Lucky Star Eps 1-24 (complete)

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In short: The KyoAni Azumanga Daioh. 　もってけ！

Thoughts: It’s hard to know what to write about Lucky Star and I can see why it seems to have divided the anime community. It’s almost a love it or hate it kind of show, though I don’t really see how anyone could hate it.

On the one hand, Lucky Star is so totally otaku it’s nuts! On the other hand, Lucky Star is so totally otaku it’s nuts. It is slow, nothing really happens and as several anime bloggers have noted, it’s not that laugh out loud funny. Yet there’s something so fundamentally likeable you just can’t help but feel warm and fuzzy inside. I guess that’s the moe talking. That or Minoru Shiraishi.

Personally, I really like the 4-koma, single scene format. True, it is missing a plot thread to really carry it through, but watching an episode of Lucky Star you just kind of zone out and finish 22 minutes later with a puppy love smile on your face. I laughed out loud occasionally — usually when there’s a particularly otaku reference, or in one of those ‘it’s so true!!’ moments.

I guess that’s where Lucky Star shines. It really knows its intended audience and to hell with everyone else. Heck, the manga was published in video game mag Comptiq after all. And what chance does an otaku have against episode after episode of moe, tsundere, slice-of-life schoolgirl moments, Lucky Channel madness, a legendary choreographed OP sequence and totally absurd ED sequences? And Aya Hirano?

Finally, big shout out to a.f.k. for another fantastic subbing job. Always worth waiting for.

もってけ！セーラーふく！