It’s The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, a very popular and slightly overrated anime, yet has proven itself to be one of the best despite that.

Hishoku no Sora is the first Shana’s OP.

Both are great songs tho
I also really liked Myself/Yourself’s OP/ED.

For a lot of people, it should be an AMV. That’s what the Lucky Star OP is. Myself, I think it should be an advertisement for the series. It needs to be fun to watch, and to have catchy music, but more important than those things is that it needs to introduce me to most of the major characters and give me some idea of what they’re like, and what their relationships are like. (But it shouldn’t give away spoilers, of course.)

That’s why I think the OP for Petite Princess Yucie is one of the best ever. It shows us all of the five girls, and shows us that Beth is apart from the other four, and it shows Yucie and Glenda glaring at each other, and shows Gunbard being an oyabaka, and gives us hints about Arc without revealing anything.

The Potemayo OP does show us those kinds of things, too. For instance, it shows Mikan trying to get close to Sunao and being chased away by Potemayo. It shows Guchuko bouncing on top of Potemayo, and Potemayo getting mad. We get to see Guchuko’s laser beams. Lots of relevant stuff packed into there.

The Lucky Star OP doesn’t do any of that. You can’t tell from it that Konata is an otaku, that Tsukasa is a wimp, and Kagami is strong and sane.

But as an AMV, maybe it’s better. I wouldn’t know about that; I don’t find AMVs even slightly interesting.

“Dorama no youuu ni~ (fu-furu-fu)!”

Yeah, Katamichi Catch Ball was an awful lot of fun, but then again, it’s not the sort of thing I would just sit and listen to on its own.

Of course, it we all had the same opinion, there wouldn’t be much left to talk about, now would there?

@ Hiyuu

Haha, fear not valient Hiyuu! I have rescued your comment from the pit of Akismet!

I’m too lazy to retype, so: LUCKY STAR FOR-THE-WIN. I could rewatch every single episode and laugh just as much. Now, it’s time to redocorate all your belongings in Lucky Star fashion - Car decal, Keitai/mobile themes, blogskins, wallpapers, ipods, t-shirts and whatever you can think of - so that we’ll never forget Lucky Star 2007. *sticks a Konata poster on wall next to desktop*
And, Aya Hirano is definitely seiyuu of the year, even though she can’t really sing live (yet), I’m sure the exposure she’s getting is gonna bring us more lovable characters like Konata & Haruhi!

Happy New Year to Epic Win! Looking forward to a whole new year of laughs from you guys!

By far, Lucky Star has had the MOST audio CD/DVD releases e.g. Radio Bangumi Lucky Channel has 7 releases? And i love each and every single one of them! (Check out the Character CDs for more info) Remember the Single Album Konata was speaking of in the Cosplay Cafe episode? SUCH A CD EXISTS (hears lots of ignorant fanboy squeals of glee).

OH, Happy New Year to you guys at Epic Win, and your readers too! ^^v

Gurren Lagann had an epic soundtrack.