2%98%86%E3%81%99%E3%81%9F_(%E3 %82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1))

No Motteke Sailor Fuku? Still, I'll look forward to it.

kimchipride

2008-09-25, 01:55

I read that the OVA is 40 minutes long
Quite impressive

maximilianjenus

2008-09-25, 09:18

raw already out, wonder aobut the subs,

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-25, 10:29

This'll be the first time I'm getting the raw. :D

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-25, 12:19

Just finishing watching the Raw. 40 mins of goodness. How I wish I knew Japanese.

Scene 1 - Everyone visits Minami. We see through the eyes of Cherry the dog. Quite hilarious at parts. But this is the only scene with the 4 1st years. How sad.

Scene 2 - MMORPG. Nanako, Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa playing an MMO. Tsukasa doesn't know the commands whilst Kagami is a pro. The usual bickering, in an MMO setting. :twitch:

Scene 3 - Kagami's left alone at home. Konata suddenly appears in her Yuki garb with a magic wand and suddenly changes her shrine to a vehicle? The whole house gets wheels, Konata and Kagami goes on some trip to some tournament, gets magically changed into several costumes until the Kaga-miku outfit. Both of them goes to some tournament where Nanako is a wrestler, Ayano is a referee and Misao is the king. :confused:

And I think there's something important which I missed and then Kagami wakes up. It's all a dream. Tsukasa's in shock.

Scene 4 - Volleyball match. Misao/Tsukasa/Konata/others against Kagami/Miyuki/Ayano/others. Shiraishi's the ref. Exciting match. Tsukasa can't help comparing herself with Kagami. Poor Tsukasa. The end was LOL. :heh:

Scene 5 - Some camp forest walk for Konata and co. Got lost in the forest, and unable to receive phone signals at the same time. Narration of scene at some points from Miyuki. Includes the antics from Konata, the bickering, and how to split 3 cookies for 4 people etc.

Scene 6 - I really don't know how to make sense of this scene. Konata and co visits a pet shop, saws Keroro and Tamama and then errr...I don't know. This one is really just plain weird.

Scene 7 - Anime Tenchou. In the MMO. Spotted Legendary Girl A. Don't know what happened but days and nights went by as both of them stayed at their spot...Konata's AFK! The BGM here kinda sounds like the battle theme from Final Fantasy VII. :heh:

Scene 8 - Live-Action Lucky Channel!!! Got to see it to believe it.

No OP song, no ED song though there's a You Wa Shock in the background by Hiromi Konno and Minoru Shiraishi in the middle of Lucky Channel.

Not the usual Lucky Star stuff though I can accept it. But, as good things does, you always wish for more. 7/10 from me.

mouhitori

2008-09-25, 12:36

Felt overall the OVA was good. :)

Screenshots and brief summary (http://mouhitori.blogspot.com/2008/09/lucky-star-ova_26.html)

The surprising form of lucky channel is a bit too long though. Could'nt understand the transformation scene either.

darkchibi07

2008-09-25, 15:36

:twitch::twitch:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/373/1222371660334ht6.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1222371660334ht6.jpg)http://img254.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Tsuchirinhon

2008-09-25, 17:55

Very surprised that there is no sub yet.

Kagami~n

2008-09-25, 18:02

Since I'm trying to hold out on watching it till there are subs, I'm very pissed that there is no sub yet. :(

Tsuchirinhon

2008-09-25, 18:19

I'm not upset or anything -- just surprised.

Given the popularity of this series, I expected something almost immediately. I'd rather the subbers take their time and make sure that it's done right, though.

Yoshiki

2008-09-25, 19:55

dun wrry everyone, zomgsubs (http://www.zomgsubs.com/) will sub this... of course someone else might(well probably) release before us but.... just so you know

Tsuchirinhon

2008-09-25, 20:23

Do you have an estimated time of release? Curious.

BOOKGLUTTON

2008-09-25, 20:27

The wait is actually painful.

Tunafishisgood

2008-09-25, 20:57

I've just watched the raws. XD Now I can't w8 for subs.

Rembr

2008-09-25, 21:26

Anyone want spoilers, short synopsis or spot translations?

Tunafishisgood

2008-09-25, 21:31

What did Kagami say

at the end of the cinderella part? Tsukasa looked shocked and wanted to email or mail Konata?

Rembr

2008-09-25, 21:47

It's censored, I don't think even the islanders have figured out exactly what she said.

