Lucky Star (manga)
| Lucky Star | |
Volume 1 tankōbon cover, featuring Konata Izumi (left), Tsukasa Hiiragi (top right), and Kagami Hiiragi (bottom right) playing on a PlayStation 2 | |
| らき☆すた (Raki☆Suta) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kagami Yoshimizu |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | Bandai Entertainment (formerly) 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 |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 10, 2003 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yutaka Yamamoto (1–4) Yasuhiro Takemoto (5–24) |
| Written by | Touko Machida |
| Music by | Satoru Kōsaki |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | CTC, TVS, RKK, tvk, KBS, TVQ, BSN, TVh, HOME, SUN, TBC, Tokyo MX, TVA, mit, SUT, KSB |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 8, 2007 – September 16, 2007 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Tōka Takei |
| Illustrated by | Kagami Yoshimizu |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | September 1, 2007 – October 1, 2008 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Original video animation | |
| Lucky Star: Original na Visual to Animation | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Takemoto |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 26, 2008 |
| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 1 |
| Original net animation | |
| Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku | |
| Directed by | Yutaka Yamamoto |
| Written by | Tōko Machida |
| Studio | Ordet, Encourage Films |
| Released | April 29, 2013 – July 1, 2013 |
| Runtime | 5 minutes |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Other manga | |
| Other light novels | |
| Video games | |
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 focuses on the daily lives of four girls, and has little story in terms of an ongoing 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. The anime is currently licensed by Crunchyroll. Viz Media acquired the rights to publish the manga digitally in 2014.
A spin-off manga, Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku, began serialization in January 2008 in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp H's magazine. An anime adaptation by Ordet and Encourage Films began airing on Ustream in April 2013.