

Seiyuu, or voice actors, are one of the more recognized workers in the creation of anime, giving our beloved 2D characters the most obvious link to humanity – their voices.
The names of many famous seiyuu are well known among the ranks of otaku, even more so in this decade than past years, but the number of well known professionals involved in the industry is surprisingly small (though unknowns are legion), and even relatively new seiyuu are likely to have worked on a significant number of roles on many varied anime shows.
That the two characters shown above were played by the same seiyuu will be no surprise to many, but there are many other roles from wildly differing characters and series that might prove to be a surprise when one realizes they were played by the same seiyuu…

A complete fan made rendition of the classic Haruhi OP using Lucky Star characters and livery is currently storming Nico, and those who count themselves fans of either will have to view the video below:
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The latest inexplicable moe-anime product tie-in to make its bid for the at times excessively profligate otaku wallet emerges: here we have no less than “Lucky Star Eco Engine Oil”, replete with “added peach fragance.”
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Major Japanese credit card issuer Orient Corporation has begun taking applications for a Lucky Star credit card, featuring Konata as illustrated above.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 9, 2009 03:23 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Copyright, Food, Haruhi, Lucky Star, Marketing, Moe, Plagiarism, Russia


China’s pioneering lead in flagrant copying is under threat from Russia: here you see a none too well concealed copy of Lucky Star’s Kagami, newly discovered, and no less than Haruhi herself, now a legend, both hoping to sell some sweets.
Below, you can see more of rather disturbing “moe” designs in use::
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A man has been arrested for plotting to bomb the house of the characters of Lucky Star, formerly the home of the manga’s creator Kagami Yoshimizu, but was apprehended by police before causing any harm.
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With 150,000 views in a few days, this video of appealingly illustrated nekomimi Kagami engaged in a brief and curious dance has attained unsurprising popularity:
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This new video on Nico amusingly combines two of the video sharing site’s favorite subjects – Lucky Star and Billy Herrington. In case you may be unfamiliar with Billy, he is the former gay porn star affectionately known as Aniki (Big Brother) made so famous through a Nico meme that even a Figma version of his muscular frame has been made.
If the thought of seeing Konata licking the mysterious cream oozing from Aniki’s Figma sounds appealing, then the video is strongly recommended.
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Chaos healing with Konata. Strangely soothing, yet surreal all the same, in the best tradition of such MADs.
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The latest chaos MAD to emerge from the collective remix engine that is NicoNico Douga is “Konata Zone”, unsurprisingly incorporating Konata of Lucky Star in large amounts, along with Kagami and Tsukasa.
Tsukasa’s recorder solo is rather incredible…
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The cast of Lucky Star feature as Vocaloids, and they are performing a tribute to Ranka Lee to boot, making it a three way crossover.
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This newest MAD to follow the Night of Nights Nico meme presents us the entire cast of Lucky Star in a particularly well-crafted moe frenzy of pure insanity.
Including footage from the Lucky Star OVA, plus “Motteke! Sailor Fuku!” sung to the tune of the Night of Nights theme we all know so well, the MAD comes heavily recommended for fans of the series or Nico MAD memes in general.
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