Lucky Star (Generic Discussion thread)

[Riker]

Originally Posted by Skane

If you thought that marble in Kanon was overkill...

I'm suprised you didn't comment about the CG pom-pons in the OP. :3

[Skane]

Originally Posted by Riker

I'm suprised you didn't comment about the CG pom-pons in the OP. :3

OPs and EDs get a free pass since they are the OPs and EDs.

Natch.

[Pellissier]

Some gifs from the OP

[lil-d01]

O.O! Can I use one of your gifs, Pellissier? Will credit. =3

[Ultima_Rasengan05]

i didn"t see the first episode yet
but i did see the opening for lucky star
and it looks like a good show!
anyways anyone seen the reference to Haruhi when they showed the shows title in the opening sequence??

[Pellissier]

Originally Posted by lil-d01

O.O! Can I use one of your gifs, Pellissier?

Sure, go ahead

[lil-d01]

^^ Thanks, would've repped you (even though it probably just be 'null') but seems like I repped you before. You must be everywhere.

[herbert]

I just wonder if

Spoiler for Lucky Star ep 1:

Tsukasa's habit of putting mayonnaise on all kinds of food can be counted as a reference to

Spoiler for Gintama:

Hijikata's mayonnaise complex in Gintama

Edit: did some gif

Spoiler:

[bayoab]

Originally Posted by Level E

Also in the OP
何か分　何勝てる　愛してる　アレ１個が違ってるんるん
悩みん坊来い　鉄棒　おいしん棒　いい加減にしなさい！

Is this some type of word game? アレ１個が違ってるんるん
I don't get the reference there...

I don't think it's completely possible to make sense of the op lyrics until the official lyrics are out. This is only the n+1st version of those two lines that I've seen in the last 24 hours. (i.e. Everyone hears something different and everyone thinks theirs is right.) Nobody can agree on what goes before that line except that the one before it is Aishiteru.

[dspr8_rugged]

Saw the infamous OP. I now understand why this anime is compared to another KyoAni anime. Heck, that was just the OP.

Originally Posted by Daniel E.

Cute girls with glasses FTW.

She is the one that looks the most moe to me right now.

Her name is Miyuki, right?

Haha. At least I'm not the only one who is into cute girls with glasses. I do agree that she's the most moe among the main cast.

[Level E]

Originally Posted by Lunacy

Ultraman or curry reference?

Watch the OP carefully. It's really short.

Spoiler:

top right

[Asrialys]

Originally Posted by Level E

Watch the OP carefully. It's really short.

Spoiler:

top right

I noticed that, but I didn't know where it was from. I was wondering why she did that. lol Now I know.

[Skane]

After rewatching selective parts of Ep01, I really, really want to know what is being said in the Lucky Channel segment. I am hoping that they will dare to use that segment to let the VAs voice their grievances in the guise of their characters.

Cheers.

[Daniel E.]

Great work on those avatars Pelli.

I was thinking in making some myself, but you beat to the punch by a few miles.

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by Skane

After rewatching selective parts of Ep01, I really, really want to know what is being said in the Lucky Channel segment. I am hoping that they will dare to use that segment to let the VAs voice their grievances in the guise of their characters.

Cheers.

Lucky Channel!
A: Good morning-ki!
A: Finally, Lucky Channel is starting! It's a new television channel!
A: Please to meet you on television, hello!
A: I'm your beautiful host, Akira!
S: I'm Shiraishi.
A: Who?
A: Just kidding! This person is going to help me out, Shiraishi Minoru-san!
A: *fanfare*
S: I get to be Akira-sama's assistant, Shiraishi Minoru. Hi.
A: Ohh? Shiraishi-san, you're so stiff!
A: You're finally on tv, so loosen up!
S: Sorry... You don't have to tell me...
A: Okay, moving right along, our viewers have sent congratulation postcards!
S: Right. Um... Beriko Daisukikko-san from Osaka sent this:
S: Congratulations on the new television channel Lucky Channel.
A: Sankyuu desu!
S: Also, I have a question for Akira-san.
S: Akira-san is known as a super idol, so how much do idol's get paid? Please tell me.
A: Pay?
S: Yes.
S: Quite a direct question, this one.
A: Well, you see...
A: Why the hell is he asking me that?
S: Akira-sama...
A: Fine, if you want to know, I'll tell you.
A: I'll get straight to the point.
A: The pay itself can be fine, but you figure in the kickbacks to the office...
A: I'm still on a fixed pay scale, it's a total scam... (not sure about this line)
A: And I've been doing this job since I was 3, but it's all gone into my parent's pockets.
A: All I've ever gotten was pocket money! And it was only a pittance!
A: Oh yeah, lately my mom went and bought a brand name bag...
A: Could that have been, maybe, this television program's pay?
A: You've got to be f*ckin' kiddin' me!
A: (????) (sorry, these lines are beyond my ability to dicipher )

