Lucky Star Release date announced!

March 7, 2008 (Cypress, CA) – Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures USA today announced today that the highly anticipated anime series Lucky Star will debut in English on May 6th.

Lucky Star is a 24 episode television series from Kyoto Animation, the same anime production company that created the anime series for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Lucky Star’s main character is Konata Izumi, a lazy high school girl who isn’t interested in anything besides anime and video games. The series is described as the ultimate “otaku anime,” -- it pays tribute to anime culture and other series with in-jokes and hilarious references.

Volume 1 of the series will feature a regular and special edition and here are the specs:

LIMITED EDITION

--Collector’s art box that can house all six DVDS
--DVD Vol. 1 (see spec below) with Exclusive artwork!
--Motteke Sailor Fuku CD
--Konata Character CD
--Chocolate Coronet screen wipe
--Sailor Uniform T-Shirt

SRP: $64.98

REGULAR EDITION

DVD Vol. 1
--Interactive Menus
--English and Japanese Audio
--English subtitle

Extras:
--Key Scenes Gallery
-Creditless Opening with Karoke Lyrics
--The Adventures of Minoru Shiraishi

SRP: $29.98