{"id":2970,"date":"2010-03-20T20:44:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T00:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2010-03-06T21:24:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T01:24:27","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-lucky-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/20\/keiths-anime-reviews-lucky-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Lucky Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Lucky Star<\/a>” is sometimes billed as a sort of “second coming” of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<\/a> – due to the fact that the voice actor who played the main character (Haruhi) in Haruhi Suzumiya <\/em>plays the main character (Konata) in Lucky Star<\/em>. (Interestingly, this is true for both the Japanese and English version.) Also, a number of other voice actors from Haruhi <\/em>show up again in Lucky Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

However, the voice actors – while quite good! – are not, in and of themselves, enough to warrant the sort of buzz that Lucky Star <\/em>has generated.<\/p>\n

Instead, it’s best to look at what makes Lucky Star <\/em>good on its own merits – that is, the fact that it is an absolutely hilarious <\/strong>show that deliberately pokes fun at all the common “tropes<\/a>” in Anime, as well as anime fans and video game geeks themselves!<\/p>\n

In a way, Lucky Star is a sort of “meta” anime – that is, an anime that is about<\/em> anime. And that is the genius of it.<\/p>\n

If you’re not yourself an anime fan in some small way, you won’t like Lucky Star<\/em>. But if you’re reading this, chances are you are<\/em> a fan of Anime. Which means you will instantly “get” Lucky Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The animation in Lucky Star <\/em>is nice and colorful, but the character designs are deliberately simplified – so although all the main characters are girls, they don’t distract from what’s being said (except where it’s funny).<\/p>\n

Of all the anime series I’ve reviewed, Lucky Star <\/em>is the one that makes me laugh the most, and it is for this reason that I highly recommend <\/strong>it to anyone who enjoys anime and doesn’t mind a little bit of gentle teasing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith’s review of “Lucky Star.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[78,249,223,124],"class_list":["post-2970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-anime","tag-anime-reviews","tag-lucky-star","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-LU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2964,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/13\/keiths-anime-reviews-the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya\/","url_meta":{"origin":2970,"position":0},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's Review of \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/the-sos-brigade-150x150.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2570,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/19\/desktop-madness-vol-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":2970,"position":1},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 73","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Desktop Madness Vol. 73 - desktop wallpaper featuring \"Admiral\" Haruhi Suzumiya from \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/admiralharuhi-1024x768.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/admiralharuhi-1024x768.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/admiralharuhi-1024x768.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1264,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/08\/05\/desktop-madness-vol-39\/","url_meta":{"origin":2970,"position":2},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 39","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Desho desho? Another wallpaper from \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/desho-desho1-800x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/desho-desho1-800x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/desho-desho1-800x600.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1580,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/12\/30\/desktop-madness-vol-65\/","url_meta":{"origin":2970,"position":3},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 65","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A little bit of Yuki Nagato (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) to tide everyone over until the new year. 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