Lucky Star (Generic Discussion thread)

[kenjiharima]

Originally Posted by Maids! Maids! Maids!

OMG!!! Kona-chan is so cute!!! I downlaoded them all!!! Thanks for the images

Spoiler for THE REAL MOE:

[Green²]

I found this to be quite a fun series so far. Well, fun, probably depending on how one has been watching it. For what I had thought, or expected,.. "bouncy, trippy, yeah!" And ends up, "OMG, they can't be implying what I just thought they were implying!" Which you know what I'm implying. Or not. But either way your right. So long as you know what I'm implying. ...Or until you read this post till you go, "ah ha!" And throw me in a padded cell anyway.

Spoiler for Ep.1 question:

The small end is the head, no? Because in this case, I hope, if you want to kill something before eating it, I mean, the most proper thing to do in killing it is to bite its head off to ensure a quick death. Well, ripped off in this case. But the additional foreign custom of showing it its ass, although intriguing, far too much work then we would prefer. But if the large end is the head, then what they did there, that's, that's just inhumane.

I'd watch it again to confirm, but I just can't seem to get past the continuous loop of the first minute and an half, of the episode.

Really, a very good first episode. Honest.

[Enerccio]

I really like this series. xD
OPENING is 20 times better than Haruhi dance.
I love Kona, she is best personality ever

[Ascaloth]

Okay, so I took the plunge, and went for SF-S's sub of Rakisuta Episode 1.....

(-_-") <= And this, is basically my reaction for the main part of the episode.

Now, I'm not going to say anything negative about Lucky Star....because, in actual fact, it's probably not that bad. Instead, I'll pin the blame on myself; I'm probably the kind of person who just doesn't get that kind of humour.

Or to be more specific, it's not that I can't understand 4-koma humour, it's just that I'm the kind of person who doesn't see the point in it being animated. Really, it just looks to me like a collection of 4-komas animated, and thrown together to fit a 20-plus minute time slot; kind of a pointless affair, when I can get the same dose just by reading the original 4-komas themselves. And I'm not saying this just because it's KyoAni doing this; if it were by any other studio, I'll still say the same thing. I guess I'm just not the kind of person who can properly enjoy Pani Poni Dash, Azumanga Daioh, or Lucky Star.

I'm dropping this for now, but that's in no way whatsoever an indication that I think it's bad. Overkill, perhaps, but not that bad.

[Vexx]

Of course, thats all the original Peanuts animated features were (animation of 4 panel strips in a sequence) and they were somewhat popular

No, there's nothing wrong with not being bitten by this bug but substitute "ero-game" for "4-koma" in your reasoning and you might think it a bit odd.

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by Ultima_Rasengan05

its just that the lucky channel segment at the end of lucky star...for some reason i didn't really find that one too funny....hopefully in the next episode...

I kinda forgot to mention this on my first post about eps. 1, but I think Lucky Channel was probably the thing that made me laugh the most in this episode. I found that Dr. Jeckyl/Mr. Hide attitude of hers quite funny.



I mean, just look at that face.

[Vexx]

Aye... it was a pretty slamdunk representation of "Its frustrating that I love what I do so everyone takes advantage of me"

Makes me think the execs in Japan are either just as clueless about the content they manage as in America or they figure this is good safety valve stuff for their staff.

[Nemo_N]

For some reason, I picture Akira's seiyuu smoking a cigarrette while doing the "un-cute mode" part of Lucky Channel .

[Riker]

Lucky☆Star, Lucky☆Shana, Lucky☆Haruhi:

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More Lucky☆Shana:




More dancing:

[Skane]

Originally Posted by Nemo_N

For some reason, I picture Akira's seiyuu smoking a cigarrette while doing the "un-cute mode" part of Lucky Channel .

AHHHH! I wanted to mention this in my Ep01 writeup, but now I can't... lest I be accused of plagiarism.

NOOOO!

[Ayu-ayu]

Originally Posted by Sushi-Y

Finally watched the first episode. ^^;

Lucky Channel (inspired from the net radio program) cracked me up. I was happy to see Akira again after her column got fired on Comptiq last year, but that was unexpected.

