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(Originally written for Anilist)

Warning: this review was made for people that already watched the Lucky Star anime ill probably do a review of that too

Its safe to say that Lucky Star is now considered an anime classic of the late 2000s, along side series like Gurren Laggan, Death Note, Haruhi, Higurashi, Black Lagoon, Code Geass ect... but I don't hear that much people talking about its OVA special, realeased a year after the show concluded (on a very high note in my honest opinion).

Its now commonplace for an anime to have an OVA special episode, either as a Blu-Ray exclusive or as a bundle with ... one of the volumes of the show's manga, but this a much different beast, as this was, again, made a year after the end of the show and was realeased on its own; also, this OVA does something that the show didn't do at all: it is an experimental Lucky Star Anthology!

In order to review this proprely, we got to look at each short stories (theres six of them in total) and see their strenghts and weaknesses, ready? lets go!

Story n°1: Cherry
This story serves as our opening and our only story with the secondary main characters (Yukata, Minami, Hiyori and Patricia), but mostly on Minami and her dog, Cherry.
Most of the segment is the secondary characters interacting with the girls.

While this short is cute and all, its end is what forshadow the more bizarre shorts later on, as its heavily implied that (SPOILER)
Cherry dies, a twist that feels really dark for what we had seen earlier in the short (SPOILER)

overall quality: 7/10 cute but the ending does kinda arrives out of nowhere
Story n°2: MMORPG
This story, if canon to the tv series, should take place during episode 16, its been mentioned a lot of times that Konata and her teacher Nanako plays the same MMORPG game, but we never saw what does the game look like, this short basically answers that question and finally answer that question that, well not a lot of people asked, but the effort made to make the MMORPG look as real as possible is admirable and shows how talented the staff is.

the only bad point is that its by far the weakest short in terms of comedy, but theres still a few good jokes here and there.
8/10

Story n°3: Tsundere-lla
If theres one short that would be considered to be a fan favorite, its most definitely that one.
this is straight up Cinderella parody and basically thats all you need to know, I recommand to check that one for yourselves, its hilarious and the funniest short of the OVA.

9,5/10

Story 4: Volleyball
Tsukasa wasn't one of the deepest characters in the show, lets all be honest here, she is really most of the time the air head cutie we all know and love, but this short attemps at giving her a bit more personallity.

We discover a Tsukasa angry about being the shadow of her sister Kagami, and tries to proove to everyone that she matters just as much as her sister, on a match of volleyball against her.
I remember not enjoying this short as much as the other ones back in my first watch, but i did talk with friends online saying it was their favorites, not only its one of the more normal stories of the OVA, but the given depth of Tsukasa really makes the character even more likeable than before.
8/10 not really my cup of tea, but its just as interesting as the other shorts.

Story 5: Camping
Being lost in the woods with yours friends can be quite scary, well thats happened to Konata and Co in this short, however, this short tells the story narrated by Miyuki's point of view (even if a lot of the quote are actually Haruhi references).

I know a lot of people who thinks that Miyuki is "boring" and "uninteresting", mostly because she is the "seeminly perfect" type character of the show, but Ive always liked her, in both ways mind you, and here, Miyuki serves as a great narrator to a story that would have been boring otherwise, plus those camping uniform are just adorable
8,5//10

Story 6: ???
I think at this point, the director went crazy and just made a 3 minutes horror sequence that just so happens to have the four main girls, like Tsundere-lla, I cannot describe you what the actual hell is happening without spoiling the experience, just know that theres a Sgt Frog cameo.
9/10

Soooo... that was a hell of a ride, this OVA is overall amazing, its just the ultimate testament to how well this characters are: if they can put them in any situation and doing great work with it like they did here, then those characters are truely not just moeblob throwaway characters, don't y'all think?

I was going to give it the same rating as the show, a 9,3/10, but its experimental nature is so charming to me I'll give it an extra 0,1, a must watch for Lucky Star fans!

(Originally written for Anilist)

Aaaah, Fujio Akatsuka, one of Japan's greatest talents from the 60s and onwards, creator of such classics as Himistu no Akko-chan (the first ever magical girl), Osomatsu-kun and the franchise we're talking about today: The Genious Bakabon

This is the 4th series of the franchise, the 2 first series being made in the 70s by TMS, and the 2 others by Pierrot in the 90s, all of them reruning frequently in Japan

the first thing that we can notice about Rerere no Tensai Bakabon is the digital artwork, which isn't that bad compared to other series of the same time, the animation stays somewhat ... dynamic without feeling too limited, some frames still looks great today!

However, the true question that lies in this review is if this show is funny in the first place, is it as timeless as the 1988 run of Osomatsu-kun, for example?

My answer is that it is funny, but not for everyone: its a really simple comedy, and features heavy use of repetition comedy, as well as plots found in other kids anime and cartoons of the time, like an episode where the policeman Honkan paints himself a fancy suit for his date, yet all the situations that he will encounter might reveal his secret or harm himself

Lets talk about those characters, shall we?
We got a small set of characters but a fuckton of one-offs so this will be quite easy to sum up:

You got the typical idiot dad, Bakabon's Papa, which was in his youth a genuis but is now extremely stupid, he is our main character and his stupidity usually drives the plot of the episode
The rest of Bakabon's Papa's family, Bakabon, his equally as dumb son, Mama, her nagging wife, and Hajime, the baby who is the smartest character of the entire show
Rerere, our lord and savior I mean the weird neighbor who asks if people are going out
Honkan, the Iyami of the show basically
Unagi-Inu, a dog-eel hybrid who talks fancy
Overall the cast is really fun and flows really well with each other

In Conclusion, its really just an anime to watch whenever you feel like watching something funny and simple, yet stylish and competent

A solid 8,2/10 for sure
you can watch it in Japanese or Spanish on Youtube!

It'll be alright!