Lucky Star, Vol. 1
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Actor: Aya Hirano, Wendee LeeBrand: Bandai
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 80295
Studio: Bandai Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Lucky Star, Vol. 1
DVD Review: Lucky Star Stumbles in Opening
Summary: 3 Stars
I love Lucky Star as it progresses. Even though it starts off as a non sequitur anime of everyday jokes, it turns into a fascinating character study of the everyday lives of Japanese high school girls.
However, it starts off rather slowly, with a couple of bland jokes about Japanese food and eating habits. Anime fans might get especially bored of the jokes about the right way to eat a chocolate cornett.
But as the series goes on, the anime and video game jokes start to take over. The main character, the blue-haired high-school girl Konata Izumi, is an MMORPG addict who just barely manages to get good enough grades. She just can't stop fantasizing her friends as her favorite anime character characters, and some of her bizarre fantasies make for some great parodies of Street Fighter II and other various video games and anime.
Kagami Hiragi, the genius of the four girls who hang out together, tries as hard as she can to get Konata to stop slacking off. But no matter how hard Konata struggles to do her work, she somehow ends up crawling back to her MMORPG for a long break.
Of course, one also has to wonder why Konata is also into dating simulation games, many of which offer men sexual fantasies. Well, Konata's mother isn't around--she passed away. And her father likes playing them, so she got into them too. Konata and her friends have plenty of fun discussing whether an addiction to dating games is a healthy habit for Konata.
As one can see, this series is a zany mix of anime and video game jokes, some of which work and some of which shot over my head. However, whenever Konata and the gang pull off their dating game jokes, I can't help but laugh.
Probably the best part of the series, however, is the Lucky Channel section at the end of each episode. Featuring the cute Akira Kogami and her male assistant, Minoru Shiraishi. They're supposed to give informative bios on the main characters, but somehow their conversations turn to Akira's grouchy rant over her miniscule salary and the awful life of a Japanese diva. Akira's attitude usually takes a complete 180, from cute to a grumpy, angry moper. Sometimes Minoru really has to tread lightly, or Akira will take her anger out on Minoru.
"Lucky Star" has an especially large amount of extras. First, "The Adventures of Minoru Shiraishi" documents Minoru's journey around Japan, as he sings anime songs and dances in the most inconvenient places. His work is for an important cause, really! However, anime viewers won't get to see his ending credits performances until volume three of "Lucky Star." Second, this DVD features an awesome karaoke version of the opening theme, with Japanese characters and everything.
All in all "Lucky Star" is a great slice-of-life series, as long as people don't get too turned off by the first few episodes. This series is best seen with Japanese subtitles, rather than the decent, but slightly subpar American dubs.
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