Say, could you tell a little more about this? She had a column that was canned? What happened? Just wondering more about who she is. XD

I thought the show's overall pacing was marvelous myself. Most yonkoma adaptations have a sort of beat, pause, beat, pause kind of pacing, but not this one. I really dug how the conversations just would flow naturally and keep going sort of stream-of-consciousness style, as you might expect a group of chatty high schoolers to talk, almost, rather than be divided up as much into discreet "acts". Not that there weren't those, too, of course. But it was nicely mixed and moved quickly for something that was such a slice-of-life sort of comedy.

I'm also a sucker for conversations about and perspectives of food, heh, especially Japanese food.

[kenjiharima]

OK!! OK!!! Alright...that DOES IT!!! I MUST LET THIS OUT...Iam I the only one that thinks of this???!!! I AM I...I THINK SO!!!...ack...ahhh...*takes a DEEP breath*

Ok here's my SECRET why I like Konata Izumi...There is one reason I don't compare her to Shana or Haruhi. The main PLOT here is in the spoiler

Spoiler for konata non SD:

The H manga of Ero's Secret Plot/Secret Plot DEEP's Miki Saeko!!!
Just look!!! The face, hair and looks!!! The ONE AND VERY 1st REASON I LOVE HER!!!

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by kenjiharima

OK!! OK!!! Alright...that DOES IT!!! I MUST LET THIS OUT...Iam I the only one that thinks of this???!!! I AM I...I THINK SO!!!...ack...ahhh...*takes a DEEP breath*

Ok here's my SECRET why I like Konata Izumi...There is one reason I don't compare her to Shana or Haruhi. The main PLOT here is in the spoiler

Spoiler for konata non SD:

The H manga of Ero's Secret Plot/Secret Plot DEEP's Miki Saeko!!!
Just look!!! The face, hair and looks!!! The ONE AND VERY 1st REASON I LOVE HER!!!

God that looks old.

[Vexx]

Um... she looks kind of ... deformed? O.o (obviously, ymmv, tastes vary)

I just like Kona's moppy hair and the way they draw her eyes (which is actually different than the others. The moppy hair and antennae remind of me of someone I'm rather fond of in real life I guess (who's probably about the same height as Kona looking at the characters around her... wait, she gave her height ... runs to check it out).

[Kyuusai]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Um... she looks kind of ... deformed? O.o (obviously, ymmv, tastes vary)

I just like Kona's moppy hair and the way they draw her eyes (which is actually different than the others. The moppy hair and antennae remind of me of someone I'm rather fond of in real life I guess (who's probably about the same height as Kona looking at the characters around her... wait, she gave her height ... runs to check it out).

*shudder* Agreed about the supposed Kona likeness.

Kona's eyes, to me, are drawn in a way that always seems to not just look at the "camera", but also look out at the audience. Like she knows. It's kinda creepy, yet cool.

[kenjiharima]

she's pretty small among all the girls in the class...yeah I wonder what's her height...Oh and yeah, secret plot is old, yet it might have been an inspiration to create such a cutie MOE like her!!

[FireChick]

But...if anyone doesn't mind me asking (I hope I don't get in trouble even though I don't wanna cause trouble around here), why hasn't Lucky Star appeared on www.fansub.tv yet? Just asking!

[Pellissier]

Akira needs love

Metamorphosis of a (Lucky?) Star:



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Redemption:

[Kyuusai]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

Akira needs love

Excellent!

Of course, now I'm at a loss since all the good Akira scenes have been GIF-ified before I got to it.
(Hey, those images look really clean. Which raw did you use?)

My interest piqued by the scene on the show, I just listened to Lucky Channel net broadcast a little while ago. It's a blast to listen to, even though I can't understand half of it. These two just have amazing voices.

I'm still wondering, though, how Lucky Channel is related to the rest of Lucky Star. Surely there had to be some pre-existing connection--maybe it's omake material in the Lucky Star manga, or the net show had scripts written by the manga author? Or are they totally unrelated and just an example of the amazing power of Japanese marketing?

[FatPianoBoy]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

Akira needs love

This one is stolen