Kurogane_Shiroikaze

2008-09-25, 21:57

I'm wondering about that too. It's "Ko*****kitai". That's all I heard. Sure was something damn embarrasingly funny though.

Rembr

2008-09-25, 21:59

Mayhap こなたと合体したい

Kurogane_Shiroikaze

2008-09-25, 22:09

Mayhap こなたと合体したい

A bit long isn't it?

Rasuberi

2008-09-25, 22:23

No I'm pretty certain Rembr is correct, it was just censored in the form of Kagami's sleep mumbling. Most Japanese people seem to think it's definitely parodying Sousei no Aquarion.

Kurogane_Shiroikaze

2008-09-25, 22:38

Hmm, okay. Guess it fits well too. Definitely a Sousei parody if it was.

Rembr

2008-09-25, 22:45

Here's another suggestion if you're not satisfied:コスプレしたい

Decagon

2008-09-25, 23:00

I like how they worked in character parodies and even some memes into this. I certainly didn't get all of them, but it won't be as fun if I spoil even one here :p.

Mecha_Trueno

2008-09-26, 00:12

just watched the ova, i found it pretty awsome! at least it felt like lucky star:D
anyway...
im glad you guys brought up "what DID kagamin mumble"... coz im STILL tryna figure it out.
it was just censored in the form of Kagami's sleep mumblingyup, so basically all we heard was こ*********したい
my first interpretation of it (after replaying it a few times) was, same as Rembr suggested...
コスプレしたい～～～ coz it certainly matches her dream. but after reading here, im starting to think it might be the Sousei no Aquarion parody you guys mentioned. haven't watched that series btw.
this section of the episode was probably the best one! LOL @:
"really you're looking forward it, you tsundere =ω= " :D:D:D
then the rin cosplay had me cracking!

btw, was that haruhi BGM when it was turning night time at summer camp? (cant be bothered to check a scene from haruhi)

thought it was funny when they came back from golden week and kuroi-sensei had level'd up 5 levels:heh: she was playin 24/7 during golden week:heh:. can anyone figure what the moves were parodies of? my first thought was chrono cross for some reason:confused:

btw, how come its out already? wasn't it suppose to be released on 26th? was it leaked early? (like what happened with FF7 advent children) or did they release this at midnight?

btw...Just finishing watching the Raw. 40 mins of goodness. How I wish I knew Japanese.i always wondered, how can people do this to themselves (nothing personal to you Peanutbutter003)... i'd never ruin the epiosde for myself, especially not with lucky star

EDIT: oh yeah, shouldnt we move this onto a new thread now, like an official ova thread?

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-26, 00:48

As they say, good things come to those who bothered to wait, but some good things should also go to those who do not want to wait. ;)

Kagami~n

2008-09-26, 06:27

dun wrry everyone, zomgsubs (http://www.zomgsubs.com/) will sub this... of course someone else might(well probably) release before us but.... just so you know

Thank you so much. T-T

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-26, 09:28

Chinese subs are out, for those interested.

JaLooNz

2008-09-26, 09:50

Even Zero made an appearance! And Kagami in those costumes and the expressions... argh!!!

Not too bad for an OVA. Any hope for another season?

mouhitori

2008-09-26, 10:08

Given that Lucky Star related stuff is still very popular and the manga is still ongoing, I feel another season is very likely. The only question is when?:heh:

Tsuchirinhon

2008-09-26, 10:12

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-26, 11:30

The Chinese subs didn't include Lucky Channel. :uhoh:

Oh well, Lucky Channel was pretty much a broken wreck anyway.

They translated the Kagami's line when she awoke as

好想合体

:heh: Finally, I get the meaning.

Vexx

2008-09-26, 11:47

Ichigo Mashimaro, another favorite series of mine, is getting a second OVA, and it is nowhere near as popular as Lucky Star.

Unless certain higher-ups simply decide EH NO MORE LUCKY STAR THANKS & GOODBYE, we'll see more material. It'll probably be a while, though.

Ichigo Masimaro has gotten three OVAs so far ....

"Popular" is a wispy word. OVAs depend more on how much in the way of profit has been accrued and how much more profit they might expect. So a series with the right fans in Japan (with big pocketbooks) may get more attention than a fan outside of Japan might expect. Ichigo Masimaro fans are more numerous than one might think -- they're just not quite so loud.

