Anna H's Christmas Anime Blog Special: Lucky Star

How's it going lurkers? I hope you're all safe, warm, and finished with all your Christmas shopping. 

Originally, I planned to share American Dad's "The Story Of Minstrel Krampus". "Minstrel Krampus," which aired on TV ~2 weeks ago, explained some of the history behind Krampus in satirical form. 

Apparently, FOX deleted the episode from YouTube and only kept the clips. Then, I YouTubed episode 37 from the Shonen Jump Comedy Anime, Gintama. From Season 1 of Gintama, there was a Christmas episode titled, "People Who Say That Santa Doesn't Really Exist Actually Want To Believe In Him." This particular Christmas episode was ALSO removed.

Speaking of Santa Claus, I find it incredibly irksome hearing people say, "There's no such thing as Santa Claus." If more people actually cared to conduct their own research, they would've learned that Santa Claus WAS a real person, centuries ago. 

The same applies to Krampus. Krampus was Santa Claus/Saint Nicholas' evil sidekick, who gave children lumps of coal for misbehaving. Sometimes Krampus threw them in his red sack, whisked them away to hell, and ate them.

Rather than taking on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge by ruining Christmas for EVERYBODY (mainly for children), adults should really tell children, that Santa Claus was a real person centuries ago. We as adults SHOULD carry on Santa Claus' jolly tradition for CHILDREN. 

Also, adults (you know who they are) need to STOP being so damn miserable and NOT project that same misery onto everyone around them, including children.

I always felt it was so mean-spirited and ignorant for people to say, "There's no such thing as Santa Claus" and to taunt children for believing in him. They must be some of the same skeptics, who don't believe in ghosts, or that we actually landed on the moon.

Well, since it is Christmas Eve and because I had no such luck in sharing American Dad or Gintama, I decided to share Lucky Star's 11th episode, "Various Ways To Spend Christmas Eve." 

Lucky Star is a Shonen Slice of Life Comedy Anime and is mostly considered a "Slice Of Life" Anime because of its comedic depiction of daily life in Japan. Imagine Seinfeld in the form of a Japanese cartoon about high school girls.

Lucky Star includes the holiday seasons surrounding the characters Konata Izumi, Miyuki Takara, and the fraternal twins, Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi. In Japan, it seems as if their Christmas Day celebrations are similar to Americans celebrating Valentine's Day. I say this because the Native Japanese seem to emphasize their need to have dates on Christmas.

I am NOT saying that people in other countries do not do this for Christmas. However, it seems as if having a date is a requirement in today's Japanese culture for the holiday.

Luckily in Lucky Star, there is not a huge emphasis on having a date for Christmas. Although, they do bring up the topic frequently. 

Anyway, I will let you sit back and watch Lucky Star's episode 11, "Various Ways To Spend Christmas Eve."

Lucky Star: Episode 11 "Various Ways To Spend Christmas Eve" (2006)

 

 

Here's a Gintama bonus clip for laughs.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!