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Lucky Star : Season 1
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Air date: 08 Apr '07 - 24 episodesHaving fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-loving-Izumi Konata and her friends. Sometimes relaxing but more than often simply funny. Lucky Star is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Kagami Yoshimizu. The strip has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since January 2004. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as Shōnen Ace and others. It has no ongoing plot and typically focuses on the daily lives of the characters. A drama CD based on the series was released in August 2005, and the series spawned four video games released between 2005 and 2009. A 24-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired between April 8 and September 16, 2007. The anime is licensed in North America by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Bandai Entertainment; six DVDs have been released between May 2008 and March 2009. An original video...
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List of Episodes (24)
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1. The Girl who Runs Swiftly
08 Apr '07Everything is normal as the four main characters attend a normal day of high school. They discuss different foods and how they eat them. Later on, Kagami gets sick and all the characters go over to make sure she is okay.
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2. Effort and Results
15 Apr '07Throughout Golden Week, Tsukasa and Kagami have been playing together. However, Tsukasa does not know that her sister has actually been waking up earlier and going to bed later than her in order to study and finish homework. After the break, Konata does an all-nighter and manages to obtain an above-average score despite doing no studying during the short vacation. Later, Konata decides to get a job at a cosplay café in order to fund her otaku desires.
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3. Different Kinds of People
22 Apr '07It is summertime for the girls; that means one thing: comfortable summer uniforms! Tsukasa and Kagami are fraternal twins, but Konata shows them the similar and different characteristics they share. Konata, Kagami, and Tsukasa each try to put their hair into a ponytail, just to see who looks best. Unfortunately, Kagami is the only one who cannot pull it off.
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4. The Problem of Willingness
29 Apr '07Summer is almost here, and Konata is still staying up late playing online video games, reading manga, and watching anime instead of studying. Kagami and Tsukasa's birthday arrives on July 7 and Konata and Miyuki celebrate with them. After this episode, the director is changed from Yutaka Yamamoto to Yasuhiro Takemoto.
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5. Sharpshooter
06 May '07Summer vacation has just begun. Konata, the Hiiragi twins and Miyuki go to a summer festival clothed in yukata. Yui Nanami is first introduced in this episode, currently on patrol at the festival. Konata and Nanako chat over an online game. Later on, Konata and the twins meet and do homework together. Back at her house, Konata finds a rare drop and celebrates it with her online friends.
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6. Summer Standards
13 May '07The group, plus Cousin Yui and Nanako, go to the beach for some summer fun. After Yui races down the road, and Nanako gets really lost, they finally make it and spend a night in a Japanese inn. After a day at the beach, and Nanako becoming too drunk to drive, they go back to the inn for a shower and to spend another night. After arriving home, the twins have to clean their bedrooms, Konata discusses cleaning tactics with Kagami, and Miyuki is told she has to go see the dentist, or her mom is bri
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7. Image
20 May '07The gang comes back to school after the summer break and Konata is in a good mood because she has become hooked on Marimite. Miyuki is forced to go to school without her glasses because she broke them. Tsukasa recieves her first cell phone, but its life is very short after Tsukasa leaves it in the washing machine. On Lucky Channel, Shiraishi follows up on a fan's request for a certain hairstyle.
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8. Full of Vigor Despite Not Being Me
27 May '07It's about that time of year for the girls: athletic festivals! Konata's father is excited because he has been dying for an opportunity to try out his new camera. Kagami is in an eating contest, Konata is in the one-hundred meter dash, Tsukasa has to jump over hurdles, and Miyuki is in a relay race, where she brings the team from third to win the race by using her physical assets at the end. Later, Tsukasa is trying to learn a song on the recorder. Unfortunately, she is not very good. She then i
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9. That Feeling
04 Jun '07It is time for tests! Unfortunately, Konata cannot seem to concentrate on studying and instead reverts to slacking off and playing games. She tries to ask Miyuki about good study habits, but in the end she does bad on her tests. Tsukasa got help from her sister and this time got better scores, but Kagami's scores were still higher despite her own scores going down somewhat. Later, Konata and the Hiiragi twins go to a cake café but end up taking too much and must finish it all or pay an extra pri
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10. Wish
10 Jun '07Tsukasa gets a new cell phone. Kagami teaches her how to text message. Tsukasa text messages Kagami to the point of sheer annoyance. Konata invites Kagami and Tsukasa over to her house and they forget to do their homework.
