Lucky ☆ Star

Lucky Star part.1

Lucky ☆ Star (らき☆すた, Raki ☆ Suta?) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Kagami Yoshimizu. The strip has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since January 2004. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as Shōnen Ace and others. It was not originally meant to be serialized, but when Comptiq suddenly had pages to fill, Lucky ☆ Star was there.[citation needed] As it was popular, it was decided that the strip was to be serialized. Like many four-panel comic strips, it has no real plot, and typically focuses on the daily lives of the characters.

In August 2005, a drama CD based on the series was released, and in December 2005, a Nintendo DS video game entitled Lucky ☆ Star Moe Drill, was released. A sequel, also playable on the DS, called Shin Lucky ☆ Star Moe Drill was released in May 2007, and a PlayStation 2 visual novel will be released in November 2007. In September 2006, it was released to the press that Kyoto Animation would be animating an anime based on the series; it will contain twenty-four episodes. The anime aired on the Chiba TV Japanese television network between April 8, 2007 and September 16, 2007. A light novel was released in September 2007.

Wiki again

Finally Lucky Star closes it's curtain last Sunday with it's final episode (24). This series surely being hyped this season, no wonder Kagamin has been tipped to be the potential big name in this year Anime Saimoe. Well there are some reason that makes this series awesome. It start with some great catchy OP (similar concept to Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi ED Hare Hare Yukai), and for the first 12 episodes involves the character singing other anime song in a karaoke. A little dissappointing though that the final 12 episodes involves Minoru Shiraishi singing (and they even decided to release the compilation lol.
Summary: Portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone. The main heroine is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and her grades remain low. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games, and is not interested in much else. The serialization began with the four main characters in their first year of high school: Konata Izumi, Kagami Hiiragi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. As the story progresses, they move onto their second and third year.
Anyway, as previously said, aside from it's hilarious joke and parody, the randomness in each episode is something to look for. And yes it really potrays what randomly happened in our daily lives, you see some scenes and you can feel the same occasionally had occasionally happened to you. Sometimes they do uses some references (especially Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi), which makes us wondering about the releases of MoSH season 2 (which is supposed to be next year).
After a run of 24 episodes, KyoAni finally end the series with their final School Festival (hm...Azumanga anyone?) as well as the full version of "Motteke Sailor Fuku" dance; and I can guarantee that soon enough Youtube will be flooded with the dancing parody :3 This final episode is one of the greater to watch, the only downside that I can tell is that they still mantain the ED, which is kinda dissappoint me since this is the final episode.
Overall, I do think Lucky Star is another KyoAni success this year, fun to watch, and I'd definitely going to remember this series, especially those involve Kagami and Konata.

Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

OP (Motteke! Sailor Fuku)
Full version dance (as in ep24)

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