A: Uwa! No! It's time to go already! I'm so sad...

I'm tired... enough...

[monir]

I'm also getting annoyed by these kind of posting. Is it really necessary for everyone to adore a show to post in a thread? Isn't there any room for any kind of criticism? What is more annoying is that how some of the posters do not mind for a second to call out certain posters by their names who dared highlighting something negative about a show these particular posters adore. It's ultimately lack sensibility, and not to mention, advertises egocentricism. I've read Npal, I've read Daniel, I've read 7th, I've read Kaioshin.. and I'm grateful to them for their views, because I certainly didn't think they were talking out of their ass. I might have disagreed with them, but their posts have ultimately forced me to consider the alternate viewpoints.

Sorry for this off topicness. It needed to be said because there has been a trend going on for sometime now already where we seem to get this particular conversation often in threads and forums dedicated to certain shows. This isn't a fruitful discussion. If I want to post my thoughts and viewpoints, then I certainly need to understand and tolerate a different set of viewpoints that may be out there. Different set of viewpoints that are shared by minority of fans do not make them troll.

Anyway, I apologize once again for the off topicness. To be briefly on-topic, have yet to see it, but Skane's gif and Quarkboy's post have me mighty interested.

[Sheba]

Wait, wasn't Shiraishi Minoru the Taniguchi's voice actor?

[kenjiharima]

WOW!!!
Finally a RAW EPISODE!!!
I just got hooked to this new anime it's so cool!!!
When I first saw Kona-chan, It was love at 1st sight!!! Ahhhh~~!!!

Spoiler for larger image:

[Lunacy]

Originally Posted by Level E

Watch the OP carefully. It's really short.

Spoiler:

top right

Yes.. I watched the OP after your post and during my last post and spotted it! It was so funny to see. It would have been even funnier if Konata did Ultraseven's emerium beam pose, you know, with two fingers from each hand near the forehead..

[kj1980]

How to tell the core KyoAni animators REALLY are on vacation; I've already spotted something of an animation inconsistency in the OP itself.

Look at Konata's hair in the first few seconds of the crazy Rakisuta dance. It's butt-length, as far as I can tell.

Now fast-forward to the cheerleading scene. And it is there I'm going to ask all of you; how come her hair has grown to Tsuruya-style heel-length, all of a sudden?!

All of the key genga-ka are still present - just look at the credits. You need to get out of your head that genga-man makes tons of money - even though KyoAni may have a better time-management system and probably a better pay rate, they are still an anime production studio. They also do many secodary genga works for other companies, so it isn't simple as "ooh we made tons of yen in Haruhi, let's go to a paradise resort." No. Anime studios and their staff works on as much as two or three projects at any given time, so it isn't simple as doing Lucky☆Star and off to CLANNAD or Haruhi 2. They also work on other genga that other anime companies asks them to do. Although they have greatly reduced their position on receiving work from other companies, that doesn't mean they are working solely on one project at a given time; they are still known to do gloss-uke for Shinei's "Crayon Shinchan" and the like.

Originally Posted by Quarkboy

A: Fine, if you want to know, I'll tell you.
A: I'll get straight to the point.
A: The pay itself can be fine, but you figure in the kickbacks to the office...
A: I'm still on a fixed pay scale, it's a total scam... (not sure about this line)
A: And I've been doing this job since I was 3, but it's all gone into my parent's pockets.

Actually, Akira says "The pay varies from job to job, but the talent agency takes a majority of them in which they refuse to let me know what percentage they are taking for themselves."