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Cloe
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Perhaps Lucky Star is like Seinfeld without the relentless Larry David despondency? I dunno, I see a similarity either way. Speaking of, I'd totally make a blind anime purchase if it was based on a review comparing it to Curb Your Enthusiasm, which I like even better than Seinfeld because of the constant *facepalm* factor. New goal for ANN reviewers! ;p |
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calawain
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Not quite a show for the casual viewer, it's definitely great for the rest of us. I mean aside from all of the anime references it has a lot of references to Japanese culture from TV shows to old movies. Half the fun I had watching them as they released were long discussions on AS about the different parts of Japanese culture that was revealed. The earlier volumes are lighter on that aspect, but it picks up later. Plus the secondary characters that get introduced halfway through the show are quite amazing. So I'd say it's a 9/10 for the first half, and 11/10 for the second half. Averages to 10 and makes it probably to my top 5 overall. Can't say I could ever watch it dubbed though
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enurtsol
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That's all well and good........................................................ at setting up a straw man! 
Except that's not the part about Seinfeld we were talking about. |
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HellKorn
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Oh, excuse me, I thought that hanging out with friends meant only cracking on one another with a cynical bite. I mean, it's not as though you could've grossly misinterpreted what I typed. No way I could've just been talking about my distaste for otaku-oriented humor. That's impossible. 
@Cloe: lol at your avatar. |
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Zalis116
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Gewürtztraminer
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I showed the first dubbed episode to a friend of mine who is pretty tough to please in the anime department (if its not Giblhi or Kon, he has trouble making it through one episode of any thing else, notable exceptions were FMA, Gunslinger Girls, and Bebop).
He liked the the first episode. If there was ever a series that I thought he would dismiss based on episode 1, it was Lucky Star. Heck, I thought the first episode of this series would be enough to send most casual fans running for cover. I guess they did something right. |
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enurtsol
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Yeah, it's no longer the days of companies releasing dub VHS in expense of sub VHS availability. Besides, if anything, the dub side subsidizes the price of the whole DVD, making it more affordable for everyone. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Do you even know what you are writing? Have you ever watched an episode of Seinfeld? They are paid actors for one and for another they are never cruel to each other. Since you probably a young lad, I am sure you have never seen comedy from the 80's and 90's. I'll admit, I did enjoy Lucky Star, but to call the cast in Seinfeld inhumane is way off base. You are however right on Lucky Channel, Akira is nothing but spite and anger. I am sure that we will see more of that later on. Just check out one episode of Seinfeld, you'll see no one is being inhumane to each other.
Thank you, very true statements on both parts. My eyes aren't as good as they used to be, reading subtitles isn't as easy as it was years ago. I prefer dubbed anime opposed to subbed anime. Additionlly, in my personal option, the sub sounds like a bunch of Squirrels chatting. One won't be young forever, eventually reading those subtitles will become a challenge. |
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samuelp
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I think the poster made a poor word choice, but it's quite accepted that while the characters in Seinfeld are not "evil", they are also, everyone of them, bad people in some way. That's the whole point of what happened the final episode (try listening to the commentary track on the DVDs)... They all have irredeemable qualities that was the secret behind making them endearing, but also differentiated the series from most other sitcoms out there where at least the main characters were always "good people". The only other example of a sitcom where all the characters were fatally flawed was probably Rosanne, another great comedy. |
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Veoryn87
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Also note that the "back stabbing" things the friends in Seinfield to do each other are almost always unintentional, and the person who did the "back stabbing" is often times completely unaware of doing it.
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enurtsol
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Well, there's...................................................................... Newman!
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Well truthfully I am out of puns for this topic, so I say this one goes to you. Though in the end, Lucky Star really is just a show about an otaku's, moe's, tsundeere's, spacy girl's high school experience. |
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anime_otaku_63
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I have seen this show many times since it was released in the summer of 2007. I think that it is a refreshing comedy series that many will enjoy. I must say this though; the downside mentioned in the sites official review "humor is a hit or miss" is a bit unfair. The reason that some of the jokes made throughout this show didn't make sense, is because we met up with a "lost in translation" bit on them. Or at the very least the reference was something from another era.
I would recommend that anyone who enjoys a parody based references see this one at least once. It also works as a good pallet cleanser after you've watched a few eps of another program that leaves you with feelings of annoyance or general irritation. As far as the show related memorabilia is concerned, there are a lot of things to enjoy. I can see a lot of mileage coming out of this little series. |
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