[Anime] Lucky ☆ Star

Originally Posted by KrazyTaco

Whoever the VA is for Haruhi and Konata has a real knack for voicing characters who are instantly likable. I mean, the first few lines Konota says in the entire series had me attached to her instantly.

Aya Hirano does do a good job in that department. Less so when she played Pachira in MagiPokaan, but she was on par with Haruhi when playing Etoh Mei in Manabi Straight.

As for the second episode, I thought the timing of the humor was improved quite a bit from the first one. The opening segment on Golden Week gave us a good peek into the lives of Tsukasa and Kagami although my favorite part would have to be Konata and Co. at the arcades.

Also, we can't talk about episode 2 without going into anime references which include

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and of course, the Hare Hare Yukai rhythm game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Is it just me or is Lucky Channel getting worse and worse? It was probably the most hilarious segment in episode 1, but now that the main portion of the show has gotten a lot better, it feels like Lucky Channel is turning into a boring one-trick pony.

CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA is a pretty awesome way to end episode 5 though.

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Originally Posted by surasshu

I loved the last episode, although I almost didn't like the Initial D reference since it was a bit over the top by Lucky Star standards. One of the charms of the show is its realism, and that just kinda went over the edge. Other than that, very funny stuff. Especially when

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Kagami complained that nobody hit on her because of Konata, and:

Konata's reaction to that. :3

I loved the hell out of that Initial D sequence. It nailed everything down perfectly, ranging from the Eurobeat, the dialogue, and the biggest lol of all:

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Fastest race EVER!!!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Just finished watching episode 7. A lot of good highlights this time around, but I think the thing that stood out the most was this:

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HOLY CRAP!!!! Is it referencing what I think it's referencing?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I squarely blame a.f.k. for not giving me my dose of Lucky Star consistently.

That said, I was kind of disappointed by episode 19 which I thought exhibited a noticeable dip in quality compared to all the good stuff that we've seen in the series so far. I don't know how to put it.... episode 19 just felt... rushed. As though they were jumping from one scene to the next with such speed that there wasn't enough time to fully recover from one punchline to the next. Or, for that matter, to swallow the joke before they crammed in the next one. I think a lot of the problems come from the fact that we (the audience) have their personalities down pat, and there's little that they can do or say to really amaze us like the ilovegirlswithglasses@hotmail.com (Konata's email address) scene on the bus in that episode waaaay back when.

Most of the highlights came in the second half of the show. While the second half wasn't outstanding per se (see problems that I mentioned above), there were quite a few snapshot-worthy scenes as well as the usual Haruhi references and even a Fate/Stay Night manga cover thrown in for good measure. Most of the hilarity stems from Hiyori's doujin hobby/obsession though the scenes where she's involved wasn't enough to make up for the rest of the episode.

Lucky Channel, as usual, was a dud. Minoru Shiraishi wasn't even funny when he did the end, but that's probably because I didn't get the reference.

I was speaking idiomatically.

a.f.k. is dead. They've been dead for awhile and I don't see any resurrections coming in the near future.

But yes, I have seen that episode and the amount of stuff I liked to the amount of stuff I disliked was about 50/50. Let's just say that if you enjoyed the TV series, you'll get a kick out of the OVA and if you didn't you'll find some of the boring parts to be really annoying.

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