Lucky Star was "bigger than expected" because of vectors from many directions (KyoAni, Comiket, injection of industry and anime references, crossover Haruhi buzz, voice actress choice, etc) that helped what was basically a pleasant little Japanese form of "Peanuts" (daily lives of a group of diverse students in 4 panel comedy) turn from a moderate success to being almost the mascot team for an industry.

Tsuchirinhon

2008-09-26, 11:57

Ichigo Masimaro has gotten three OVAs so far ....

For some reason, I always want to think that the currently-released OVA's are all part of one package, which is probably because I downloaded them all from one torrent. But yeah, I mostly just meant that there's another one on the way.

And all that is nice, but it doesn't really change the fact that Lucky Star is still more widely popular than Ichigo Mashimaro, which is all I said in the first place. It doesn't really matter which started with more potential.

Nina.Wolken

2008-09-26, 12:10

They translated the Kagami's line when she awoke as

好想合体

:heh: Finally, I get the meaning.

Which would be translated in English by ...? ^^"

Kaoru Chujo

2008-09-26, 12:58

More KyoAni brilliance. Some absolutely wonderful character design and animation. The people in the dog sequences were wonderfully well animated. The game was good. Kagamiku was one for the ages.

Maybe I wasn't as thrilled as I was by the series, but I did have a silly smile on my face much of the time, and that can't be bad.

Voice-acting by Katou Emiri (Kagami) and Hirano Aya (Konata) was just outstanding. And it was good to hear Sasaki Nozomi again (early burbling voice). Give that woman more work!

I noticed that there were several people credited as the episode director (usually there is only one), so I suspect they had different people manage different parts of the show. That would explain the somewhat inconsistent feeling of the various sequences.

And I noticed that one of the first genga (key animators) mentioned was Gotou Keiji, the director of Kiddy Grade, Uta-Kata, and Gigantic Formula. He also did similar work on some episodes of Kure-nai.

I don't know whether this has been mentioned earlier, but there was a huge warning screen that said all the things one shouldn't do with the show, like reproducing or redistributing, and "translating" was included in the list. But I don't think that will stop people.

As for this show coming out a day early, maybe it's the same as CDs, where the CD is apparently in the bigger stores the day before its official release date.

Kaioshin Sama

2008-09-26, 14:18

Sounds like from what I'm hearing people should get what is to be expected from the Lucky Star OVA. If they liked the TV Series then they should like the OVA, but if it wasn't their thing then the OVA will probably do little to change their mind about the franchise. Can't wait to get around to blogging it.

d4v1d_su

2008-09-26, 15:28

Here's another suggestion if you're not satisfied:コスプレしたい

I agree with this one.

kenjiharima

2008-09-26, 15:39

herbert

2008-09-26, 15:43

Good OVA. Just the camping part is not that interesting. Best part is Magical (Cosplaying) Girl Kagami.

Which would be translated in English by ...? ^^"
I want to fuze.

It should refer to mecha fusion, but I guess some dirty thoughts on activities, which normally involve one male and one female but sometimes two females or two males or more than 2, can also be applied for.

Scene 6 - I really don't know how to make sense of this scene. Konata and co visits a pet shop, saws Keroro and Tamama and then errr...I don't know. This one is really just plain weird.

After Kagami's weird dream, I bet it's Konata's version of weird dream.

Damn you, Konata. How dare you make fun of Sheryl's hair color. Strawberry blond is much normal than pink which Miyuki actually possesses.

Mecha_Trueno

2008-09-26, 15:53

Damn you, Konata. How dare you make fun of Sheryl's hair color. Strawberry blond is much normal than pink which Miyuki actually possesses.

lol, did anyone else notice...macross frontier parody... "right now, you're ginga no uta hime":D (miyuki)

herbert

2008-09-26, 15:56

lol, did anyone else notice...macross frontier parody... "right now, you're ginga no uta hime":D (miyuki)

I bet most ppl watch sub or know Japanese notice it. After all, those words gets a "Mr. Despair" style screen.

d4v1d_su

2008-09-26, 16:01

Just saw the series. Since you guys are translating, what was in the white notes after Lucky channel went off?

Man I love the Online RPG ep. makes me wanna play again OL games. I'll start on Sunday see if my account is still active. lol

What's the next OVA project? Lucky Star in 3D?

