Kaori Fukuhara, and Minoru Shiraishi. The event attracted 3500 fans. Subsequently, the Hiiragi family have been registered as official residents of Washimiya because of the anime's wild popularity. Other fictional characters who share this honor in Saitama are Astro Boy of Niza and Crayon Shin-chan'''s family of Kasukabe. As of July 30, 2008, sales of Lucky Star food and goods brought the town of Washimiya (about ) in income, described by The Wall Street Journal'' as a source of relief to the local economy reeling from Japan's economic slump in the 1990s. Notes and references Footnotes General Specific External links Lucky Star at Funimation Lucky Star anime series official website Lucky Star OVA official website Lucky Star PS2 visual novel official website Lucky Star PSP SLG official website Lucky Star musical official website 2004 manga 2007 anime television series debuts 2007 Japanese novels 2008 anime OVAs 2008 Japanese novels 2012 Japanese novels 2013 anime ONAs 2014 Japanese novels Asia Television Bandai Entertainment anime titles Bandai Entertainment manga titles Comedy anime and manga Encourage Films Funimation Japanese high school television series Japanese television series with live action and animation Kadokawa Dwango franchises Kadokawa Shoten manga Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Kyoto Animation Lantis (company) Light novels Musicals based on anime and manga Ordet (studio) School life in anime and manga Shōnen manga Slice of life anime and manga Tokyo MX original programming Viz Media manga Yonkoma