
This is the petanko/hinnyuu kemono mimi (flat chested animal ears) gallery. Images possessing the quality of moe and a definite sense of flatness are abundant. The above Lucky Star Digicharat cosplay seems to stand out.
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Some diligent soul has put together a most comprehensive comparison of the differences between Lucky Star’s Tsukasa, as drawn by each animator of the series, as well as Haruhi’s characters.
Since anime is generally produced in parallel by multiple teams of animators, there are generally slight differences between each team’s output, which may be very noticeable if supervision is lax or the animation is rubbish – I am not afraid to admit that I cannot tell them apart at all; their animation supervision seems top notch, or perhaps I am not looking hard enough.
However, a look at the Haruhi animator comparison on the same site does reveal some differences, however minor.
As a tribute to this dedication, I reproduce the images below, should you wish to try to spot the differences. You may also simply want to gawk at Tsukasa and Nagato. This coming from 2ch, by way of Syu’s Quiz Blog.
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Here is a superior artist producing colour dojinshi of an amazing quality. It is none other than 石恵 / Ishikei, who may also be familiar to you as 偽MIDI泥の会 / NiseMIDIDoroNoKai. Not only does he produce colour CG work of rather shockingly good quality, he also tends to work with the most popular titles, such as Lucky Star, Haruhi, etc. If you have not already had the pleasure of viewing his work, then you may wish to rectify matters promptly, easily accomplished by reading on.
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Pre-orders have already begun for the らき☆すた / Lucky Star OVA! More vague details have emerged regarding the story, in addition to the earlier news that it will feature Animate tenchou, by way of a feature in Comptiq, though things are still quite obscure. We have the comment from tenchou: “Don’t expect swimsuits! The main event is my hot battle!”, accompanied by text to the effect that the actual content is still up in the air, though it is said to be a completely new work. Some scans from Comptiq are kindly provided by Jabro, but apart from some fetching fridge magnets there is not a great deal new.

The recently announced らき☆すた/Lucky Star OVA has attracted much attention, and now details on the story for the OVA (and confirmation of a summer drama CD) have emerged in Newtype; it seems it will be based on the rivalry (actually I am struggling to describe this relationship) between Konata and the Animate store manager (“アニメ店長/Anime Tenchou”) – source here.

Just watched the newly released 11th らき☆すた/Lucky Star DVD; I can’t confess to being much enamoured by the way it has been released on DVD.
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