This product (Movie) is protected by law, it is prohibited to copy, ..... bla bla bla, distribute via internet, translate, ... bla bla bla ... without permission.

Nina.Wolken

2008-09-27, 07:13

I want to fuze.
It should refer to mecha fusion, but I guess some dirty thoughts on activities, which normally involve one male and one female but sometimes two females or two males or more than 2, can also be applied for.

I... I see :heh:. Now I understand Tsukasa reaction, but I am surprised such an innocent character as her would have think about something like that. Or maybe she was just thinking about the "mecha-meaning", that would explain why she wanted to call Konata... Anyway, poor Kagami :p.

Thanks herbert! ^-^

SaraFilipa

2008-09-27, 08:13

I *really* want a subbed version. *.*

Vegard Aune

2008-09-27, 08:58

I *really* want a subbed version. *.*
Of course. We all do. But it's only been out for a few days. You can't expect fansubs to pop up instantly, you know. A 40-minute OVA propably requires like, a minimum of 20 hours of work if you want it to be done properly, and it's not like they can do all that in one go.

Hypernova

2008-09-27, 08:58

Just finished the chinese sub. Damn the parodies are packed in this one!

-Loved the MiWIKI bit.
-Real life LC was brilliant! You can hear that the filming crew were barely able to hold themselves together.

The Keroro part was pure nightmare fuel though...

Rice_slayer

2008-09-27, 10:09

Apparently, the eng subs are out!
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1634597/1632043/

Picture for proof, Credit goes to some anon on 4chan's /a/.

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1305/1222527791216oq1.png (http://imageshack.us)

Vegard Aune

2008-09-27, 12:18

*Watches*
In short, it was good. Especially Kagami's extremely strange dream. I was wondering WTF was going on through the whole thing, but it sure was funny.

Also, while I totally did not understand what Anime Tenchou said at the very end, (Or rahter, what that was supposed to mean) anything that includes that guy = instant awesomeness.

Kinny Riddle

2008-09-27, 12:19

AHHH~ KAGAMIKU!!!!!! :love::love::love:

Now that I've got my inane fanboy mode out of the way, the LS OVA is finally upon us, and it lives up to its name of even more slice-of-life of our favourite girls.

Some highlights for a long LS episode.

Cherry sketch:
A day in the life of Cherry, Minami's doggy. LOL at poor Hiyori getting smacked at by him. (Cherry's a "he" right?)

MMORPG sketch:
Finally, the MMORPG that Konata and Nanako-sensei plays is revealed, in full 3D. It's even got quite advance character customization in that the avatars resemble their real-life counterparts. :heh:

Poor Tsukasa being mute for such a long time because she didn't realize she could simply hit enter when typing her lines in these sort of games.

Tsunderella Kagamin sketch:
Kagamin gets bored and dreams of herself as a reluctant Cinderella, featuring Konata in her Nagato-robes as her fairy godmother.

Konata's first Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo was turning Kagamin into a goth-loli maid. :love:

And then Kagamin gets momentarily turned into Tohsaka Rin. *faints*

And finally, her final form: KAGAMIKU!!! :love::love: (OK, OK, that's it for me. )

A wordplay on the word for "ball". Instead of taking Kagamiku to a ball (butoukai 舞踏会), she takes her to a martial arts tournament (budoukai 武道会).

Once past midnight, Konata loses her fairy godmother powers, and they end up with her house outside in the middle of the street. (Long story) In order to dispel the spell, Kagamin is required to say something embarrassing.

Kagamin wakes up, realizing it was a dream, though unfortunately she blurted the out the censored word, in front of Tsukasa, much to her great embarrassment. :D (Having read what others have said what it really is, it's all the more funnier)

Volleyball sketch:
It's not often you see Tsukasa fired-up for things. She was totally adorable when she cried after getting her face smacked by the ball accidentally from none other than her sister.

Lost in mountains during field trip sketch:
Amazed Tsukasa managed to fall for the same horror prank twice by Konata.

Konata finally acknowledges what the LS fans have been saying about Miyuki's knowledge: "As expected from Mi-Wiki!"

