Today’s post will cover the Lucky Star anime, a very hit or miss anime full of cultural jokes and not-so-subtle self-promoting references to Kyoto Animation’s previous shows, most of which is based on Haruhi. Take a premeasured box of Azumanga Daioh, mix with a cup of Genshiken and let simmer for 24 minutes to create this wacky show. The show started with the Haruhi Suzumiya’s director, Yutaka Yamamoto, at the helm, and it was pretty dull for the most part. Anyone that saw the first half of episode 1 can vouch for that.

Yasuhiro Takemoto (Full Metal Panic) took the director’s seat from episode 5 and the quality improved drastically. I for one do not remember anything funny in the first four episodes, because the most memorable skits started with the new director. The Initial D parody in episode 6, anything with the crazy Anime Tenchou, and Kagami’s yaoi encounter are the first things that come to mind.

However, Lucky’s comedy comes like a rollercoaster. There are a lot of slumps, but when the comedy hits it is hilariously funny. I’ll compare the comedy acts to another comedy anime currently airing called Hayate no Gotoku (Hayate the Combat Butler).

Hayate is more consistently funny but its high points never reach Lucky’s best moments. So do we prefer to have a trade-off with quantity versus quality?
Currently listening to: Yoriko - Daia no Hana

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