After 2/3 months of being in an hiatus I finally came back? What was the cause? Pure boredom and Sony Vegas fucking up my work. And now I present you a new review I just uploaded on Youtube and Hummingbird. The Lucky Star Review! I hope you enjoy it and I'll be looking forward to have some requests!
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Lucky Star - Anime Review
Intro:
As you might or
might not know, there's a certain studio called Kyoto Animation. A studio that
has produced a bunch of anime. And that studio is now considered one of the
best animation studios, along with the likes of Shaft, Ufotable and to a lesser
extent, Ghibli, and debatebly Gainax. This studio has produced a number of
popular series like Free, Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On, and of course, what I like to
call the Triforce of "Feels". But, theres a particular one I didn't
mention, and that's because it is the anime I'm going to review today. Good
morning, Good Afternoon or Good Night, depending on the time you watch this,
I'm Frozen Wolf and welcome to Frozen Zone reviews, today I'll be reviewing my
second favorite slice-of-life/comedy anime, Lucky Star. Let's begin, shall we?
The
Story:
Lucky Star, being a
Slice-of-Life/Comedy anime, shares some of its characteristics with shows like
The Daily Lives of High School Boys. What I mean by that is that, it doesn't have
a focused story, it's just an anime about the day to day lives of these lovable
girls. And since it's an episodic anime you can probably watch a random episode
and you won't be losing that much, although you might not want to do that since
you would be skipping some " character development" and some really
funny scenes. Is this anime original? For me... I don't know how to answer,
granted there are a lot of anime in this particular genre, but Lucky Star is
better than most of them. And although this genre tends to be a little too
repetitive, it doesn't affect Lucky Star, since every single episode presents
us to some cool situations and engaging conversations (have in mind that I'm
saying this for this particular genre). Being a 25 - episodes anime you can
probably breeze through this anime, especially if you're like a certain friend
of mine that might end up doing some reviews for this channel that marathons 25
- episodes animes in 2 days almost non-stop. Now, this anime ,being of such a
genre, doesn't focus as much in the plot as it does in the characters...
The
Characters:
Allow me now, to
talk about the characters. To avoid "spoilers" or people bitching in
the comments section I'm only going to talk about the 4 main characters.
- Konata Izumi, a
17 years old girl that is too small for her age, she's also an otaku and a
gamer;
- Miyuki Takara,
she is the stereotypical girl that is moe, wears glasses and is really clumsy;
- Kagami Hiiragi,
the Tsundere of the group, and honestly my favorite character in the show (but
only by a slim, really tiny fragment of personality);
- And finally we
have Tsukasa Hiiragi, Kagami's twin sister and the klutz of the group.
The side characters
deserve mention, since they make the show even more funny than it already
was... major props to Konata's dad and Kagami's classmates.
Saying that the
characters go through a great ammount of development would be a lie, and that's
because they don't develop, YOU get to know them better as the series
progresses.
Now, other than the
personality and characteristics of said characters there's another thing that
makes those characters be who they are...
The
Visuals:
If I could describe
the character design in 1 word, it would be: Nosebleed. This is KyotoAni in
action, their characters are all so adorable that whenever you watch any of
KyotoAni's character designs you'll either be puking rainbows or you'll level
up your diabetes' stats.
The animation, is
pretty standard throughout the whole anime and they are pretty consistent as
well, BUT, sometimes Konata visits a certain store... and the REALLY EPIC
ANIMATION kicks in! Those scenes are fucking great in terms of animation and
comedy.
But I gotta say,
Lucky Star's visual style differs a bit from other works of the same studio.
But it's pretty good for what the anime is.
There's only one
thing that can make an anime with good characters, nice scenarios, and good
looks be even better and that is...
The
Sound:
The soundtrack...
this is a tough thing for me to say, since there's not a single track that
comes to mind, so it's not that rememberable. Not counting the show's opening:
Motteke Sailor Fukku, which is an awesome song to boot whenever I feel like it,
and the Redalice remix...gosh...it's so good. So yeah, this is no Disappearance
of Haruhi Suzumiya or Clannad. But it's still enjoyable, don't get me wrong.
About the voice
acting, here's the thing, the japanese dub is pretty good but I have a problem
with it, because there are a lot of references, usually the screen get's full
of notes, so I have to pause the episode to read what's written, which took me
away from the whole experience, BUT fortunately, the english dub is awesome!
Shoutout to Wendee Lee for the awesome work with Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata
Izumi, she nails both characters.
Section Finale:
I personally love this show as well as its spiritual successor: The
Daily Lives Of High School Boys. I love these types of shows, because they're
really close to reality, at least in my case. After watching this show, you
could probably watch some of the animes I mentioned at the beginning of this
video, and for those who don't know, the Triforce of "Feels" consists
of Clannad, Kanon 2006 and Air. I can guarantee you won't be disappointed.
The score, from now on, will be based on the following categories:
Story, Characters, Visuals, Sound and personal Enjoyment, and no I'm not
ripping off GRArkada's rating system, I'm using the Hummingbird rating system.
So based on those categories I give Lucky Star 8/10. Lucky Star is an anime I
highly recommend if you're a fan of the genre. If, on the other hand, you
prefer anime with immersive stories, this anime won't fit your needs.
