Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku

Don't go into this anime expecting much, its not Season 2 Lucky Star, if you do you are going to be disappointed. The Miyakawa Family's Hunger should be seen more as supplementary material to watch after you've completed a few episodes of Lucky Star, and for that I think it works pretty well and provides a nice side story completely disconnected from Lucky Star's main cast. The show isn't revolutionary and doesn't hold a candle to Lucky Star, however is a sweet and slightly sad look into two side characters who are pretty forgettable.

What I'm trying to get across is that if you're expecting something ... in the same league as Lucky Star then you'll be disappointed and not give it a fair shot, don't be led on by the score it's much more enjoyable than it's score may suggest.

I wish this was better than it was, but it's not like I disliked it.
The art is as good as lucky star, and the backgrounds are occasionally even better, but the writing is repetitive with little to no character growth from the adult main character. Luckily, there was significant character depth in the younger main character, so the parts where she was at school tend to be the better ones.
I liked it for the art and the fact that it was more Lucky Star, but it definitely could have been better. You should definitely watch it though, since the whole thing is less than an ... hour long.

This show is depressing to watch.

It revolves around two sisters living by themselves together, but the older (adult) one keeps spending all of the money on manga, so the younger and more responsible one (in elementary school) is always upset. While the elder sister isn't necessarily malicous, she's so irresponsible that she's very hard to feel positively about, even if it's played off as a joke. This is pretty much the entire show, and it just gets repeated over and over.

I'm not sure how (or even if) this was supposed to be funny, because it was just sad to watch. It's kinda painful, because you ... just spend most of your time pitying the kid. You can clearly see that it's gotten so bad that she has a warped perception of what normal people can afford. It feels like watching nearly an hour of child neglect, if not abuse.

Also, I don't know why they made this a spin-off to Lucky Star. The only connection between them seems to be brief character cameos. This could easily have been its own series.

The art style is what you'd expect from Lucky Star, and the OP is pretty nice, but it doesn't make up for its faults. In the technical department, everything feels okay. Not great, but nothing bad.

tldr: writing is repetitive, but the technical aspects are okay. may likely be (mildly) depressing to watch
overall rating: 4/10