Horror sketch:
Good use of fish-eyed cam for the "horror" effect, though the mood was quickly dispelled by the sudden Code Geass reference for both Zero (I am Zero and I have returned) and Rollo (I'll use you dry like a rag), as well as a joke on Miyuki's seiyuu Endo Aya concerning Macross Frontier. (Endo Aya is of course Sheryl, the "Galactic Fairy". )

Of course, it wouldn't be a horror sketch without horror, and so Keroro and Tamama obligingly appear in a cameo and curses the girls, turning them into minature Nendoroids with frog suits. :cool:

Anime Tencho cameo in the MMORPG:
I think Tencho's a merchant and was hoping "Legendary Girl A" would pay custom to his shop even in the online world as well. Though it seems Konata has a habit of putting her character in "AFK" mode for a very long time.

Live Action Lucky Channel:
WTF at Shiraishi with his afro hair and yaranaika (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaranaika) tie. LOL

Shiraishi getting sprayed by a hose for nearly a minute.

The appointment of different directors was notable in the various directing styles of the sketches.

Most characters returned for this special, though notably absent were Konata's dad and Yutaka's sister, Yui.

In conclusion, I wouldn't say this OVA is the best LS episode EVAR, but it lives up to its usual reputation of giving a smile to the audience face while enjoying each sketch on its own.

Rice_slayer

2008-09-27, 12:23

One thing im mad about, No subbing during the Lucky Channel!!! The part were Kagamin says after the dream, I think that was done to due popular KagamiXKonata fan art...

Kinny Riddle

2008-09-27, 12:56

j
thought it was funny when they came back from golden week and kuroi-sensei had level'd up 5 levels:heh: she was playin 24/7 during golden week:heh:. can anyone figure what the moves were parodies of? my first thought was chrono cross for some reason:confused:

LOL, I never noticed that before. Poor Nanako, still single despite her looks. You can always marry me, you know? :D

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-27, 13:05

I saw the English subs, compared with the Chinese subs I saw earlier, I say these subs got it pretty much there, though I appreciate my subs do not include self-pandering and props thrown to people who I and many other people do not know of.

Maybe it's just me, but the audio during the Lucky Channel part was off.

I planned to compare every sub released out there and decide which's the best to keep based on one line, that line that Kagami sprouted out while waking up. :heh: Let's see who can do the best. :heh:

I'll give a B for this particular English sub. ;)

TsukasaTetris

2008-09-27, 13:11

Maybe it's just me, but the audio during the Lucky Channel part was off.

It's not just you, it was off for me too. x.x

Overall I loved the OVA, though that last sketch was pretty strange. o.o I really hope they make another one though. ^_^

herbert

2008-09-27, 14:08

There were two overkills yesterday. Kagami and Konata featured two matches in 2th round of Japan Saimoe together. Partially because of this OVA, they kicked opponents' asses easily and headed to yuri world (the later part is my fantasy).

I planned to compare every sub released out there and decide which's the best to keep based on one line, that line that Kagami sprouted out while waking up. :heh: Let's see who can do the best. :heh:

I'll give a B for this particular English sub. ;)

Please post your result when you done. I'd like to know if there is better sub over there than the one I currently own.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

Luminisk

2008-09-27, 14:41

The MMORPG sketch was definitely my favorite part. ^.^

Maho Momo

2008-09-27, 16:16

This OVA was pretty much what I'd expect from Lucky Star, which is always a good thing. I can't wait to watch the subbed version. :3

Shiroth

2008-09-27, 16:19

That was great fun, especially the MMORPG part. I quite like how they went with the 4-koma plan as in splitting each chapter into parts (like AzuDaioh). It worked nicely with this 40 minute+ OVA.

Really glad they went with the Macross Frontier seiyuu reference for Miyuki. It just had to happen. Oh and that was so Alto.

It's just great to see this cast again, and i really do hope it won't be the last time. With how popular the show is, i can't see it being.

Oh, and great Jet Stream Attack reference.

TAPpika

2008-09-27, 16:47

Shoutz to AnimeSuki!

I'm glad that you people liked my subs, although they might not be *perfect*.
Well, first of all, the bulk of my Japanese knowledge is due to half a year of self-studying. So maybe my translations were off sometimes; I don't know.

Well, I subbed the OVA yesterday mainly because my friend was dying for a subbed one. It was time-consuming... I don't have a team of fansubbers and all that. It was all done by me, so that was kind of stressful too. Oh and I didn't use the Chinese subs to help; I can't use Simplified Chinese anyways (I can make do with Traditional, although I'm still not so good). Dictionary, dictionary, dictionary... =.=

By the way, that one line when Kagami woke up - there really isn't a very easy way to translate this into English, although I know what it means. This kind of conflict happens particularly with East Asian languages. Anyone who's better at English, offer a suggestion?

