The Ego's Nest

February 22, 2008

Been a few days

Figures I'd come down with something right as I needed to get the first volume of Lucky Star polished off. Fever's jumping around from my normal not-even-98 to a robust 102. At least the secondary effects are pretty mild - a bit of a sore throat from drainage, and the aches that go with the fever. Picked it up from Dad, and goodness knows where he got it from - it's not like he's been getting out much with his broken leg!

It occurs to me that one of the biggest problems with Lucky Star is the first half of the first episode. It drags. It has a few funny moments, but really, they're all just sitting around talking about food. You can do that if you've established the characters and the audience is comfortable just having them interact, but it's a crummy way to lead off the show. If you find yourself asking, "Why did I pick this thing up, anyway?", skip to the next chapter and things should improve somewhat. ;p

At any rate, generating DVD subtitles is something you shouldn't do unless you're completely lucid, so I might be running a day behind or so. Ah well...

Also picked up the contract for Ayakashi Ayashi, which looks like it might be interesting... More on that once I've spent some time with it.

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1 Is Ayakashi Ayashi the one where the hero does magic by drawing glowing kanji in mid-air with his finger?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 22, 2008 08:30 PM (+rSRq)

2 Yeah, that first episode definitely turned a lot of folks off the whole series. What's pretty surprising about the whole food conversation is that most of it isn't even in the manga. There are four strips about chocolate cornets, and that's it. Everything else was added by Kyoto Animation. Even a fanboy like me has to admit that they kind of suck at creating original material (for other examples, see Haruhi episode 9 and the Munto OVAs).

I see they're giving Lucky Star the same super-ultra-deluxe limited edition treatment that Haruhi got, at least for the first volume. Can't see too many people ponying up for it, though; LS doesn't have nearly the fan following that Haruhi has.

Posted by: Andrew F. at February 22, 2008 10:29 PM (YSNWT)

3 That's the one, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at February 23, 2008 01:12 AM (LMDdY)

Hope you feel better soon.

Andrew F- where did you find that out? I can't find any info on the release anywhere.

Andy

Posted by: Andy Janes at February 23, 2008 06:18 AM (V4JGB)

5 Right Stuf has the Volume 1 LE available for preorder. All they have right now are pictures of the disc and box, but for a suggested retail price of $64.98 there's got to be more than that included. They're using the same style box as the Haruhi release as well.

I bought the Haruhi LEs, but can't see myself doing the same for Lucky Star unless they throw in some seriously attractive extras.

Posted by: Andrew F. at February 23, 2008 01:42 PM (YSNWT)

6 That's... a pretty amazing cover picture on that DVD. Is that supposed to be Konata in the miko costume?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 23, 2008 04:08 PM (+rSRq)

7 Nope, that's Kagami drawn by Konata. This is why we shouldn't give the crayons to Konata... (or put them on the LE cover, anyway. Guh, this is what I'm talking about when I talk about why the Japanese shouldn't be in charge of marketing their shows in the US!)

It's not so weird, though - Kagami's dad runs a shrine, they live on the grounds, and we see Kagami and Tsukasa in miko outfits in the appropriate season.

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at February 23, 2008 06:01 PM (LMDdY)

8 I missed the hair color. Konata's hair is blue, and Tsukasa's hair isn't that long, so I should have known it was Kagami. (And the fourth one, the one that's top heavy, has magenta hair so it can't be her either.)

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 23, 2008 06:38 PM (+rSRq)

9 Bizarrely enough, it seems the Japanese LE covers are being used for the R1 standard editions, and vice versa. The more conventional-looking Japanese LE covers would probably appeal more to non-superfans, though, so it's not really that bizarre.

Posted by: Andrew F. at February 23, 2008 07:16 PM (YSNWT)

Thanks for the link. Just checked and Rob's got it listed too.

I also got the Haruhi LE dvds, mainly for the broadcast order disks.

Don't think it's worth an extra $26 just for an art box (Damn you Bandai!! At least ADV's boxes only add an extra $10 or so)

Andy

Posted by: Andy Janes at February 25, 2008 02:43 AM (V4JGB)

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