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REVIEW: Lucky Star DVD 1

Since when has the quality of the show ever factored in to whether or not it receives a dub? That decision has always been, and will always be, dependent only on perceived sales potential and/or TV contracts.

Although humor is scattered sporadically throughout each episode (and some will find the content much funnier than others), the most consistently funny parts are the Lucky Channel bits which constitute the last 90 seconds or so of each episode.

I forgot to mention this!

While it can be applied to most anime that take place in the real world, I have an added appreciation for Lucky Star after spending some time living in Japan. In episode 11 there's a long conversation about trains that is amusing just because I've dealt with the same stuff. Somehow it's fun watching these girls talk about such mundane topics, but at least I can relate!

It is also not a show everyone is going to “get.” In some senses it resembles Azumanga Daioh in its stream-of-consciousness approach to examination of the ordinary, although this series relies much more heavily on its dialogue, and comparatively little on its visuals, to induce its humor.

Yet another extremely generous review for a Kadokawa USA product. Hmmm..... I think my theory might be true after all.

Haha, the moment I finished the review's synopsis section, the first thing I thought was: Seinfeld. While I can always get a laugh out of watching an episode like 'The Contest', though, I don't think LS is for me.

The art style being the most immediate problem for me, which struck me right off the bat as unappealing back before I even knew what LS was at the start of '07. This also compounds the problem of having seen enough slice of life/parody shows (I'm a big fan of AzuDai and Haruhi, still need to pick up Genshiken, too) that this isn't all too interesting on the basis of its content.

Not to mention, I'm obsessive-compulsive about box sets, and I just couldn't bring myself to purchase LSs' with that t-shirt in tow .

Now, Teriyaki Terrier, I'm going to have to disagree with your comparison. Azumanga Daioh has about as much plot as Lucky Star, from what I understand of the latter. Both revolve around highschool life and the interactions among a small group of friends, sans the more apparent progression of time in AzuDai. As for the moe-fest vs. non moe-fest remark; I think there would be a pretty large part of the moe crowd out there that would describe the AzuDai cast as fitting the bill (okay, I'm not a big moe fan, but I digress).

Finally, as for realism? Might want to keep in mind that while the LS girls might have some serious hair color treatment, Chihiro is only 10 .

Kaioshin_Sama wrote:

Yet another extremely generous review for a Kadokawa USA product. Hmmm..... I think my theory might be true after all.

What, that Kadokawa can push some quality product? I'm not a fan of LS personally, but I can cleary see how this has fan appeal (as is also evident if you choose to dive into one of the many *.chans.

quote="Big Hed"]Haha, the moment I finished the review's synopsis section, the first thing I thought was: Seinfeld. While I can always get a laugh out of watching an episode like 'The Contest', though, I don't think LS is for me.

The art style being the most immediate problem for me, which struck me right off the bat as unappealing back before I even knew what LS was at the start of '07. This also compounds the problem of having seen enough slice of life/parody shows (I'm a big fan of AzuDai and Haruhi, still need to pick up Genshiken, too) that this isn't all too interesting on the basis of its content.

Not to mention, I'm obsessive-compulsive about box sets, and I just couldn't bring myself to purchase LSs' with that t-shirt in tow .

Now, Teriyaki Terrier, I'm going to have to disagree with your comparison. Azumanga Daioh has about as much plot as Lucky Star, from what I understand of the latter. Both revolve around highschool life and the interactions among a small group of friends, sans the more apparent progression of time in AzuDai. As for the moe-fest vs. non moe-fest remark; I think there would be a pretty large part of the moe crowd out there that would describe the AzuDai cast as fitting the bill (okay, I'm not a big moe fan, but I digress).

Finally, as for realism? Might want to keep in mind that while the LS girls might have some serious hair color treatment, Chihiro is only 10 .
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