Next time I'll have improved at Japanese! :D

-TAPpika

kimchipride

2008-09-27, 16:50

I really like the background music in certain sections.
I'm looking forward to these releases.
An OVA soundtrack maybe?

Mecha_Trueno

2008-09-27, 16:53

btw, was that konata serve a haruhi parody?

EDIT: dont worry, that was a stupid question... it was a BLATENT parody

skeezer

2008-09-27, 18:18

I loved it, didn't like Lucky Channel, and didn't get that Zero thing :-D

phishn37

2008-09-27, 18:45

My review of each section... sorry if this is boring to others.

1st Story: Cherry-chan
The first time I watched it, I thought it was kind of stupid and boring. But I watched it again and found it a lot cuter. I laughed when Hiyori got attacked, though. I totally didn't get Patricia's "stupid dog, tuna dog" rant, though. (I don't remeber Patricia's voice being that loud in the anime, too...) I did really enjoy Yutaka's "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" to "Cherry-chan wa kawaii na" very much ~ !

2nd Story: Online Game
Tsukasa in this section is really funny! It reminds me of all the times that I would start to play a new game and wouldn't know what to do. My favorite part is when she starts to eat by accident. I did like when they did their "victory" pose and it was the Haruhi dance pose, too... knew they would slip that in somewhere...

3rd Story: Konata the Mage
First off, I'd really like to see what kind of dance the Hiiragi-ke is going to... but we never will know, I guess. I think Kona-chan is quite creative with her carriages. Lots of otaku fun in this one... Yuki... Rin... Miku... a maid... shrine maiden... and most likely several others I didn't recognize. I would have liked to see Kagamin as Misao's bride. This seems like a lot of geek-oriented fun shoved into too little time, but Konata is so honesty strange in this that it might be my favorite.

4th Story: Playing Volleyball
This one is nice! The animation is better than the rest, also. Misao's spirit is very inspiring, and Kagami-chan is always looking out for her sister. And even though she lost, Tsukasa gained some experience in independance.

5th Story: Hike
I didn't really enjoy this one. But it was nice seeing a story just for the four main charachters. I do really like seeing those few times when Tsukasa actually comes in handy, like when she knows the stars to show them the right direction. But then she keeps getting scared by a mean Konata... I feel really bad for her 'cause my friends do that to me all the time and I hate it!! Like in "Probably Around Episode Sixteen" ;)

6th Story: Pet Shop
What. the. fuck.

7th Story: Death of Sales Clerk
RIP #1 fan of Densetsu no Shojo A.

8th Story: Live-Action Lucky Channel
If the subbers had actually subbed this part, or at least had the audio fit with the video in some vuage degree, I would comment on it.

I liked everything except for the subbers. AFK, why didn't you sub this one?

Tsuchirinhon

2008-09-27, 19:28

The highlight of this OVA is obviously Kagami waking from her dream, sputtering lines that slip from her hidden and personal vault.

Aside from that, I really enjoyed watching the first year students flutter about, especially Yutaka.

Tunafishisgood

2008-09-27, 20:20

-_- I found the Tuna dog part... offensive. Tunas are never to be regarded negatively. XD

Vexx

2008-09-27, 20:43

I just read the Random Curiosity review and screen caps..... wow, that's a lot of OVA.
Love the sketch format rather than some long silly story.
Though I'm not thrilled with Lucky*Channel - I'm interested in seeing the VAs live-action because that is almost always quite entertaining.

nadare

2008-09-27, 21:00

GuidoHunter_Toki

2008-09-27, 21:24

This was quite enjoyable. It was a bit lengthy of an OVA which was cool and I loved all the anime refrences. Each little sketch was enjoyable, in particular the dream and videogame ones.

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-27, 21:26

found a .hack reference. When they were talking about games that look like online game but are actually single player games xD. Fits description of .hack perfectly

edit: BTW what is that song on the background on 22:42?

Theme of Attack No.1

I posted it up on Youtube, shall be the actual one that Tsukasa sang, if my ears are right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMBSrFixEXQ

GuidoHunter_Toki

2008-09-27, 21:34

Did anyone catch the Gundam refrence. Jet Stream Attack.:heh:

They even had a 24 refrence with type clock countdown when Kagami woke up from her dream.

