Key facts
- Genre
- Comedy , slice of life
- Written by
- Kagami Yoshimizu
- Published by
- Kadokawa Shoten
- English publisher
- Viz Media
- Magazine
- Comptiq , Shōnen Ace , From Gamers, Ace Momogumi, Comp Ace , Dragon Magazine , Mobile Newtype, Comp H's, Saitama Shimbun, 4-Koma Nano Ace
- Original run
- December 10, 2003 – present
- Directed by
- Yutaka Yamamoto (1–4) Yasuhiro Takemoto (5–24)
- Music by
- Satoru Kōsaki
- Studio
- Kyoto Animation
- Licensed by
- Crunchyroll (worldwide streaming, including North America), Anime Limited (UK), Madman Entertainment (Australia)
- Original network
- CTC , TVS , RKK , tvk , KBS , TVQ , BSN , TVh , HOME , SUN , TBC , Tokyo MX , TVA , mit , SUT , KSB
- Episodes
- 24 ( List of episodes )
- Illustrated by
- Kagami Yoshimizu
- Imprint
- Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
- Released
- September 26, 2008
- Runtime
- 42 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
~25 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Lucky Star (Japanese: らき☆すた, Hepburn: Raki Suta) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series by Kagami Yoshimizu. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since December 2003. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as Shōnen Ace and others. Lucky Star is a slice of life manga focusing on the daily lives of four girls, and has little overarching plot.
An audio 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 was 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 animation (OVA) episode was released on September 26, 2008 accompanied by a drama CD. Bandai Entertainment released the OVA in an English-sub only version on August 4, 2009. Viz Media acquired the rights to publish the manga digitally in 2014.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lucky Star” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.