Punchline
Short Synopsis: A guy whose spirit has been separated from his body
As I expected from just looking at the director and the studio’s pedigree from the last three or four years, this show rehashes stereotypes and fails to distinguish itself from the wacky comedies of the past. Because I’m rather tired of this genre at this point, this first episode needed to impress me, but it unfortunately did not–through its crappy soundtrack and generic set of uninteresting characters.
Potential: 40%
Sound! Euphonium
Short Synopsis: Our protagonist joins the brass band
Judging from the first episode, it’s just another music anime, and seems like a dull series I really don’t have much to say about at this point. Seems like a copy/paste of Hanayamata’s formula.
Potential: 30%
Triage X
Short Synopsis: Half naked women go around acting like the Thought Police
I hope you like fan-service, because unless you do, there is no enjoyment in this show for you. A terrible premise? Check. Blatant fan-service? Check. Yeah, I’m not going to bother watching this one. The manga was written by the writer of Highschool of the Dead, so I guess fan-service is kind of his thing, but at least Highschool of the Dead was entertaining in that it brought a genre of horror we hadn’t seen very much in those days into anime. This is just…stale and nonsensical.
Potential: 10%
I found Sound! Euphonium pretty good. I like how the main character isn’t over the top and down to earth. Will be sticking for a few episodes, hopefully it will change your mind.
It also doesn’t help that half the characters in Triage X look like the characters in Highschool of the Dead. Of course, with just their hair styles changed slightly.
Punchline seems OK.