CatQueen

2008-09-27, 22:10

They even had a 24 refrence with type clock countdown when Kagami woke up from her dream.

I thought that was what it was! I recognized it from the episode where Yui, Yutaka and Konata's dad were setting up for Konata's birthday.

I liked the OVA, but the pet scene scared me a little. :upset:

GuidoHunter_Toki

2008-09-27, 22:18

I liked the OVA, but the pet scene scared me a little. :upset:

You and me both.:heh:

nadare

2008-09-27, 22:18

Theme of Attack No.1

I posted it up on Youtube, shall be the actual one that Tsukasa sang, if my ears are right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMBSrFixEXQ

ohh thanks ~

Mercurius

2008-09-28, 01:29

Did anyone else catch Patty's "I'm in despair!" reference in the first segment?

I found it amusing that almost everyone (save Konata) was animated left-handed for the volleyball match. I have this sneaky suspicion that it was originally Tsukasa on the left and Kagami on the right, but the scorecard was drawn the wrong way so they just mirrored the scene.

Also, what are the other two background songs in the Volleyball segment? (20:29 and 23:19)

Peanutbutter003

2008-09-28, 01:47

The fearsome foursome are left-handed, with Konata being ambidextrous as well, so there's nothing wrong, I think. Kyoani doesn't get their details wrong.

The scorecard was placed at Shiraishi's side, so it shouldn't be wrong.

As for the BGM, I imagine it's some BGM from the original anime.

Mecha_Trueno

2008-09-28, 02:07

Theme of Attack No.1

I posted it up on Youtube, shall be the actual one that Tsukasa sang, if my ears are right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMBSrFixEXQlol and konata goes "are you really japanese?":D

Ceral

2008-09-28, 02:32

The transition from scene to scene was even more discombobulated than usual. Usually we have an event and then some home scenes, or some home and school scenes, here we have a dog sequence, an MMO sequence, a dream sequence, a sports sequence, sort of a survival sequence and than something really bizzarre...

I thought they tried some stuff that was a little new for Lucky Star in this OVA. They didn't have thｅ usual "talking heads" making light of everyday stuff. But I still enjoyed it. Truth be told, I'd probably enjoy about 35 minutes of almost anything as long as I get to see the familiar cast. I thought they could have done better though. I wish there were more lead up to their scenes, it felt like they took a bunch of ideas they had that didn't fit well in the first season and mashed them all together.

While they were doing the MMO scene, I wished they had a more lengthy scene with a bit more plot. Like a scene with a quest and a boss, there's so many MMO jokes you could play on, imagine if Tsukasa had one of her moments during a boss fight that somehow got Nanako killed too. And that would leave Konata and Kagami to take on the boss on their own. They could showcase their teamwork in a tension filled battle, with plenty of the remarks you get with their unique chemistry.

For the dream sequence, it would have been nice if they had the girls saying they had to get off soon to get ready to go out. The field trip and the volleyball match could have used a little briefing in Nanako's familiar 2-B classroom. Before the volleyball match you could have a good spot for fanservice while the girls were changing. For the field trip it'd be a nice place to showcase some familiar whacky driving. I guess there's length issues, you could cut the bizzare pet shop scene out then ;p.

Good stuff nevertheless. Ever since I even heard about Konata talking about MMO's, I've wanted to see inside one of those worlds. It's cool that the OVA delivered that. And also it gave a good dose of Kagamin, my favorite Tsundere. Overall it could have been more fun-filled but I'm happy for any Lucky Star material I can get.

Nukerjsr

2008-09-28, 02:36

I thought this was brilliant. Good job KyoAni in doing this. I'm a weebit curious, do you that was all made up or did some of that come from the 4koma? ^^; It was just fun because it returns you too the Lucky Star spirit and was just enjoyable all around.

If I had two grievences, it would be these: That 6th Scene was just plain weird...didn't follow up really or make any sense. And I was a bit irritated that the 1st scene was the only one with any of the first year students. Now I hate Minami most of the time, but you just can't help loving her for this one with how she shows so much concern for Cherry. It's just amazing. Plus you mix in some humor from Patricia and Hiyori and an incredibly cute scene with Yutaka, so it just makes you wonder why they didn't appear a bit more.

When Yutaka was singing, I think she was singing to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming To Town." Just wondering if anyone else noticed that.