I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of Lucky Star. I enjoyed the series years ago, but I normally wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it. So why would I buy it and give it five stars?There is no easy answer, so I will just write a review. The animation is simple and cartoony, not anything like Kyoto Animation’s normal “every frame matters” quality. Some will enjoy this limited animation style but others will find it too simple or disregard it as a time slot filler like you would find on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon where audience figures are always drastically low. Personally, I don’t like the animation style, but considering what many top rated American cartoon shows look like today, this could be considered high art. Regardless, the animation style does fit the type of series Lucky Star is. Also it must have been fun to do this after their previous series full of heartbreak, tension, and drama. They probably needed this break. Some of the jokes in Japanese make little sense to an average Westerner, the English dub tries to correct that but sometimes falls flat. It’s the same voices you hear in many other dubs. Although I am not a English dub fan at all, this one works both ways. If you have a more than passing understanding of Japanese tradition and culture, the subtitled version is great. The more casual viewer will enjoy the English dub.Plot wise there is nothing really going on here. There is no deeper meaning. If you have watched other Kyoto Animation shows, You expect deep drama. There is none here. I came into Lucky Star expecting more of the same, instead it was like watching the Haruhi-Chan shorts. Fun but no substance. My daughter, who was quite young at the time, loved it. Even as an adult, it still holds a special place in her heart.And really, that’s why it is good. For those who have grown up, it’s an exaggerated version of their own high school life, or at least what they wish it had been like. For those who haven’t been there yet, it’s the ideal dream of what high school would be like. Most importantly, it’s about friendship and really how everyone you know fits into a cliche cookie cutter personality type, or two or three. That’s perhaps over analyzing it quite a lot, but when I look at my daughters high school friends, they are all pretty similar to the characters of Lucky Star. Perhaps distorted outrageous one dimensional caricatures somewhat resembling their personalities, but I could tell which of her friends was similar to each character on the show.Dare I say it has a “Saved by the Bell” vibe to it? Best not to cross that line.This is a Funimation release, so that means lots of discs with little content. It’s a blu ray-DVD combo pack, so that means extra discs one one format or another that you don’t need and will never use. Also, because it’s Funimation you have an unskippable commercial on each disc for something you already own or will never be interested in that you are forced to watch every time you want to watch the show. If you are lucky (no pun intended) your player or video game console will remember where you left off and skip to that point when you re-insert the disc. It rarely works though and the Funimation forced commercials are far worse than binge watching “The Endless Eight” in its entirety for eight days straight. Otherwise, the video quality and sound are good.Like I said, I am not a fan of Lucky Star but I understand it’s appeal and enjoy the humor. Just because it’s not my favorite doesn’t mean that it should get a poor score. It caused a sensation with people doing the dance just like they did with Haruhi Suzumiya. It set yet another level of Moe that every other anime studio tried to reproduce or top. It created memes and still gets referenced by anime fans to this day. A show about cute girls being cute and doing cute things, in the end, was quite culturally significant. For that alone it should get five stars, but there is one thing that I judge all comedy based shows by.If I get one good uncontrollable belly laugh at least three times, I have gotten my money’s worth. Lucky Star had Six. I was entertained. Some of the female members of my family adore the show, so buying it was a requirement. It’s nice to have it on hand to watch whenever, without the potential hassle or problems of streaming or internet outages like on some occasions when we tried to watch a show on the Funimation app.Buy a copy today. It’s cheap and well worth the money!!!