Lucky Star Gets Licensed
October 29, 2007
So the news going around is that Lucky Star has be licensed by Bandai. *cringe* Is it me or does Lucky Star just not seem the type of Anime that is going to dub over very well? I mean I loved Lucky Star, it was one of those things you either love or hate really, but what made it so great and so funny were all the ties in to Japanese Culture and Cosplay and Anime culture in Japan. I am a bit of a Anti-Dub person and I think if they start messing with it so it relates to an American audience that it may lose some of what makes it special. I think its also really bad that they are saying “IF YOU LIKED HARUHI YOU’LL LOVE THIS” I mean I know there are lots of links to Haruhi in Lucky Star and Aya Hirano is the voice of Konata and Haruhi and the guy who produced Haruhi produces this (or directed, or wrote I can’t remember which one) but it doesn’t mean if you like Haruhi you’ll like Lucky Star.
I liked Lucky Star because for one thing I liked the characters. I know a lot of people didn’t think the character development was very good but if you stuck with it for a few episodes you did end up having favourites no matter what. I’m not a huge Konata fangirl but I loved the fact she represented how a lot of hardcore Anime/Gamers are. They do like to play their MMO’s religiously and they are sat ready and waiting to watch the latest episode of their Animes. Another thing is Konatas Pervy Father is going to have to be changed in the American version right? But he was so funny and it will be such a shame to lose his Pervyness! I agree with the post on DarkMirage where they state the Otaku jokes in Lucky Star are a bit hardcore and a lot of fans may not get them. You have to be pretty into Anime to download it when it’s out in Japan and keep up with it every week and chances are that you do this every season with lots of Anime, but for those who just watch Dubs on TV… they ain’t gonna get Lucky Star.
Though maybe I am just being a total weeaboo about it all and I should just accept that Lucky Star was a popular Anime and like a lot of popular Animes it was bound to get licensed and stuff. I’m not going to watch the dub… because lets face it after the Haruhi dub I steer clear.
