The Drillimation Series: Magical Girl Team Lucky Star

Magical Girl Team Lucky Star ( 魔法少女隊らき☆すた Mahō Shōjo-tai Raki Suta), also referred to Magical Girl Konata ( 魔法少女コナタ Mahō Shōjo Konata) or Pretty Driller Konata ( 美少女ドリラーコナタ Bishōjo Dorirā Konata) is a Japanese anime series created by Hiroshi Takajima for Drillimation Studios. Unlike the other Drillimation productions, this series is geared more towards a female audience. It stars the female protagonist Konata Izumi and is the first Drillimation series to have a female protagonist. The anime first aired on February 22, 1981 and ended its run on February 15, 1987. After the series became an initial success in Japan, North American company Harmony Gold produced an English dub of the anime, which aired on ABC's Saturday Morning block from 1990 to 1996.

Synopsis
When the anime debuted in North America in 1990, the October 1989 issue of Drillimation Insider included the following synopsis:


 * 16-year-old Konata Izumi has been poorly treated by her abusive father, but it will all change when Konata and her parents become the new monarch of the Lucky Star Kingdom. Konata and her friends are always up for a slice-of-life adventure, but one day when Konata receives a magical pearl, she and her friends' lives will be changed forever.

Plot
The story revolves around 16-year-old Konata Izumi, who discovers a magical pearl that can let her become a magical girl and driller for Team Driller. Later, she finds out the Lucky Star Kingdom was in peril because of the king and queen's death that occurred two years prior. She is reinstated as the princess of the kingdom and Konata's mother is revived by Driller's sorcery to reinstate it. She later meets a boy named Susumu Hori, who is Driller TV's mascot. She instantly falls in love with him and thinks she wants to marry him in the future, but the evil Team Ankoku want to try and take over the kingdom by plastering it with destructive imagery and cursing everyone. Konata and friends are sent to fight Team Ankoku and destroy Dr. Manhole's database.

As the story progresses, Konata and Susumu's relationship develop even more, and Team Ankoku wants to try and make Konata lose her beauty by trying to tarnish her life. As Konata gains more experience, her gown grows more beautiful and eventually becomes a thunder goddess. Konata's cousin, Yutaka Zhong, comes to live at her house and becomes a magical girl as well.

Episode List

 * Main Article: List of Magical Girl Team Lucky Star Episodes

The anime consists of six seasons with 52 episodes each. Each episode is broken down into two parts called "acts", which last 10-11 minutes long. Almost every episode's title is a parody of a classical book or story.