Pani poni dasshu!

I love absurd comedy. I love Akiyuki Shinbo's shows.

But this doesn't work at all. I know that this show relies on the comedy of the absurd and that it is (mostly) episodic. I mean it has an overarching plot. So you can't judge seriously a comedy.

But is there any comedy? Sure you might find funny the characters' personalities and their interactions. It is good for 1, 2 even 3 episodes. But during all the show the jokes are the same. Take episode one and episode 26. Is there any difference?

No! I repeat each and every episode has the same jokes. When something repeats over and over it just gets lame and boring.

I had hopes for the show and on the mid point, there were 2 or 3 episodes that were better than others, but after that everything got even worse.

The best part of the show is the music. The OST is decent enough and it helped me finish the show. Endings were good too.

But the utmost value of the show are the openings. There are several and they all are amazing. I can't choose which one I prefer.

But was it worth to watch 26 episodes just for music?

I would recommend find OST in the internet and listen to it, but don't watch the show.

Many anime have been very comedic and random but Pani Poni is just too weird. In one of the first scenes we actually meet God (a cat) who actually heats soda with his body....OK. The main thing that makes this anime really good is the characters. All of them are just stereotypes but thats not bad. There is a "plain" girl and a "hyper" girl which is pretty accurate. The animation is pretty good and pulls off the cute girl format very well. The weakest part of this anime is just the character Ichijo which she is supposed to be the weird girl but she comes off evil too. The openings and closings are relatively good. They are catchy and cute. Overall I enjoy this anime a lot.