Another two character CDs, both duets, followed on November 21, 2007: the first between Hirokazu Hiramatsu as Sōjirō Izumi, and Sumi Shimamoto as Kanata Izumi, and the other with Saori Nishihara as Yui Narumi, and Konomi Maeda as Nanako Kuroi. Konata is what I would term "The Obvious Favorite," her otaku-isms appealing, obviously, to the otaku target demographic of this series. The locals were initially divided on the situation, with some suggesting that it is good for the shrine to have so many worshippers, and some being concerned about the town's security. She was the class president for her grade level in her first year, at the same time that she became good friends with Kagami. The series usually includes numerous references to popular past and present manga and anime series (Most notably The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), as well as Japanese TV shows (Such as Kamen Rider), and video games (Such as the Ace Attorney series).

Around that time, Yoshimizu met Gō Katō, who later became an editor—and then editor-in-chief—at Comptiq. Konata sometimes mentions incredibly broad methodologies of an anime fan/gamer, but it’s less like the author actually understands the culture and more like they are observing it from afar, like someone on safari looking at this ‘otaku’ creature through binoculars and being fascinated by their alien nature. You may block cookies via standard web-browser settings, but this site may not function correctly without cookies. Two more albums were released on August 29, 2007: Misoji Misaki by Hiromi Konno as Akira Kogami, and Cosplay It!

Following the 2012 closure of Bandai Entertainment, Funimation Entertainment (now known as Crunchyroll) announced at Otakon 2014 that they have licensed the anime television series, [19] which they released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 12, 2016. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-loving-Izumi Konata and her friends. The Cape of Age Thirty" ( 三十路岬, Misoji Misaki ) by Hiromi Konno was used as an insert song in episode one. The anime also features small cameos of voice actors besides Shiraishi that also have worked with Kyoto Animation which include Yuko Goto, Minori Chihara, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, and Aya Hirano, all of whom voice themselves. In my faulty memory, the cause for my disinterest was an overabundance of strictly "Japanese" references I did not "get" as an American reader.

The main character is Konata Izumi, a lazy girl who constantly shirks her schoolwork and instead uses most of her time to watch anime, play video games, and read manga. This volume in particular has the Chocolate Cornet scene (if you ever watched the anime you would know! I understand that Lucky Star would be criminally difficult to translate, because it is a series so thoroughly ingrained into ‘being Japanese’ in general, but seriously, it’s been done much better before. It feels like the translator was 100% literal with every sentence and did nothing to give the characters any sort of voice. From left to right: Tsukasa, Patricia, Ayano, Konata, Yutaka, Minami, Kagami, Hiyori, Misao, Miyuki.

For example, Wendee Lee voiced the lead roles for both Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star, in reference to their original voice actor, Aya Hirano. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Originally, Lucky Star was used as a "rest stop" manga, so it was just a couple pages that were supposed to make you laugh and give you a break from the longer chapters of other manga serialized in the same magazine, so reading this entire manga in one sitting is probably not the best idea.