Upon downloading and watching the third episode of Lucky Star, the viewers of this anime may be left with any of these responses in their mind:1. "WTF IS THIS?"
2. "LOL wut?
3. "I am teh Weaboo. There's nothing about Japan that I don't know."
4. "SAGE for Sucky Star."
5. "GIVE BACK 25 MINUTES OF MY LIFE!"
No matter how varied the responses may be, I'm sure a large majority of non-Japanese viewers like us are left stumped and confused with all the obscure references, which are often Japan-centric and completely unheard of with outsiders. However, via optimizing my special ability of not being lazy, I actually bothered to use Google and Wikipedia to do some intelligence gathering, following every words and terms mentioned in that episode, minute by minute.Here's a list of all the references and random stuff that I managed to decipher in Lucky Star Episode 3. The subtitles that I'm following is that of the a.f.k version; other fansub groups may differ in terms of translation and accuracy. Kudos to Google and Wiki for helping me out.
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- When Konata said "Same with ManaKana" (05:24), she's referring to a JPOP idol pair named ManaKana who are fraternal twins.
- Ladybug Samba (06:50) is a bonus soundtrack/music in Neon Genesis Evangelion: Addition OST. 'Punk version' that Konata mentions is probably a remix (not in the same album).
- When Konata mentions Angel Salvia (08:21), she's probably referring to a Shoujo manga and anime called Wedding Peach. A further reference to the same manga/anime can be found on 08:24 when she told Miyuki that "Your hair makes you look more like Daisy".
- 'Beho*mi' and 'I***zun' (08:46) are magic spells found in the Dragon Quest game (aka Dragon Warrior in early US releases). The game's series is ongoing, from the old Famicom/NES all the way to Playstation 2 and Nintendo DS.
- 09:29 Conan and Kindaichi.
- When the girls were discussing about oddities found in animes and mangas where they tried to bring realism and logic into the discussion (oh noes, God has killed a catgirl!), two animes were parodied:
i) 11:13 to 11:17 it's Cromartie High School!
ii) 11:29 to 11:31 is Pani Poni Dash!. The censored name is that of Rei Tachibana, as the girl with glasses parodied in this anime resembles her.- From 12:21 to 12:25, Konata mentions the names of game consoles: Pippin, 3DO, and PS2. A little bit of extra info: Pippin is a hybrid console/computer made by Apple Inc. in the mid-1990's. Costing a stomach-bursting USD599 pricetag during its launch, Pippin was an instant failure in the videogame market dominated by the N64, PS1 and Saturn.
- The game in 12:42 is a parody of Virtua Fighter.
- Tanabata (13:46) is a Japanese star festival held on the 7th of July. Tsukasa and Kagami were mentioned to be born on that date.
- I have no idea what is Ponytail Day (14:32). Since both Google and Wiki failed, We can only use Konata's description as proof it exists and is held on the 7th of July.
- QUO cards (16:21) are probably gift cards (or collectible cards?) of somekind. Forgive me, I am unfamiliar with moonspeak but in case you're literate in em', can you translate or understand the contents of this homepage for me?
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- No idea what is Comp Festival. Is it short for 'Computer Festival'?
- During the Lucky Channel segment, 21:26 speaks the complete thruthery. Isn't it sad, Akira?- The ending song is the OP song for Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu titled Sore Ga Ai Deshou by Shimokawa Mikuni.
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