Recently I have received some comments on the fact that I have a penchant for recommending a lot of older series. I'm not doing it accidently or as a way to backhandedly comment on the quality of newer works. As an “older” fan, I like to inform anime lovers who may have come in later to the hobby of some of the great older gems they may overlook due to the glut of the new shiny things that are coming out. Not that new and shiny instantly equals bad, but just because something came out within the last year doesn’t automatically make it good either.

Lucky Star is one of those comedies that are insanely popular and when you boil it down…it’s about nothing. Think along the lines of Azumanga Daioh and Seinfeld if you need references. With shows like that you either “get them” and think they are absolutely precious or are lost in a haze and are confused as to why people would ever like it. There really is no middle ground. It doesn’t help that Lucky Star tries to put off people from watching it with its first episode.