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Lucky Star (らき☆すた, Raki Suta) is an Neo-Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by the children’s novelist, Kagami Yoshimizu. The series ran from 1992 until it was discontinued in 2001 due to the author’s retirement from the industry as a whole.
In Robloxia, it was released by Ro-Viz Media from 2002 until 2011, but they still own the license to the manga so they can create re-releases on major anniversaries.
Summary
The series’ main summary is about the adventures of a young teenage girl, Konata Izumi and her friends as they are tasked to save the titular Lucky Star from the main antagonist of the story, Kagami Hiiragi, who plans to destroy Roblox with the lucky star if she is given access to it.
Characters
Main
- Konata Izumi
The protagonist of the story. She is an 15-year-old girl who is mostly depicted as an sarcastic girl with an confident attitude. However, her attitude can sometimes cause trouble for others without her realizing it.
She has 2 best friends, Miyuki and Tsukasa.
- Miyuki Takara
Miyuki is one of Konata’s best friends (besides Tsukasa). She assists Konata in her adventures and both of them have been best friends since childhood. She is mostly depicted as the “shy” friend in the trio.
- Tsukasa Hiiragi
Tsukasa is the most recent member of Konata’s friend group. She was originally a assistant of her sister, Kagami, before realizing that Kagami was exploiting her. She later decided to join Konata instead.
Rating
It is rated A (All Ages) by Ro-Viz Media’s rating system, which is due to it containing some scary moments and some language (such as “What the heck” and “Darnnit!”). However, this language is not common and is mostly used in some chapters of it.
It is rated 9-12 by Robloxia’s general age rating system and the books are often put in the “preteen” sections of various book stores (including retailers such as Bloxmart, BloxStreet, Gen's Store, and 8-12).
Anime adaptation
In 1997, Lucky Star received a anime adaptation by the same studio as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, due to this, there were several references to Haruhi in the anime adaptation of Lucky Star.
It did not even air in Robloxia until July 11, 1999, when it officially premiered on Robloxian Cartoon Network under the title “Go For a Punch! Lucky Star!”. It would later become one of the most popular series on Robloxian television, surpassing Digitmon Adventure and being next to Brick Bronze Pokemon in an children’s magazine.
Trivia
- The anime adaptation was supposed to get a remake in 2019. However, due to Neo-Kyoto Animation’s financial issues, the reboot was scrapped indefinitely.
- Ro-Kadokawa, the copyright owners of Lucky Star lets Robloxians make fan-made projects of Lucky Star, but only if the project is non-profit and is not profiting off Ro-Kadokawa’s work without permission.