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11. The Many Ways to Spend Christmas Eve
17 Jun '07Konata and the girls discuss the problems with sleeping during trainrides. Christmas is around the corner, but before that, Konata learns the truth about the existence of Santa Claus, Tsukasa and Miyuki talk about dentists, Kagami thinks that the people in Konata's class are a little too familiar with her, and Konata has to work during the holidays. Konata's cousin Yui insults the cops on television (despite the fact that she's a cop herself). The girls talk about how once a person is over 25
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12. Let's Go to the Festival
24 Jun '07Konata persuades Kagami and Tsukasa to come along with her to a festival of sorts: a convention called ComiKet. There, Konata tells the twins to follow her plan of buying new manga, Kagami learns how intense some manga can be, and Tsukasa gets swept into the crowds and ends up lost. Later that day, the girls go to another festival, with this one celebrating New Year. The girls discuss why Kagami is in a different class than everyone else, Konata draws a bad fortune, and the origin of Kagami's
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13. Delicious Day
01 Jul '07Winter break is over, and so it's back to school where the girls have conversations about what they did, ate, and dreamt about during their winter vacation. It's now time for Valentine's Day, which means that the girls will give chocolates to others, but in the case of Konata, she'll give her chocolate to a character online. Lster, Konata decides to shop at an anime store she previously went to but realized that the item she wanted was at another store. The employees of the anime shop are det
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14. Under One Roof
08 Jul '07Konata's cousin Yutaka Kobayakawa, who is also Konata's cousin Yui's little sister, has passed her high school entrance exams and will be living with Konata and her father from now on. Before a sick Yutaka took her exams, she met a girl who gave her a handkerchief. On the day of orientation and uniform fitting at Yutaka's new high school, she meets the girl who gave her the handkerchief and gives it back to her. They become friends and part ways. It was then that Yutaka realizes that she nev
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15. I Can't Suddenly Change
15 Jul '07The girls go to a concert entitled "The Jam of Haruhi Suzumiya". Kagami explains how much her pet goldfish has grown. Konata actually finishes her homework, Ms. Kuroi accidentally erases a saved file in one of Konata's games, Miyuki talks smack about Ms. Kuroi, and Konata's dad is thinking about remarrying... or not! April Fool's! The girls enter their third year of high school, and they see who's in what class for this year. Once again, Konata, Tsukasa, and Miyuki are in the same class, bu
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16. The Ring
22 Jul '07Konata gets a new cellphone. The girls learn how Miyuki became so knowledgable, how much she spaces out, and when she started wearing glasses. Kagami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki go see Konata at her job. On their way, Konata calls and asks them to pick up a comic for her. When they arrive at Konata's workplace, they see Konata dance on stage and meet her coworker, Patricia Martin. While studying with two of her classmates, Ayano Minegishi and Misao Kusakabe, Kagami realizes just how similar they a
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17. At the Base of the Sun
29 Jul '07It's Konata's birthday, and her family sets up a surprise party for her when she gets home from work. All goes according to plan until Konata calls and says that her coworkers are throwing her a party and that she'll be coming home late. The girls discuss what their goals in life are. Kagami has a bad day when she gets bothered by little annoyances and ends up going to a store to buy a drink but forgets her wallet. Things get worse for Kagami when her older sister Matsuri scolds her for negl
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18. Different Strokes for Different Folks
05 Aug '07Konata thinks about what animal each of the girls, including herself, would be. She sees herself as a fox, Tsukasa as a dog, Yutaka as a squirrel, and Kagami as a bunny. Konata and Miyuki discuss things that can improve one's eyesight. Konata complains about how the recent elections have been screwing up the TV schedule. Tsukasa tries reading newspapers, but it's not long until she finds them hard to read. Yutaka and Iwasaki's class plays dodgeball during P.E. Later, they hang out with two
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19. There is Substance in 2-D
12 Aug '07Konata and her dad discuss Gun**m (Gundam). Yutaka thinks that having an upperclassman like Konata is advantageous when she needs help with her school work, but Konata doesn't think so. Konata complains about how baseball games ruin the TV schedules. Konata and the girls discuss what qualifies as "moe". Hiyori shows the hardships of being a manga artist. Yutaka asks Hiyori about the meaning of "yaoi". On Lucky Channel, Shiraishi expresses how much he loves the outdoors. So Akira suggests
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20. Ways for Spending Summer
19 Aug '07Konata and Kagami talk about getting rare cards from snack packs and female otakus' tastes in males. Konata, her dad, and Yutaka are annoyed by mosquitoes. The girls are taking summer classes, and Konata tries to get some of her homework done at Kagami and Tsukasa's house. The girls all go to a fireworks festival and meet with Yutaka's classmates along the way. On Lucky Channel, Akira and a special guest, Daisuke Ono, take a quick look at Shiraishi's trek on Mount Fuji.
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21. Pandora's Box
26 Aug '07Konata and the girls discuss parents who check through their children's e-mails and text messages, how much money Konata spent at Comiket, and how hot it is even though it's September. Yui meet's Yutaka's friend Minami for the first time, and Minami gets even less insecure about her... growth. Tsukasa tries different methods to wake up early in the morning. All of them failed. Hiyori thinks of some good ideas for her manga, but when she tries to write them down, she just can't seem to rememb
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22. The Yonder Here
02 Sep '07Konata, Tsukasa, Miyuki, and Kuroi-sensei discuss baseball. Konata and Kagami talk about novels being adapted into anime, habits that people does while talking on the phone, and how people can't seem to not buy something from a vendor after making eye contact with them. Tsukasa has trouble sleeping at night. Konata asks her father about her mother, Kanata. Then, Kanata's spirit decides to pay the two a visit. On Lucky Channel,... well, there's nothing.
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23. A Delicate Line
09 Sep '07Konata and Yutaka catch a cold, and Yutaka's friends, Minami, Hiyori, and Patricia, come and visit her. They, Konata, and Yutaka discuss younger-sister-moe, Minami's lack of breasts and how Hiyori doesn't want Yutaka to read her doujin manga. After seeing a TV program about how xylitol chewing gum can eliminate cavities, Miyuki decides to test this out. As a result, one of her fillings comes out and she has to go to the dentist. Kagami and Misao play a video game together. Although Misao is
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24. To Be Announced
16 Sep '07It's almost time for the school's culture festival. While the girls are preparing for their classes' themes for the festival, Patricia proposes that she and the girls in her class should do a cheerleading act for the opening ceremony of the festival. Patricia "persuades" Konata into performing the routine with her, who in turn gets Kagami, Tsukasa, Miyuki, Misao, and Ayano to do it as well. Akira Kogami finally makes an appearance on the actual show, although she and Shiraishi are still on ba
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