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Lucky Star is a slice-of-life comedy manga by Kagami Yoshimizu, later adapted into anime, light novels and video games. The story is centered upon four Japanese girls attending a Japanese high school.

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Lucky Star (らき☆すた) is a manga by Kagami Yoshimizu, later adapted for video games, light novels and anime. The story is centered upon four Japanese girls attending a Japanese high school.

The main character is Konata Izumi, a lazy girl and an otaku. Each episode usually consists of a number of sketches portraying different aspects of the girls' lives, most of the time in a comedic manner. Each episode also has a lot of references to other anime and manga series.

For more information see Wikipedia.

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Are a lot of butlers named "Sebastian"?

In Lucky Star, Konata calls Shiraishi, one of her classmates (and co-host of Lucky Channellu), Sebastian, apparently because he looks like a stereotypical butler. This is presumably an anime/manga reference. Any idea where this reference comes from?…
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Why are only some of the references censored in Lucky Star

As anyone who has seen Lucky Star will remember, most of the references to other anime and manga are censored. The most obvious examples of this are references to Gundam or Sgt. Frog (both of which are notably Sunrise shows). Presumably this is done…
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Is there a term for "two-faced" or "reverse-tsundere" characters?

Is there a (Japanese) cultural term for reverse-tsundere-type or two-faced characters who are sweet on the outside, but mean people on the inside. Like Kanako from Oreimo and Akira from Lucky Star?
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Why does Konata call Kagami Kagamin?

Every now and then, Konata calls Kagami Kagamin. Why? Does this change the meaning of the name?
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How is the voice quality of a seiyuu classified?

Considering the extreme popularity of voice acting and voice acting schools in Japan, I'm curious to know if the industry actually classifies the quality of each voice. I'm not talking about things like age, gender, etc. Rather I'm interested in the…
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Who are these characters in the bookstore?

In Episode 16, when Kagami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki decide to visit Konata at her part-time job, the latter asks them to pick up the latest release of a couple of manga. At the bookstore, they are served by a character who doesn't appear to be the…
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Why do drama CDs and anime series of the same franchise use different voice actors sometimes?

In the Lucky Star anime, there is a scene where one character mentions something about drama CDs and anime adaptations of the same work having different voice actors. Ironically enough (and probably intended), Lucky Star is one of these…
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How are ditzy characters classified?

How are ditzy/airhead characters classified in anime/manga? For example, while Lucky Star's Kagami is a tsundere, her airhead sister, Tsukasa, is a ________?
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Which end of a chocolate cornet is the head?

Some say it looks like a seashell. Some say it looks like a caterpillar. The real question, which end is the head? Was it ever decided among the cast of Lucky Star?
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Why did Kagami have difficulty using Konata's keyboard?

Why is it that when Kagami used Konata's keyboard, what she intended to type did not come out as what she wrote? This occurred at the very beginning of episode 23.
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Why was Yamakan replaced by Takemoto as director of Lucky Star?

When Lucky Star began airing, the show's director was Yamamoto Yutaka ("Yamakan", as he is often referred to). However, after 4 episodes, he was taken off the project and replaced by Takemoto Yasuhiro (one of Kyoto Animation's longer-time…
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What's 'bread factory'?

At around 6:26 in Episode 22 of Lucky Star, Kagami (the purple long hair twin girl) said, I used to stir my yogurt and go on, 'bread factory!' Then Akira asked, Bread factory? Kagami replied, Haven't heard of it? Kagami then blushed, Akira…
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When did Kagami first attend a Comiket?

In Episode 12, the Hiiragi twins accompany Konata to a Comiket. While it is Tsukasa's first time there, Kagamin has apparently visited before (with Konata). Is this earlier visit (sans Tsukasa) covered in the anime? How about the manga? Screenshots…
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Why does Kagami feel necessary to emphasize that she is a simple-minded person?

This has been on my mind for a while. In Lucky Star Episode 18, Tsukasa Hiiragi lightly expressed her desire for having a pet dog. But she quickly got her dream crushed by her sister Kagami, who warned her about all kinds of problems that would be…
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What does the end of this segment of Lucky Channel reference?

At the end of the Lucky Channel segment in episode 5 of Lucky Star, Akira Kogami, raging because she won't be appearing in the main show despite the introduction of a new cute-little-girl-type character, says to her co-host Minoru Shiraishi: "You…
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